The Marine Affairs Program houses a variety of long term research projects hosted by our faculty. To learn more about each faculty member’s research and availability for supervision, visit their lab websites:
Dr. Megan Bailey
The Baily Lab consists of economists, marine biologists, and social scientists who are motivated by notions of equity and fairness. They believe that the way humans use the ocean, and the resources within, should be governed in ways that ensure both ecological resilience and social wellbeing.
Dr. Ramon Filgueira
The R. Filgueira - Aquaculture Research lab are interested on aquaculture research from a holistic perspective, including the ecosystem that holds the aquaculture facility, the farmed species, and the humans involved in this activity. Accordingly, we have a variety of interests, ranging from animal physiology to ecosystem functioning and resilience, as well as topics that extend beyond the field of natural sciences such as social licence to operate.
Our interests reflect our understanding of aquaculture as a human activity that requires an interdisciplinary approach for effective management. Consequently we truly embrace an ecosystem approach to aquaculture.
Dr. Hannah Harrison
The FishPeoplePlace lab is located in the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). We live and work in Mi’kma’ki, the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
Our lab works in service to people and the environment and takes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to learning about human relationships with the world around us, particularly the marine environment. We welcome collaboration, new students whose interests are a good fit to the lab, and partnerships with communities, decision-makers, and resource managers.
Dr. Lucia Fanning
Fish-WIKS research looks at understanding western and indigenous knowledge systems and explores how the different processes by which knowledge is acquired, transmitted and used can be harnessed to enhance Canadian fisheries policy.
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the research aims to identify the commonalities and differences in indigenous knowledge systems across the Pacific, Arctic, Inland and Atlantic regions and in four distinct coastal communities in Canada (Tla-o-qui-aht, British Columbia; Naujaat, Nunavut; Nipissing, Ontario; and Eskasoni, Nova Scotia). The project also seeks to understand how indigenous and western knowledge systems can be used to improve the sustainability of Canadian fisheries.
