Aldo Chircop

Aldo Chircop, JSD, is Professor of Law and former Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy (Tier I). Originally from Malta, since 1992 his home is Canada, based at the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. His fields of research and teaching are Canadian maritime law, international maritime law and the law of the sea. He is currently working on the regulation of Arctic shipping, decarbonization of shipping, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), maritime governance, and area-based management in shipping. He has chaired the CMI International Working Group on Polar Shipping since 2012. Professor Chircop has advised several governments, international organizations, law firms and community organizations. Professor Chircop has published extensively as well as co-editing the Ocean Yearbook (Brill). Professor Chircop is a member of numerous professional associations, including the Nova Scotia Barristers Society and the Canadian Maritime Law Association.