dhr. dr. J.M. (Maarten) Bavinck


  • Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
    Afd. Geografie, Planologie & Internationale Ontwikkelingsstudies
  • Plantage Muidergracht  14
    1018 TV  Amsterdam
  • J.M.Bavinck@uva.nl
    T:  0205254185

Key interests

Fisheries governance, coastal zone development, livelihood/wellbeing studies, legal pluralism, South Asia

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Personal Information

Date of birth :  21 October 1954


Nationality   :   Dutch

Marital status : Married with three children

Languages: Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (good), Tamil (working knowledge) and German (working knowledge).

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1998).Dissertation title: One sea, three contenders. Legal pluralism in the inshore fisheries of the Coromandel Coast, India .
  • MA in Development Sociology/Social Anthropology, Free University, Amsterdam , the Netherlands (1981)
  • H igh School diploma, Kodaikanal, South India (1972).


Experience

  • Associate professor, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies ( University of Amsterdam ) (2009-Present).
  • Assistant-professor, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies ( University of Amsterdam ), (2000-2009).
  • Director, Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), a joint initiative of the University of Amsterdam and Wageningen University (Dept of Social Sciences) (2000-Present).
  • Co-ordinator, Steering Committee Co-financing Program, Ede , The Netherlands (2000-2001)
  • Consultant development cooperation (1989-1994, 1998-2000)
  • Consultant, Dutch Refugee Council (1985)
  • University lecturer development sociology, Free University, Amsterdam (1981-1984)


Research projects

  • Director, NWO/WOTRO funded CoCooN project entitled 'Re-incorporating the excluded: providing space for small-scale fishers in the sustainable development of fisheries of South Africa and South Asia ' (2010-2015)
  • Associate researcher, DFID/NERC-funded ESPA project entitled 'Building capacity for sustainable governance in South Asian fisheries: poverty, wellbeing and deliberative policy networks' - coordinating agency IDS/Sussex (2009)
  • Co-ordinator AsiaLink programme Coastal Profs developing a social science master module for professionals in coastal management, Wageningen University   (2006-2008; see www.coastalprofs.eu )
  • Director IDPAD research programme entitled Cooperation in a context of crisis: public-private management of marine fisheries in South Asia (2003-2006)   
  • Co-ordinator social sciencesection of FP6 research programme entitled 'Ecosystems, societies, consilience, precautionary principle: development of an assessment method of the societal cost for best fishing practices and efficient public policies'  (ECOST 2005-2010)
  • Coordinator of EC-funded thematic network titled Fisheries governance and food security: North and South in concert. Employer: SISWO, Netherlands Institute for the Social Sciences  (2001-2004)


PhD Supervision

  • Marloes Kraan (2003-2009), fisheries governance Ghana
  • Ranjith Wickramasinghe (2003-2010), fisheries institutions Sri Lanka
  • Iris Monnereau (2006-Present), lobster fisheries Caribbean
  • Jacky Sunde (2010-Present), customary law in fisheries, South Africa


Professional activities

  • President Commission on Legal Pluralism ( International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, and affiliated with the International Association of Legal Sciences ),  (2009-Present)Director biennialMARE Peopleand the Sea Conferences (2001-)Present
  • Editor (with Svein Jentoft, University of Tromso) of MARE Publication Series (2003-Present)
  • Board member Oikos (2008-Present)


Selected Publications

Monographs/Edited volumes

  1. Kooiman, J., M.Bavinck, S. Jentoft and R. Pullin (eds.) 2005. Fish for Life: interactive governance for fisheries . Amsterdam : AUP.
  2. Bavinck, M. 2001. Marine resource management. Conflict and regulation in the fisheries of the Coromandel Coast, New Delhi : Sage
  3. Bavinck, M. 1984. Small fry. The economy of petty fisher-men in northern Sri Lanka. Free University Press, Amsterdam


