OFI's Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group presents a series of eight "people and the ocean"-focused webinars. Each webinar will feature a presentation by a marine and coastal SSH expert reflecting on key issues in their field, supplemented by short presentations by two discussants and an open question and answer period involving registrants. The series as a whole seeks to inform governance and provide an introduction to SSH-led — but increasingly inter- and trans-disciplinary — efforts to understand complex interactions between society, economy, culture, and marine and coastal environments.

Title: Interdisciplinary ocean and fisheries economics in action
Speaker: Rashid Sumaila
Discussants: Ratana Chuenpagdee, Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor

Title: Complicating contemporary narratives around marine finfish farming
Speaker: Ben Belton
Discussants: Julia M. Wright, Charles Mather

Title: Seafarers in Industrial Fishing: Examining migrant worker precarity
Speakers: Melissa Marschke, Peter Vandergeest
‍Discussants: Barbara Neis, Desai Shan

Title: How can we (marine social scientists) become more relevant?
Speaker: Marloes Kraan
Discussants: Jahn Petter Johnsen, Robert L. Stephenson

Title: Resurgent Mi’kmaw ancestral approaches to treaty relations and ocean governance
Speaker: Sherry Pictou
Discussants: Debbie Martin, Ken Paul

Title: Creating Openings for Community and Commons in the Digital Ocean
Speaker: Kevin St. Martin
Discussants: Jennifer Silver, Bonnie McCay

Title: The Role of Human Rights and Arts in Ocean Research for Inclusive and Integrated Governance
Speaker: Elisa Morgera, Marly Muudeni Samuel, Mia Strand
Discussants: Dr. Pam Hall, Dr. Tahnee Prior

Title: Research is Land Relations
Speaker: Max Liboiron
Discussants: Jamie Snook, Calvin White