PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
Luciana Fernandes Coelho is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree at World Maritime University. She has been working in academia and civil society with issues related to the law of the sea, fisheries law, environmental justice and law-policy-science interface for over eight years. Her PhD research investigates the implementation of the framework governing Marine Scientific Research under UNCLOS by Small Island Developing States. She anticipates that her findings will have a positive impact on discussions about equity in ocean sciences, achieving the sustainable development goal 14, negotiations on BBNJ, implementing the 2030 Seabed Survey and the Ocean Decade. Luciana holds an M.Sc. in Environment, Politics & Society from the University College London, UK, a Masters of Law from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and a Bachelor of Laws with first-class honour from the Dom Bosco University, Brazil.