Dr. J. (Joeri) Scholtens
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO : Governance and Inclusive Development
Area of expertise: fisheries, political ecology, environmental justice, food security
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: B4.00
Postal address
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Postbus 15629
1001 NC Amsterdam
Contact details
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Short bio
I'm an assistant professor in our research group on Governance and Inclusive Development, focusing largely on environmental justice and political ecology of marine environments. I am teaching in our graduate programme International Development Studies and supervise students on themes including environmental conflict, fisheries governance and the political ecology of food security. My research interests converge around conflicting usage of marine environments and contested claims around fish production for food security. While working mostly in Sri Lanka and India, more recently my interests in fisheries and food security has brought about new collaborations in Norway, Ghana, Senegal, lake Victoria region and South Africa. Recent involvements include:
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Publications
- refereed (35)
- academic (2)
- professional (5)
- popular scientific (5)
- recognitions (2)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2024
Bavinck, M., Scholtens, J., & Fabinyi, M. (2024). Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance. Fish and Fisheries, 25(4), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12829 [details]- Gupta, J., Bai, X., Liverman, D. M., Rockström, J., Qin, D., Stewart-Koster, B., Rocha, J. C., Jacobson, L., Abrams, J. F., Andersen, L. S., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Bala, G., Bunn, S. E., Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi, K. L., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hasan, S., ... Gentile, G. (2024). A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health-Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(10), e813-e873. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00042-1 [details]
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- Gupta, J., Prodani, K., Bai, X., Gifford, L., Lenton, T. M., Otto, I., Pereira, L., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., & Tàbara, J. D. (2024). Earth system boundaries and Earth system justice: sharing the ecospace. Environmental Politics, 33(7), 1286-1305. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2023.2234794 [details]
2023
- Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Prodani, K., Aldunce, P., Bai, X., Broadgate, W., Ciobanu, D., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lade, S. J., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Okereke, C., Otto, I. M., Pereira, L., ... Verburg, P. H. (2023). Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 6(6), 630-638. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1 [details]
- Rammelt, C. F., Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Scholtens, J., Ciobanu, D., Abrams, J. F., Bai, X., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Lade, S. J., Lenton, T. M., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Nakicenovic, N., Okereke, C., Otto, I. M., Pereira, L. M., ... Zimm, C. (2023). Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality. Nature Sustainability, 6, 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00995-5 [details]
- Rockström, J., Gupta, J., Qin, D., Lade, S. J., Abrams, J. F., Andersen, L. S., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Bai, X., Bala, G., Bunn, S. E., Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi, K., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hasan, S., Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Loriani, S., ... Zhang, X. (2023). Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature, 619(7968), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8 [details]
- Subramanian, K., Bavinck, M., Scholtens, J., Hapke, H. M., & Jyotishi, A. (2023). How Seafood Wholesale Markets Matter for Urban Food Security: Evidence from Chennai, India. European Journal of Development Research, 35(3), 579-601. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-022-00519-z [details]
- Surathkal, P., Jyotishi, A., Bhatta, R., Scholtens, J., Johnson, D., Mondal, G., & Gupta, P. (2023). Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro-level empirical analysis. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33(3), 767-783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09752-5
2022
- Koehn, J. Z., Allison, E. H., Villeda, K., Chen, Z., Nixon, M., Crigler, E., Zhao, L., Chow, M., Vaitla, B., Thilsted, S. H., Scholtens, J., Hicks, C. C., & Andrew, N. (2022). Fishing for health: Do the world’s national policies for fisheries and aquaculture align with those for nutrition? Fish and Fisheries, 23(1), 125-142. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12603 [details]
2021
- Büscher, B., Feola, G., Fischer, A., Fletcher, R., Gerber, J-F., Harcourt, W., Koster, M., Schneider, M., Scholtens, J., Spierenburg, M., Walstra, V., & Wiskerke, H. (2021). Planning for a world beyond COVID-19: Five pillars for post-neoliberal development. World Development, 140, Article 105357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105357 [details]
- Gupta, J., Bavinck, M., Ros-Tonen, M., Asubonteng, K., Bosch, H., van Ewijk, E., Hordijk, M., Van Leynseele, Y., Lopes Cardozo, M., Miedema, E., Pouw, N., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., Vegelin, C., & Verrest, H. (2021). COVID-19, poverty and inclusive development. World Development, 145, Article 105527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105527 [details]
- Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Bai, X., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Otto, I. M., Okereke, C., Pereira, L., Prodani, K., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., Tàbara, J. D., Verburg, P. H., Gifford, L., & Ciobanu, D. (2021). Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets? Earth System Governance, 10, Article 100122. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122 [details]
- Jyotishi, A., Scholtens, J., Viswanathan, G., Gupta, P., & Bavinck, M. (2021). A tale of fish in two cities: consumption patterns of low-income households in South India. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 23(2), 240–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-020-00141-x [details]
- Scholtens, J., Johnson, D., Jentoft, S., Ros-Tonen, M., Chuenpagdee, R., Gupta, J., Kraan, M., Menon, A., & Roth, D. (2021). Forging connections, pursuing social justice: a tribute to Maarten Bavinck’s conceptual and institution-building contributions to maritime studies. Maritime Studies, 20(4), 449-458. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00243-0 [details]
2020
- Bennett, N. J., Finkbeiner, E. M., Ban, N. C., Belhabib, D., Jupiter, S. D., Kittinger, J. N., Mangubhai, S., Scholtens, J., Gill, D., & Christie, P. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic, Small-Scale Fisheries and Coastal Fishing Communities. Coastal Management, 48(4), 336-347. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2020.1766937 [details]
- Gupta, J., Scholtens, J., Perch, L., Dankelman, I., Seager, J., Sánder, F., Stanley-Jones, M., & Kempf, I. (2020). Re-imagining the driver–pressure–state–impact–response framework from an equity and inclusive development perspective. Sustainability Science, 15(2), 503–520. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-019-00708-6 [details]
- Hasselberg, A. E., Aakre, I., Scholtens, J., Overå, R., Kolding, J., Bank, M. S., Atter, A., & Kjellevold, M. (2020). Fish for food and nutrition security in Ghana: Challenges and opportunities. Global Food Security, 26, Article 100380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100380 [details]
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- Song, A. M., Scholtens, J., Barclay, K., Bush, S. R., Fabinyi, M., Adhuri, D. S., & Haughton, M. (2020). Collateral damage? Small‐scale fisheries in the global fight against IUU fishing. Fish & Fisheries, 21(4), 831-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12462 [details]
- Villamayor-Tomas, S., García-López, G., & Scholtens, J. (2020). Do commons management and movements reinforce each other? Comparative insights from Mexico and Sri Lanka. Ecological Economics, 173, Article 106627. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106627 [details]
2019
- Bennett, N. J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Blythe, J., Silver, J. J., Singh, G., Andrews, N., Calò, A., Christie, P., Di Franco, A., Finkbeiner, E. M., Gelcich, S., Guidetti, P., Harper, S., Hotte, N., Kittinger, J. N., Le Billon, P., Lister, J., López de la Lama, R., McKinley, E., ... Rashid Sumaila, U. (2019). Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy. Nature Sustainability, 2(11), 991–993. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0404-1 [details]
- Scholtens, J., Song, A. M., Stephen, J., García Chavez, C., Bavinck, M., & Sowman, M. (2019). Transdisciplinary Engagement to Address Transboundary Challenges for Small-Scale Fishers. In R. Chuenpagdee, & S. Jentoft (Eds.), Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance: Analysis and Practice (pp. 321-340). (MARE Publication Series; Vol. 24). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94938-3_17 [details]
2018
- Bavinck, M., Jentoft, S., & Scholtens, J. (2018). Fisheries as social struggle: A reinvigorated social science research agenda. Marine Policy, 94, 46-52. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.04.026 [details]
- Scholtens, J., & Bavinck, M. (2018). Transforming conflicts from the bottom-up? Reflections on civil society efforts to empower marginalized fishers in postwar Sri Lanka. Ecology and Society, 23(3), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10216-230331 [details]
- Song, A. M., Bodwitch, H., & Scholtens, J. (2018). Why marginality persists in a governable fishery - the case of New Zealand. MAST: Maritime studies, 17(3), 285–293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0121-9 [details]
2017
- Andrello, M., Guilhaumon, F., Albouy, C., Parravicini, V., Scholtens, J., Verley, P., Barange, M., Rashid Sumaila, U., Manel, S., & Mouillot, D. (2017). Global mismatch between fishing dependency and larval supply from marine reserves. Nature Communications, 8, Article 16039. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16039 [details]
- Song, A. M., Scholtens, J., Stephen, J., Bavinck, M., & Chuenpagdee, R. (2017). Transboundary research in fisheries. Marine Policy, 76, 8-18. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.10.023 [details]
2016
- Scholtens, J. (2016). The elusive quest for access and collective action: North Sri Lankan fishers’ thwarted struggles against a foreign trawler fleet. The International Journal of the Commons, 10(2), 929-952. Advance online publication. http://10.18352/ijc.627 [details]
2015
- Scholtens, J. (2015). Limits to the governability of transboundary fisheries: implications for small-scale fishers in Northern Sri Lanka and beyond. In S. Jentoft, & R. Chuenpagdee (Eds.), Interactive governance for small-scale fisheries: global reflections (pp. 515-538). (MARE publication series; No. 13). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17034-3_27 [details]
