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Lisa Campbell

Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy
Marine Science and Conservation
Duke University Marine Lab, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516

Overview


Dr. Campbell studies oceans governance broadly, in relation to diverse issues (blue economy, blue carbon, protected species, fisheries, MSP, MPAs, tourism, etc.), and formal and informal processes. She draws on theory from political ecology, political economy, and science and technology studies to study how science and other values, the state and non-state actors, inform governance processes and outcomes across geographic and socio-political scales. She is more generally interested in …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Rachel Carson Distinguished Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy · 2020 - Present Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy · 2015 - Present Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Chair of the Division of Marine Science and Conservation · 2024 - Present Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor in the Division of Environmental Social Systems · 2024 - Present Environmental Social Systems, Nicholas School of the Environment

In the News


Published October 2, 2023
How Nicholas School Faculty Members Are Working to Protect the Seafloor
Published August 19, 2020
COVID-19 Makes a Hurricane Season Even More Complicated
Published April 14, 2020
Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships

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Recent Publications


Are targets really SMART-er? Challenging assumptions behind global environmental policy goals to realize ocean equity

Journal Article Maritime Studies · September 1, 2024 Unpacking the dynamics of policy mobility is critical to understanding what happens when global environmental policies are implemented, including why equity goals remain unmet. In this paper, we ‘follow the policy’ focusing on two policies with ocean equit ... Full text Cite

The conservation-extraction nexus in ocean areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Tension or co-constitution?

Journal Article Journal of Agrarian Change · January 1, 2024 Recent years have seen a sharp uptick in efforts to expedite resource extraction in, and expand biodiversity conservation to, Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ), the ~70% of oceans outside state space. In this symposium piece, we explore the co-cons ... Full text Cite

(Un)claiming rights, resources, and ocean spaces: Marine genetic resources and area-based management tools in high seas governance negotiations

Journal Article Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space · September 1, 2023 After years of informal efforts, the parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) are negotiating an international legally binding instrument to address governance gaps that have impeded attempts to conserve biodiversity in areas ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Making Ocean Worlds: big data and ocean ontologies

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2026

A Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approach to Understanding the Social Dimensions of Aquaculture Production, Consumption, and Siting

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2019 - 2023

Equity in Blue Carbon Interventions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2022 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) · 1998 Ph.D.
University of Toronto (Canada) · 1993 M.A.