Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

UOW has built close relationships with the government, providing outreach and education to policymakers in the field of Maritime Studies. As a partner to governments, NGOs, international agencies and industry, UOW’s Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) translates evidence into practice to offer practical solutions to global challenges, public policy and commercial endeavours.  
  
Maritime Studies deals with policy, law and security issues related to the world’s oceans. It addresses various issues related to the sea, including maritime trade routes, its significance as a natural habitat, and its role as a source of both international political tensions and cooperation. 
  
UOW offers degrees in Maritime Studies, Maritime Policy and Fisheries Policy providing an understanding of areas such as maritime enforcement, maritime security threats and solutions, marine environmental law, regulation of shipping and marine resources management.  
  
Students learn to analyse the legal, political and operational factors that contribute to the development of the law of the sea and maritime policy, and devise solutions to gaps in legal and policy frameworks. 
  
One of the benefits for students of the Graduate Certificate in Maritime Studies is the close links that UOW’s ANCORS has established with a range of government agencies, international businesses and non-governmental organisations in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region and globally, including a long-term relationship with the Royal Australian Navy. 
  
Graduates are typically interested in careers in policy with government (federal and state, also international /regional) involved in areas such as resource management, defence, foreign affairs or with organisations involved in marine resource management and conservation. 
  
ANCORS also has a strong record as a provider of sophisticated and practical technical and advisory services in the fields of: 
• ocean governance and resource security 
• fisheries governance and sustainable development 
• marine conservation 
• marine dispute resolution, and 
• maritime crime prevention. 
  
ANCORS bring together teams of specialist lawyers, political scientists, marine economists, geographers, marine biologists and social scientists to design, innovate and integrate ocean law, maritime management and marine policy. 
  
ANCORS has built long-term working relationships with numerous government departments and international agencies throughout the region providing sophisticated and grounded technical and advisory services. The expertise and capacity enable them to employ a multi-disciplinary approach to complex issues and bring to the subject a range of specialised perspectives. 
  
ANCORS relationships and outreach include: 
• chairing international committees and working groups at treaty meetings 
• facilitating inter-governmental workshops 
• advising Ministerial meetings and national delegations, and 
• providing technical advice and support for numerous governments and international organisations.