Aspasia Pastra

Associate Research Officer (Maritime Policy and Ocean Governance)

World Maritime University- Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, Sweden

Dr. Aspasia Pastra is an Associate Research Officer and Maritime Policy expert at the World Maritime University in Sweden. She has been involved in a number of State-of-the-Art Regulatory Projects in maritime policy, environmental protection, ocean technology, port governance, human element and gender equality. She has extensive experience in shipping as she worked for many years in Greek shipping companies.

She has also participated in the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a member of the Greek Delegation. Her teaching experience from European universities covers the fields of maritime policy, ocean governance and corporate governance.

Dr. Pastra holds a B.Sc. degree in Public Administration from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece and an MBA from Cardiff University in the UK. She was granted a scholarship in memory of the ship-owner George P. Livanos for the World Maritime University in Sweden and received an MSc in Maritime Administration. She was awarded her PhD in the area of Corporate Governance from Brunel University in London and has been appointed as a WMU post-doc fellow in the European Horizon 2020 BUGWRIGHT2 project (https://www.bugwright2.eu/) that aims to overcome regulatory barriers for service robotics in the maritime industry.