Refereed articles

  1. Jentoft, S., M. Bavinck, D.S. Johnson, and K.T. Thomson 2009. Fisheries co-management and legal pluralism: how an analytical problem becomes an institutional one. Human Organization 68 (1): 27-38. [Impact factor: .899]
  2. Bavinck, M. 2008. Collective strategies and windfall catches: fisher responses to tsunami relief efforts in South India . Transforming Cultures 3 (2) 17 pp.
  3. Kooiman, J. M. Bavinck, R. Chuenpagdee, R. Mahon, R. Pullin 2008. Interactive governance and governability: an introduction. The Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies   7 (1): 11 pp.
  4. Bavinck, M . and V. Salagrama 2008. Asessing the governability of capture fisheries in the Bay of Bengal - a conceptual enquiry. The Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies   7 (1): 13 pp.
  5. Bavinck, M. , L. de Klerk, D. van Dijk, J.V. Rothuizen,A.N.Blok, J.R. Bokhorst, E.K. van Haastrecht, T.J.C. van de Loo, J.G.J. Quaedvlieg, J. Scholtens 2008. Time-zoning for the safe-guarding of capture fisheries: a closed season in Tamil Nadu, India . Marine Policy 32: 369-378. [ Impact factor: 1.104]
  6. Bavinck, M. and D. Johnson 2008. Handling the legacy of the blue revolution in India - social justice and small-scale fisheries in a negative growth scenario. American Fisheries Society Symposium 49: 585-599.
  7. Bavinck, M.   and I. Monnereau 2007. Assessing the social costs of capture fisheries: an exploratory study. Social Science Information 46 (1) 135-152.
  8. Bavinck, M. and K. Karunaharan 2006. A history of nets and bans: restrictions on technical innovation along the Coromandel Coast of India. Maritime Studies -MAST   5(1) 45-59
  9. Bavinck, M. 2005. Understanding fisheries conflicts in theSouth - a legal pluralist perspective. Society and Natural Resources 18 (9). [ Impact factor 1.053]
  10. Bavinck, M . 2003. The spatially splintered state: myths and realities in the regulation of marine fisheries in Tamil Nadu , India . Development and Change, 34 (4) 633-657. [ Impact factor 1.021]
  11. Bavinck, M. 2001. Caste panchayats and regulation of fisheries in Tamil Nadu, Economic and Political Weekly 36 (13): 1088-1094 .

2013

  • J. Scholtens & J.M. Bavinck (2013). South Indian Trawl Fisheries - assessing their governability. In J.M. Bavinck, R. Chuenpagdee, S. Jentoft & J Kooiman (Eds.), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture: Theory and Practice (pp. 177-200). Dordrecht: Springer.

2012

  • J.M. Bavinck, R. Pollnac & I. Monnereau (2012). Job satisfaction in fisheries compared. Social Indicators Research, 109(1), 119-133.
  • J.M. Bavinck, R. Pollnac, I. Monnereau & P. Failler (2012). Introduction to the specialissue on job satisfaction in fisheries in the global south. Social Indicators Research, 109(1), 1-10.
  • J.M. Bavinck (2012). Job satisfaction in the shrimp trawl fisheries of Chennai, India. Social Indicators Research, 109(1), 53-66.
  • J. Scholtens, J.M. Bavinck & A.S. Soosai (2012). Fishing in dire straits: A Sri Lankan perspective on trans-boundary incursions of Indian trawlers in the Palk Bay. Economic & Political Weekly, 47(25), 87-96.
  • J.M. Bavinck, D.S. Johnson, O. Amarasinghe, S. Southwold, J. Rubinoff & K.T. Thomson (in press). From Indifference to Mutual Support - A Comparative Analysis of the Governing of South Asian Fisheries in the Context of Legal Pluralism. European Journal of Development Research.
  • J. Scholtens, M. Bavinck & A.S. Soosai (2012). Fishing in Dire Straits: trans-boundary incursions in the Palk Bay. Economic & Political Weekly, 47(25), 87-96.[go to publisher's site]
  • M. Bavinck (2012). Governance, poverty and social justice in the coastal fisheries of India. In N. Pouw & I. Baud (Eds.), Local governance and poverty in developing nations (Routledge studies in development and society, 31) (pp. 115-136). New York: Routledge.

2011

2010

  • D. Johnson & M. Bavinck (2010). Social justice and fisheries in India: social justice and fisheries governance: the view from India. Rome: FAO.

2009

2008

2011

  • M. Bavinck & S. Jentoft (2011). Subsidiarity as a guiding principle for small-scale fisheries. In R. Chuenpagdee (Ed.), World small-scale fisheries: contempary visions (pp. 311-320). Delft: Eburon.

2011

2008

Andere

  • J.M. Bavinck & L.S. Nencel (2012). INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE? Ceres Summer School: Amsterdam (2012, June 25 - 2012, June 26).

Spreker

  • J.M. Bavinck (). Legal pluralism in South Indian fisheries: a typology of interplays. Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Asian Studies Seminar.
  • J.M. Bavinck (2012, October 22). Caste law and the regulation of ocean fisheries. South Asia Institute, Columbia University, New York, Distinguished lecturer seminar.
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