Awet Weldemichael, Queen's University

Research

illegal unreported unregulated (IUU) fishing piracy maritime crimes Somalia Horn of Africa Gulf of Aden

Latest funding

Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$46,475
Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$35,245

Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Weldemichael, Awet T.

Keywords: illegal; unreported; unregulated (IUU) fishing; piracy; maritime crimes; Somalia; Horn of Africa; Gulf of Aden; Western Indian Ocean; geopolitics; conflict; poverty; unemployment.

$46,475

Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Weldemichael, Awet T.

Keywords: illegal; unreported; unregulated (IUU) fishing; piracy; maritime crimes; Somalia; Horn of Africa; Gulf of Aden; Western Indian Ocean; geopolitics; conflict; poverty; unemployment.

$35,245

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: illegal Dear Professor Weldemichael, 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]. Your research on illegal 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 "Somalia after Piracy: The Political Economy of Maritime Resource Conflict in the Western Indian Ocean" (2022), 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]