North Ryde
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia
Nationality
Bangladesh
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ORCID :
0000-0003-2674-2099
PhD
Teaching/Education
Research
Natural Resource Management
Decision Making & Policy
Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Dr Abdullah Al Arif is an internationally experienced researcher specialising in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He completed a PhD in Law at Macquarie University with an International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship in 2019. He holds an LLB and an LLM from Dhaka University (Dhaka, Bangladesh) and another LLM from South Asian University (New Delhi, India), in which he received the University Gold Medal for securing the first position in his class. Dr Arif completed a postdoctoral research fellowship (2021-2023) at Yokohama City University, Japan, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He has also been a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (HEA) since 2020.
Dr Arif has been teaching several private and public law courses at Macquarie Law School since 2016. He also worked as a Senior Research Assistant at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) from 2019 to 2020. He published several high-quality research articles in internationally ranked journals, including Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ocean and Coastal Management, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL), Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, and the Journal of World Investment and Trade. Arif published his first research monograph, Sustainable Fisheries Management and International Law: Marine Fisheries in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal, with Routledge in December 2021.
Dr Arif received the University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) Award in 2014 for his outstanding contribution to research and publication. He has presented research outputs at numerous academic conferences in Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Arif is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (AsianSIL).
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Specialist in ocean governance and the law of the sea, with extensive research on maritime regulation, sustainable fisheries management, and environmental protection.
Founder and Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy (BCOLP), a think tank advancing research, dialogue, and capacity-building on ocean governance in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal.
Published scholar in leading international journals (e.g., International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Marine Pollution Bulletin), and author of a Routledge monograph on fisheries governance in the Bay of Bengal.
Experienced presenter at international conferences across Asia, Europe, and Oceania, sharing insights on ocean governance, climate change, and marine resource management.
Global research background, including a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship in Japan, with strong networks in Asia-Pacific ocean governance initiatives.
Active member of international organisations (IUCN WCEL, ANZSIL, AsianSIL), contributing to global dialogues on environmental law and ocean policy.
Bengali
English
