Professor Alastair D. Couper
Job title
Visiting Professor of Maritime Policy
Department
Greenwich Maritime Institute
Qualifications
MA, PhD, Hon DSc, Master Mariner
Professor Alastair D. Couper was a Ships Officer and student at the University of Aberdeen. He then occupied the post of Research Scholar working on Pacific Studies at the Australian National University before returning to the UK to become a Lecturer at the University of Durham. Alastair later became a Professor and worked at both the University of Cardiff and the World Maritime University in Sweden.
Research/scholarly interests
- Shipping policy
- Seafarers’ rights
- Pacific Island maritime communities.
Selected publications
Over 100 published papers, atlases and books.
Recent books
Couper, A.D. (2009) Sailors and Traders. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press.
Couper, A.D. (2005) Seafarers Rights Part I. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Couper, A.D. (1999) Voyages of Abuse. London: Pluto Press.