2014
- Barange, M., Merino, G., Blanchard, J. L., Scholtens, J., Harle, J., Allison, E. H., Allen, J. I., Holt, J., & Jennings, S. (2014). Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries. Nature Climate Change, 4(march), 211-216. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2119 [details]
- Scholtens, J., & Bavinck, M. (2014). Lessons for legal pluralism: investigating the challenges of transboundary fisheries governance. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 11, 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2014.09.017 [details]
2013
- Scholtens, J., & Bavinck, M. (2013). South Indian Trawl Fisheries - Assessing Their Governability. In M. Bavinck, R. Chuenpagdee, S. Jentoft, & J. Kooiman (Eds.), Governability of fisheries and aquaculture: theory and applications (pp. 177-199). (MARE publication series; No. 7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6107-0_10 [details]
- Stephen, J., Menon, A., Scholtens, J., & Bavinck, M. (2013). Transboundary dialogues and the ‘politics of scale’ in Palk Bay fisheries: brothers at sea? South Asia Research, 33(2), 141-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/0262728013487633 [details]
2012
- Scholtens, J., Bavinck, M., & Soosai, A. S. (2012). Fishing in Dire Straits: trans-boundary incursions in the Palk Bay. Economic & Political Weekly, 47(25), 87-96. http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2012_47/25/Fishing_in_Dire_Straits.pdf [details]
2011
- Sathyapalan, J., Srinivasan, J. T., & Scholtens, J. (2011). Overcapitalization in a small-scale trawler fishery: a study of Palk Bay, India. In R. Dr. Chuenpagdee (Ed.), World small-scale fisheries: contemporary visions (pp. 51-61). Delft: Eburon Academic Publishers. [details]
2008
- Bavinck, M., de Klerk, L., van Dijk, D., Rothuizen, J. V., Blok, A. N., Bokhorst, J. R., van Haastrecht, E. K., van de Loo, T. J. C., Quaedvlieg, J. G. J., & Scholtens, J. (2008). Time-zoning for the safe-guarding of capture fisheries: a closed season in Tamil Nadu, India. Marine Policy, 32, 369-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2007.08.007 [details]
2020
- Scholtens, J., & Bennett, N. (2020). Commentary 4 to the Manifesto for the Marine Social Sciences: the politics of research agendas. MAST: Maritime studies, 19(2), 133-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-020-00184-0 [details]
- Scholtens, J., Karuppiah, S., & Jyotishi, A. (2020). A Twisted Trajectory. Samudra Report, 83, 38-42. https://www.icsf.net/samudra-articles.php?id=5364 [details]
2019
- McClain, S. N., McMullen, C. P., Abiodun, B. J., Armiento, G., Bailey, R., Balasubramanian, R., Barra, R., Bowen, K. J., Crump, J., Dankelman, I., DePryck, K., Djalante, R., Dutta, M., Gemenne, F., Godfrey, L., Grellier, J., Halalsheh, M., Hurley, F., Iraola, M. J., ... Zickgraf, C. (2019). Cross-cutting Issues. In P. Ekins, J. Gupta, & P. Boileau (Eds.), Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (pp. 75-103). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108627146.010 [details]
- Scholten, J., & Jyotishi, A. (2019). Whose sea is it anyways. In S. Narain (Ed.), State of India’s Environment 2019: A Down to Earth annual (pp. 226-229). Center for Science and Environment. [details]
2016
- Amarasinghe, O., Kadirgamar, A., Scholtens, J., & Kadirgamar, N. (2016). Briefing Paper: Towards a Solution of the Palk Bay Fishing Conflict. Unknown Publisher. [details]
2015
2013
- Scholtens, J. (Author), Stephen, J. (Author), & Menon, A. (Author). (2013). Between the devil and the not-so-deep blue sea: asymmetrical power in the Indo-Sri Lankan fisheries conflict. Web publication or website, The Broker. http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Articles/Between-the-devil-and-the-not-so-deep-blue-sea [details]
2019
- Scholtens, J. (Author). (2019). Klimaatkwaad: leg de verantwoordelijkheid waar hij behoort. Web publication or website, Brainwash. https://www.brainwash.nl/bijdrage/klimaatkwaad-leg-de-verantwoordelijkheid-waar-hij-behoort
2017
- Scholtens, J., & Bavinck, J. M. (2017). Oceans contributions to food security for the poor: confronting ominous trends. Current Conservation , 11(2), 3-8. https://www.currentconservation.org/categories/features/
2016
- Scholtens, J. (Author), & Eggens, L. (Author). (2016). Sri Lakanen vissen achter het net. Web publication or website, OneWorld. https://www.oneworld.nl/research/sri-lankanen-vissen-achter-het-net
2014
- Scholtens, J. (Author), & Kadirgamar, A. (Author). (2014). Lankan fishers crushed by global powers. Web publication or website, Sunday Times. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/141109/sunday-times-2/lankan-fishers-entangled-by-global-powers-126407.html
- Scholtens, J., & Kadirgamar, A. (2014). No Country for Small Fishers. The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/no-country-for-small-fishers/article6561568.ece
Talk / presentation
- Gupta, J. (speaker), Perch, L. (speaker), Dankelman, I. (speaker), Seager, J. (speaker), Scholtens, J. (speaker), Mullaney, E. (speaker), Sándor, F. (speaker) & Jones, M. (speaker) (6-11-2018). Re-imagining DPSIR from an equity and inclusive development perspective, Earth System Governance Conference.
Others
- Bavinck, M. (member of programme committee) & Scholtens, J. (member of programme committee) (25-6-2019). MARE People and the Sea X Conference, Amsterdam. MARE People and the Sea X Conference (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Bavinck, M., Scholtens, J., & Fabinyi, M. (2024). Maximum sustainable employment: Adding to the beacons of wild fisheries governance. Fish and Fisheries, 25(4), 619-629.