Biography

Professor Daud Daud Hassan is a leading scholar in international and comparative marine environmental law and ocean governance. His research addresses global and regional environmental issues that are of international significance. Professor Hassan’s research spans many countries and jurisdictions including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway, South Pacific, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK. Many of his publications have been translated into and/or cited in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, Swedish and Bengali languages.

The international stature of Professor Hassan’s work has been recognized by Visiting Professorships at various universities across Asia and Europe including the University of Essex, UK; Bern University, Switzerland; Waseda University, Japan; Baptist University, Honk Kong; University of Lapland, Finland and Ankara University, Turkey.  Professor Hassan is a member of the Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and a member of the International Law and Sea Level Rise Committee for the International Law Association (ILA), Global Branch. He holds editorial membership with a number of international law journals including the Yearbook of International Environmental Law.  Professor Hassan is a former JSPS (Japan Society Fellowship for the Promotion of Science) Fellow.

Professor Hassan served as the Founding Director of the International Ocean Governance Centre (ICOG) at the University of Western Sydney (WSU) and Professor and Head of Law at the University of South Pacific. He also served as the Director of Higher Degree Research, Head of Interdisciplinary Law Programs at WSU School of Law and Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at Victoria University, Australia

Professor Hassan holds a PhD in the Law of the Sea and is actively engaged in supervising PhD students in the areas of International and Comparative Environmental Law, Law of the Sea and Climate Change and International Human Rights Law.  To date, Professor Hassan has overseen 18 successful PhD completions Professor Hassan served as the