Dr Julia Jabour

 

Research Profile

Dr Julia Jabour

Leader – Ocean and Antarctic Policy Research Program

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

University of Tasmania

Private Bag 129

HOBART, 7001, Tasmania, Australia

+61 3 6226 2978         julia.jabour@utas.edu.au

 

Selected Recent Publications

Grimaldi W, Jabour J and Woehler EJ (2010) Considerations for minimizing the spread of infectious diseases in Antarctic seabirds and seals, Polar Record 47:1, 56

Jabour J (2010) Biological Prospecting: The ethics of exclusive reward from Antarctic activities, Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 10, 19

Jabour J (2010) Aliens in an ancient landscape: Rabbits, rats and tourists on Macquarie Island, in J Carlsen and R Butler (eds) Island Tourism Development: Journeys to Sustainability, CABI, 11

Jabour J (2010) Would you like ice with that? Antarctic tourism and climate change, in A Jones and M Phillips (eds) Disappearing Destinations: Climate Change and the Future Challenges for Coastal Tourism, CABI, 177

Jabour J (2010) The double-edged sword of Australia’s whaling policy, in W Gullett, C Schofield and J Vince (eds) Marine Resources Management, LexisNexis Butterworths, 157

Jabour J (2009) ‘Safe Ships and Clean Seas’: Evading a mandatory shipping code for Antarctic waters, New Zealand Yearbook of International Law (2008) 6, 93

Jabour J (2009) Can whales be both a metaphor for civilised society, and dinner? 7th Phillip Law Lecture 2008, The Phillip Law Lectures Vol. 2: 2006 to 2008, State of Tasmania, 34

Jabour J (2009) National Antarctic Programs and their impact on the environment, in K Kerry and M Riddle (eds) The Health of Antarctic Wildlife: a challenge for science and policy, Springer, 211

Jabour, J and Haward M (2009) Antarctic Science, Politics and IPY Legacies, in J Shadian and M Tennberg (eds) Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, legal and political reflections on the International Polar Year, Ashgate, 101

Jabour J and Iliff M (2009) Theatre sports in the Southern Ocean: Engagement options for Australia in whale research protest action, Australian Journal of International Affairs 63:2, 268

 

Current Work in Progress

Jabour J and Haward M (in press 2011) ‘Resources’ in Marcus Haward and Tom Griffiths (Eds), Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System: 50 Years of Influence, University of NSW Press.  

Hemmings AD and Jabour J (in press 2011) ‘Already a special case? Australian Antarctic policy in the first decade of the Antarctic Treaty’ in Marcus Haward and Tom Griffiths (Eds), Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System: 50 Years of Influence, University of NSW Press.  

Jabour J (in press 2011) ‘Maritime Security: Investing in safe shipping operations to help prevent marine pollution’ in Tina Tin, Daniela Liggett, Patrick Maher and Machiel Lamers (Eds) The Future of Antarctica: Human impacts, strategic planning, and values for conservation, Springer.

Member of the Antarctic Centennial Year Advisory Group coordinating celebrations in Hobart for the  centennial of Antarctic exploration. Events include the 35th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Hobart in 2012.

Book Review Editor, The Polar Journal

Teaching/Coordination Commitments in 2012

KSA101 – Introduction to Antarctic Studies

KSA201 – Protecting Antarctica

KSA302 – International Marine Management

KSA412/710 – The Antarctic Environment

KSA722 – Integrated Management and Conservation of Antarctica

Current PhD Supervision

·       From St Kitts to Agadir - Reform of the International Whaling Commission between 2006 and 2010 (M Iliff)

·       Other Heroic Era photographers: Interpreting lesser known images from early Antarctic expeditions (P Millar)

·       Ocean Fertilisation: Science and Regulation (JP Mayo-Ramsay)

·       Mediated Encounters with Antarctic Animals (S Fern)

·       Limits of complexity: an Oceanic dialogue with Antarctica (V Bichard)

·       Preventative enforcement jurisdiction on the high seas: challenging sovereignty (L de Vreeze)