Speaker

Aspasia Pastra Assistant Professor World Maritime University, Sweden Dr. Aspasia Pastra has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Global Ocean Institute of the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden. To date, she has been involved in a number of state-of-the-art regulatory projects and has published extensively in the fields of Maritime & Ocean Policy, Governance and Technology. 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 Corporate Governance from Brunel University in London. She was also appointed as a postdoctoral fellow in the European Union Horizon 2020 programme-funded project titled “Overcoming Regulatory Barriers for Service Robotics in an Ocean Industry Context.” Dr. Pastra has extensive experience in the shipping industry, having worked for many years in shipping companies and organizations.