Our Oceans and Cryosphere Centre includes law, policy, observational oceanography, ocean modelling, and cryospheric research. We lead Australian research in blue-water oceanography and postgraduate training. We work in the Antarctic, Southern Ocean and temperate oceans.
Many of the studies undertaken have global scale and frequently contribute to the latest climate change assessments used in the reports of the Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings. We report our research in peer reviewed literature, conferences, news media and social networks.
Our researchers are always interested in hearing from talented students with good research skills and a passion for understanding how the oceans work. We also have capabilities in e-Research operated by TPAC on behalf of Australian and IMAS researchers
The four key activities in this centre are: Antarctic and ocean governance; physical oceanography; bio-geochemical oceanography; and, marine geophysics.
Centre Head, Oceans & Cryosphere
Neil Holbrook is Professor of Climatology and Climate Change, and Head of the Centre for Oceans & Cryosphere.…
Neil's research interests include the ocean's role in climate, ocean & climate dynamics, and climate…
Senior Lecturer in Law and Policy
Dr Julia Jabour is a member of the Ocean & Antarctic Governance Research Program at IMAS. She has been researching, writing, and lecturing on polar governance f…
Current research projects include: Jabour J (in press) 'Antarctic Economic Activities: Areas Beyond …
Theme leader for Ocean and Antarctic Governance
Professor Marcus Haward is a political scientist specialising in oceans and Antarctic governance and marine resources management at the Institute for Marine and…
Professor Haward is currently working on governance related to the implementation of the ecosystems …
Professor of Environmental Law
Professor Benjamin J. Richardson is a scholar of environmental law who holds a joint professorial appointment with the UTAS Faculty of Law and the Institute for…
Major current research focuses on the relationship between time and environmental governance, of whi…
Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, Marine and Antarctic Law
Dr Jeff McGee is the Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, Marine and Antarctic Law at the University of Tasmania.…
Research collaboration in global climate change policy with Assistant Professor Sylvia Karlsson-Vink…
Associate Professor of English and ARC Future Fellow
Associate Professor Elizabeth Leane holds an ARC Future Fellow split between the School of Humanities and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.…
Elizabeth frequently collaborates with other researchers in a range of disciplines, co-authoring and…
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