Aspasia Pastra

Aspasia Pastra

Assistant Professor

World Maritime University, Sweden

Dr. Aspasia Pastra has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the World Maritime University-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute (GOI) in Malmö, Sweden. To date, she has been involved in a number of State-of-the-Art Regulatory Projects in maritime policy, ocean technology, robotics, environmental protection, port governance and corporate governance. She has published extensively in the field of maritime policy and governance, maritime robotics & techno-regulatory advancements and global environmental change. She has been a lecturer in UK institutions in the field of maritime administration and shipping management. Dr Pastra holds a B.Sc. degree in Public Administration from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece, an MBA from Cardiff University in the UK and an MSc in Maritime Administration from the World Maritime University. She was awarded her PhD in the area of corporate governance from Brunel University in London. She has also extensive experience in shipping as she worked for many years in large shipping companies. she has also been appointed as a postdoc fellow in the European Union Horizon2020 Programme funded project titled “Overcoming Regulatory Barriers for Service Robotics in an Ocean Industry Context”