Yoshitaka Ota
Professor of practice, Marine and environmental affairs, and Director, Ocean Nexus Center
Environmental justice
Expertise: Ocean governance, ocean equity, marine plastics
Yoshitaka (Yoshi) Ota has a background in social anthropology at the University College London. He has conducted ethnographic research on various coastal communities — including in Palau, U.K., Indonesia and Japan — studying peoples’ relationship to oceans. He has been engaged in policy research involving coastal communities, marine conservation and human security. Ota directs the Nippon Foundation , an international initiative based at the 91±¬ÁÏ that works to bring together equity and justice in the oceans on a global scale.