Ioannis Chapsos

Biography

Dr. Ioannis Chapsos is the Course Director of CTPSR’s MA in Maritime Security and a researcher who seeks to better understand the interrelation and interconnection between conceptual approaches to maritime security, the challenges and threats in the maritime domain and he looks at ways in which maritime security can be enhanced through a specific focus on governance and capacity-building. He was the first to introduce maritime security at Coventry University, and consequently an online, research-informed Master of Arts course in Maritime Security was launched in January 2013. His aim is to develop maritime security as a niche research thematic area within CTPSR and to explore relevant research opportunities at international level. His current research is focused on the maritime security comprehensive approach and he works in a number of research projects where he investigates the links between illegal (IUU) fishing and transnational organised maritime crime in the fishing industry. He is interested in sustainable policies, efficient strategies and responses to challenges and threats and the respective implications on coastal communities, particularly in SE Asia (Indonesia). His research interests also encompass the global trend of privatisation of maritime security and the potential implications in international security. Ioannis is a Captain (ret) of the Hellenic Navy, former lecturer on international security and strategy at the Hellenic Supreme Joint War College / Security and Strategy Department. In his Naval career, he counted more than 16 years of sea-going service, most of it on board fast patrol boats.

Research Interest

IUU fishing; fisheries crime; transnational maritime organised crime; maritime piracy; privatisation of security; non-state actors in maritime security; smuggling and trafficking related crimes by sea (humans, arms); maritime security governance and capacity building; maritime security policies and strategies; SE Asia; Indonesia.