Mr Sunil Murlidhar Shastri

Lecturer in Marine Policy and Senior Tutor

Admissions Tutor

Sunil is a Lecturer in Marine Policy since 1994 at the University of Hull where he serves on Court, Council and Senate: the three apex Committees of the University. He is a Senior Tutor of the University and the Admissions Tutor for the Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences.  He has attended, at various times, the Indian Institute of Technology, International Ocean Institute, Aachen Technical University, Dalhousie University, London School of Economics and Harvard University.

He has previously researched in blasting physics, taught mining engineering and worked as an ocean engineer. Sunil is a committed Rotarian and is a past President of the Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers.

He was born in India in 1955 and has lived in England since 1988 with his wife and son.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Global Environmental Issues
• Environmental Resource Management
• Integrated Coastal Manangement
• Oceanography
• Environmental Law
• Independent Research Project

Postgraduate

• International Environmental Law (for LLM)
• Ocean Governance (for MSc)

Lecturing

• Pacem in Maribus XXXII - Waves of Change - Women, Youth and the Sea, organised by the International Ocean Institute, Malta, 5-8 November 2007
• Environmental and Scientific Issues in the North Atlantic: An European Perspective, A Seminar for Parliamentarians organised by the Committee on Environment, Agriculture, Local and Regional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Ponta Delgada, Azores-Portugal, 18-20 October 2007
• Making Sense of Spirituality, International Conference organised by the Interdisciplinary Spirituality Group, University of Hull, Ravenscar, UK, 24-25 July 2007
• The Arab International Maritime Women in MENA and Africa, A Regional Conference organised by the UN International Maritime Organisation and Arab League Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt, 16-17 July 2007
• Europe-India T2B Conference, Technology and Business Conference organised by IIT-EU and École Centrale Paris, France, 10-12 May 2007
• Delivered modules on Ocean Governance to international postgraduate students at the universities of Algarve Portugal, Bergen Norway, Cadiz Spain and Azores Portugal

Research Interests:

Sunil's academic interests lie in Ocean and Environmental Governance to include marine and environmental law and policy and integrated coastal zone management. He travels widely and speaks frequently on these issues within the purview of his MasterClass and is well known in international conference circuits.  The MasterClass addresses what he calls the ‘Seven Pillars’ viz, Science and technology of resources, Geopolitical economy of resources, Institutions and organizations, Legislations and implementation, Role of civil society, Financial initiatives, and Education and awareness. (Watch this short video clip)

He is actively involved in the work of Greenwich Forum, UK All Party Parliamentary Group, International Union for the Conservation of the Nature, International Law Association, Oslo and Paris Commission, International Council for Exploration of the Seas, Society for Underwater Technology and the Global Forum on Oceans Coasts and Islands, among others. Locally, he works with the Flamborough Head Maritime Forum and he was the Secretary of the erstwhile Marine Forum for Environmental Issues.

Committees

• UK All Party Parliamentary Group –Coastal Marine Issues
• International Law Association – International Committee on Sustainable Development
• International Council for the Exploration of the Seas – Working Group on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
• Oslo and Paris Commission – Intersessional Correspondence Group on Deep Sea Marine Protected Areas
• Society for Underwater Technology – Committee on Ocean Resources
• Rotary International – President 2007-2008 Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers Dist 1040

Consultancy

• Brent Field Decommissioning for Esso Petroleum and Shell UK
• Frigg Field Decommissioning, for TotalFinaElf
• Maureen Field Decommissioning, for Phillips Petroleum
• Nuclear Waste Disposal, for British Nuclear Fuels Limited
• Offshore Wind Energy Farms, for the British Wind Energy Association
• UK Continental Shelf Petroleum Licensing, for the Department of Trade and Industry
• Drillcuttings disposal, for the Department of Trade and Industry
• Education UK, for the British Council and Department of Trade and Industry
• Environmental Policy in Indian E & P Sector, for Petroconsultants (UK) Limited
• Indian Offshore Oil and Gas Policy, for the Canadian IDRC

Recent Publications:

• Shastri, S.M. (2002). International Ocean Institute: Working Towards Pacem in Maribus. International Global Ocean Exploration (IGOE) Workshop, Paris, France.
• Shastri, S.M. (2002). Continuing the Legacy of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Executive Committee meeting of the International Ocean Institute, Malta.
• Ducrotoy, J-P, Shastri, S.M. & Williams P. (2000). Coastal sciences and management: the need for networking in higher education. Ocean & Coastal Management, 43 (4-5): 427-444.

Ocean Governance Video.