
Michael Fabinyi
Michael Fabinyi is a Visiting Fellow in the Resources, Environment and Development Program. He has authored or co-authored two books and more than fifty journal articles on the social aspects of coastal and marine resource governance and use. His work has been geographically concentrated in the Asia-Pacific, and core research interests include coastal livelihoods, fisheries trade, and the role of China in global fisheries.
Research Interest
Marine social science; political ecology; coastal livelihoods; agrarian change; Asia-Pacific
Publications
Fabinyi, M. (2024). Small-scale fisheries, large-scale fisheries and fisheries governance in the Philippines. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.
Fabinyi, M., & Barclay, K. (2022). Asia-Pacific Fishing Livelihoods. Springer Nature.
Fabinyi, M., Gorospe, J. R., McClean, N., & Juinio-Menez, M. A. (2022). Evolving governance structures in community-based sandfish mariculture and their interactions with livelihood outcomes: Evidence from the Philippines. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1025693.
Fabinyi, M., Belton, B., Dressler, W. H., Knudsen, M., Adhuri, D. S., Aziz, A. A., … & Vandergeest, P. (2022). Coastal transitions: Small-scale fisheries, livelihoods, and maritime zone developments in Southeast Asia. Journal of Rural Studies, 91, 184-194.
Fabinyi, M., Wu, A., Lau, S., Mallory, T., Barclay, K., Walsh, K., & Dressler, W. (2021). China’s blue economy: a state project of modernisation. The Journal of Environment & Development, 30(2), 127-148.
Fabinyi, M. (2018). Environmental fixes and historical trajectories of marine resource use in Southeast Asia. Geoforum, 91, 87-96.