Robert Streit

Robert Streit is an Adjunct Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow, and co-funded by WorldFish in Penang. A functional ecologist by training, Bert is interested in developing interdisciplinary systems insights into marine governance in the Anthropocene. Robert was born in Kenya and educated in Germany and Australia, where he has worked on the functional ecology of coral reefs and governance responses to climate impacts. Bert’s current research explores how principles of functional ecology may be useful to understanding changing marine governance systems. He asks: who are the keystone governance actors, what are the key nodes and critical functions, where are the vulnerabilities, redundancies, and conflicts, and how can we use this information to steer climate-impacted systems for maximum long-term stability, prosperity, and justice? Ultimately, Bert is interested in who decides what a stable, desirable future looks like.