Biography

Yen-Chiang Chang, LLM (National Taiwan Ocean University), Ph.D (University of Dundee, UK). After leaving the Taiwanese Coast Guard, having served as a legal enforcement officer, he accepted a research position at the Centre for Marine Policy Studies, Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan. Subsequently, having moved to the UK, whilst carrying out his Ph.D research, he was retained as a research assistant at the School of Law, University of Dundee. He has also had an internship with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. In August 2007, he started to work for the Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, UK. His work involved in a European project, which brought together a partnership of 27 investments, strategic public sector and research partners from Belgium, England and France. His role was primarily concerned with promoting and facilitating sustainable port based development and distribution, focusing on the economic, social and environmental benefits. In 2009, he took up an associate professorship at the Shanghai Maritime University. In 2010, he joined School of Law, Shandong University and subsequently promoted as a full professor in 2011. He then transferred to Dalian Maritime University in 2018 and holds a position as an acting Associate Dean of the Institute of Sea Law Researches. His current research focuses on legal governance framework regarding the exploration of marine renewable energy and dispute settlement mechanism.

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Research Interest

Fields of Specialization: The Law of the Sea; Ocean Governance; Sustainable Development