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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University

Blasiak is a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, where he focuses on the sustainable management of ocean resources, and ocean stewardship. His recent work has dealt with issues surrounding the conservation and equitable use of marine genetic resources.

Before joining SRC, Robert worked as a researcher in the Laboratory of Global Fisheries Science at the University of Tokyo and a communications officer at the United Nations University. He has previously been a senior research fellow with the Nippon Foundation NEREUS Program, as well as a visiting researcher with the University of Tokyo and the United Nations University.

He has co-led publications about the “ocean genome” and marine genetic resources for the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, the United Nations Regular Process (World Ocean Assessment), and the Blue Climate Initiative.

Blasiak is a German-English translator, and is currently translating the memoirs of Dr. Franz Doflein, one of the first marine ecologists to travel to East Asia (in 1905) and conduct research on the deep-sea fauna and flora off the eastern coast of Japan.

Experience

  • 2013–present
    Research fellow, The University of Tokyo