Emeritus Professor of Coastal Management
David Johnson is Executive Secretary to the OSPAR Commission based in London and Emeritus Professor of Coastal Management at Southampton Solent University. After time as a Royal Navy officer, countryside conservation trainer and an environmental consultant he became a full-time academic in 1992. He is a Chartered geographer and promotes geography within higher education through lecturing, course design and as a Subject Review Specialist for the Quality Assurance Agency. He is currently also a Visiting Professor at the World Maritime University in Sweden.
Links with professional bodies and maritime organisations reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of coastal management. He is currently a Professional Reviewer for the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management and for several years was a maritime adviser to WWF. In 2002 David held a Caird Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum.
David publishes widely and presents regularly at both national and international conferences. Projects have taken him to coastal locations throughout Europe, California, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada and Singapore. Research projects include a successful trigovernmental feasibility study to evaluate the potential of the Wadden Sea as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area; Coastlearn an EU project developing web-based materials for distance learning in coastal zone management; and New Epoc an Interreg IIIc project sharing good practice between ten European partner ports in order to address future challenges.
Recent journal papers have been produced for the Journal of Coastal Conservation, Marine Policy and the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. David's most recent book contribution comprises a jointly authored chapter in Ocean Yearbook 20 published by the International Ocean Institute (2006).
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, FRGS, FILAM, FCIWEM, ILTM CGeog CSci
Education:
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BSc (Hons) Physical Geography - Bristol University
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MSc Recreational Land Management - Reading University
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PhD Conserving intertidal wetlands - Nottingham Trent University.
Subject expertise and research interests
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Integrated coastal zone management
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Biodiversity and habitat re-creation
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Sustainable coastal and marine tourism.
Professor Johnson continues to supervise research students and is involved with collaborative international research. He is on the editorial board of the Journal for Coastal Conservation and the Steering Committee for the Global Ocean Forum.