Prof. Derek Johnson is Professor and Head in the Department of Anthropology, the University of Manitoba. Derek’s broad research focus is the political ecology of small-scale fisheries governance. Two current areas of interest are intersections between political ecology and social wellbeing and the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia. He has a long-standing research interest in the marine fisheries of Gujarat State, India, but has collaborated with others on research elsewhere in South Asia and in other parts of the globe.

Recent Publications:

Books

• Derek Johnson, Tim Acott, Natasha Stacey, and Julie Urquhart. (2018). Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries. Dordrecht: Springer.

Journal articles

• Santos, Paula, Micaela Trimble, and Derek Johnson. Balancing hope and disappointment: Representation, social wellbeing, and the future of small-scale fisheries in Uruguay. Development in Practice. In press.
• Idrobo, C. Julián, and Derek S. Johnson. (2020). Livelihood Transitions and Social Wellbeing on the Atlantic Forest Coast of Brazil. Maritime Studies. 19: 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-019-00140-7.

Book Chapters

• Derek Johnson, Annie Lalancette, Mimi Lam, Marta Leite, and Sölmundur Karl Pálsson. (2018). The Value of Values for Understanding Transdisciplinary Approaches to Small-Scale Fisheries. In Small-scale fisheries governance: transdisciplinary analysis and practices. R. Chuenpagdee and S. Jentoft, eds: Springer.
• Derek Johnson, Tim Acott, Natasha Stacey, and Julie Urquhart. (2018). Conclusion: Reflections on social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries. In Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries, eds. Tim Acott, Derek Johnson, Natasha Stacey, and Julie Urquhart. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Derek Johnson, Rajib Biswal, and Jyothis Sathyapalan. (2018). History and social difference in arguments for the societal values of small-scale fisheries in Gujarat, India. In Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries, eds. Derek Johnson, Tim Acott, Natasha Stacey, and Julie Urquhart. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Derek Johnson. (2018). The values of small-scale fisheries. In Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries, eds. Derek Johnson, Tim G. Acott, Natasha Stacey, and Julie Urquhart. Springer.