Rashid Sumaila is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He was also named an ‘Extraordinary Professor” by the University of Pretoria in 2024.
His research focuses on bio-economics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, marine protected areas, illegal fishing, climate change, marine plastic pollution, and oil spills.
Sumaila is widely published and highly cited scholar: Clarivate has named him a “highly cited researcher” every year since 2021. His Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bergen, Norway and B.Sc. in Quantity Surveying from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.
He has received numerous awards and honours, including the 2023 Tyler Prize in Environmental Achievement; and the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize. Sumaila was named one of “100 Most Influential Africans” in 2023.
This page was updated in December 2024.
