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Dr Clive Schofield

Dr Clive Schofield is a QEII Research Fellow at ANCORS. He is a political geographer specialising in international boundaries and particularly maritime boundary delimitation. The central theme of his research can be summarised as the examination of the intersection of geographical/technical, legal and political disciplines in the law of the sea with particular reference to maritime boundary delimitation. The core objective of his past and present academic activity is to make a constructive, substantial and lasting practical contribution to the resolution of maritime jurisdictional disputes.

Past research contributions have encompassed technical aspects of maritime boundary delimitation, transboundary resource management, boundary conflict resolution, and the maritime boundaries and political geography of Southeast Asia. As a result he has had direct involvement in the peaceful settlement of boundary and territory disputes through the provision of technical advice and research support to governments engaged in boundary negotiations or in dispute settlement cases before the International Court of Justice, where, for example, Clive served as a Scientific and Technical Adviser on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1998 and 2002.

Prior to his appointment at ANCORS, Clive was a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information at the University of New South Wales and Director of Research at the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) at the University of Durham, UK.

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