{"id":2072,"date":"2023-06-13T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2024-06-06T22:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:54:49","slug":"francis-neat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Neat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"people-detailposition\">Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair; Head of\u00a0Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management<br \/>World Maritime University<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n\n\n<p>Professor Neat joined WMU 2019 where he is currently Head of Specialization for Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management in WMU\u2019s Masters in Maritime Affairs. From Scotland, he has a broad research background in freshwater and marine ecosystems and management. He received his PhD from Glasgow University and undertook post-doctoral work in Italy, Austria and the US. For many years he was a principal researcher at the Scottish Government\u2019s Marine Laboratory. Before joining WMU, he was Head of Strategic Research at the Marine Stewardship Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His past research focused on deep water marine ecosystems, the migration of fish and the impacts of fishing on the marine environment. His research has been applied to fisheries management and marine policy development, including the implementation of a network of Marine Protected Areas and the EU policy on deep-water fishing regulations. He has a particular interest in the marine ecosystems, fisheries and management of the High Seas. He has published around90 peer review papers and undertaken extensive science advisory work for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, IUCN, FAO and the European Commission at the UN. His current research is interdisciplinary being focused on IUU fishing, marine debris and Sargassum in the Caribbean, gender equality in ocean science, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His teaching experience has been mainly at Masters level and includes fish ecology(Aberdeen University) and global fisheries (Imperial College, London). He currently teaches the \u201cOcean Processes and Human Impacts\u201d course at WMU. He has supervised numerous post-graduate students, many to PhD level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair; Head of\u00a0Ocean Sustainability, Governance and ManagementWorld Maritime University Professor Neat joined WMU 2019 where he is currently Head of Specialization for Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management in WMU\u2019s Masters in Maritime Affairs. From Scotland, he has a broad research background in freshwater and marine ecosystems and management. He received his PhD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair; Head of\u00a0Ocean Sustainability, Governance and ManagementWorld Maritime University Professor Neat joined WMU 2019 where he is currently Head of Specialization for Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management in WMU\u2019s Masters in Maritime Affairs. From Scotland, he has a broad research background in freshwater and marine ecosystems and management. He received his PhD [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WMU Maritime Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31\"},\"headline\":\"Francis Neat\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\",\"name\":\"Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png\",\"width\":556,\"height\":520},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Francis Neat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/\",\"name\":\"WMU Maritime Week\",\"description\":\"WMU Maritime Week 2024 - Beyond Horizons: Maritime Sustainability - invites researchers, government officials, and international organization experts from around the world with expertise in the maritime field to discuss technical, policy, and international convention aspects of significant maritime topics.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b24e9607818a0316d6ee473d7414efc8fcb5cd6110516631e514df6312bc2e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b24e9607818a0316d6ee473d7414efc8fcb5cd6110516631e514df6312bc2e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week","og_description":"Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair; Head of\u00a0Ocean Sustainability, Governance and ManagementWorld Maritime University Professor Neat joined WMU 2019 where he is currently Head of Specialization for Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management in WMU\u2019s Masters in Maritime Affairs. From Scotland, he has a broad research background in freshwater and marine ecosystems and management. He received his PhD [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/","og_site_name":"WMU Maritime Week","article_published_time":"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":556,"height":520,"url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31"},"headline":"Francis Neat","datePublished":"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/"},"wordCount":271,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/","url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/","name":"Francis Neat - WMU Maritime Week","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","datePublished":"2023-06-13T10:30:38+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-06T22:54:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","width":556,"height":520},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/francis-neat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Francis Neat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#website","url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/","name":"WMU Maritime Week","description":"WMU Maritime Week 2024 - Beyond Horizons: Maritime Sustainability - invites researchers, government officials, and international organization experts from around the world with expertise in the maritime field to discuss technical, policy, and international convention aspects of significant maritime topics.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/ef0f3f4d553728e00a91d5566b06bf31","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b24e9607818a0316d6ee473d7414efc8fcb5cd6110516631e514df6312bc2e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b24e9607818a0316d6ee473d7414efc8fcb5cd6110516631e514df6312bc2e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/06\/Neat.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmumaritimeweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}