Auteur: Henrik Ringbom

Dr Henrik Ringbom is Professor II (part-time) at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo and Adjunct Professor at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku/Finland. He is currently responsible for setting up BALEX, a joint iniative of the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku and the Department of Law at Åbo Akademi University which focuses on legal research and training on issues related to the Baltic Sea Region. His work experience includes being Head of Unit for Marine Environment, Training and Statistics at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon (2007-2012), Research Fellow at the University of Oslo (2003-2007) and Administrator at the Maritime Safety Unit of the European Commission in Brussels (1997-2003). He has published widely in the field of European and international shipping law and is the author of the book The EU Maritime Safety Policy and International Law (Brill, 2008) and editor of Jurisdictionover Ships (Brill 2015). He is also the Chairman of the Finnish Maritime Law Association.