Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Protect high seas biodiversity.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2021
Are fishery management upgrades worth the cost?
PloS one · 2018 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Impact Awards: Partnership
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Fishy crimes: Partnering to improve small-scale fishers livelihoods
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$199,850
Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,117,056

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Protect high seas biodiversity.

Helm RR, Clark N, Harden-Davies H, Amon D, Girguis P, Bordehore C, Earle S, Gibbons MJ, Golbuu Y, Haddock SHD, Houghton JDR, Javidpour J, McCauley DJ, Morgan L, Obura D, Pakhomov EA, Pitt KA, Ramon JJ, Sumaila R, Thiebot JB

Science (New York, N.Y.)2021

DOI: 10.1126/science.abj0581 PMID: 34083479

02

Are fishery management upgrades worth the cost?

Mangin T, Costello C, Anderson J, Arnason R, Elliott M, Gaines SD, Hilborn R, Peterson E, Sumaila R

PloS one2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204258 PMID: 30235291

Impact Awards: Partnership

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Award

Principal investigators: Sumaila, Rashid U.

Keywords: environmental and resource economics; applied game theory; sustainable development; computational economics; intergenerational equity issues in natural resource use; cost benefit analysis

$50,000

Fishy crimes: Partnering to improve small-scale fishers livelihoods

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Le Billon, Philippe A.

Keywords: fisheries; political ecology; seafood; supply chain; criminalization; fraud; corruption

$199,850

Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; vulnerability; viability; wellbeing; resilience; food security; asia; africa

$1,117,056

Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; vulnerability; viability; wellbeing; resilience; food security; asia; africa

$884,781

Improving transparency and stakeholder engagement in fisheries management decisions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sumaila, Rashid U.

Keywords: participatory decision making; Bayesian decision networks; risk; fisheries management; fisher knowledge; community engagement; socio-ecological systems; social and economic indicators; performance metrics

$209,160

TLSCC: Maintaining productivity and incomes int he Tonle Sap fishery in the face of climate change

Co-investigatorNSERC2012G8 Initiative Research Councils on Multilateral Research Funding

Principal investigators: McCann, Kevin

$756,912

Too big to ignore: global partnership for small-scale fisheries research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Partnership Grants

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; global analysis; regional case studies; community forums; policy dialogue; web-based database; information system; training modules; distance learning

$2,498,895

NSERC Canadian Fisheries Research Network / Réseau canadien de recherche sur la pêche du CRSNG

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Networks

Principal investigators: Stephenson, Robert

$5,290,000

Aquanet

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: McKinley, RobertScott

$18,900,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sumaila, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Protect high seas biodiversity." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Impact Awards: Partnership" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]