Simon Bush, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Environmental Policy Group,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Name: Simon Bush
Office address: Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen
Office phonenumber: +31.317.483310
Email: simon.bush @ wur.nl

Education

Simon completed his PhD in geography at the University of Sydney in 2005 with a dissertation investigating the political ecology of living aquatic resources in the Lao PDR.

Research interests

His current research focuses on the politics of fisheries management and development in Southeast Asia with a particular interest in the implications of aquaculture certification on coastal communities, the structure and function of local and regional fish trade networks.

Current research/projects

Rebuilding resilience of coastal populations and aquatic resources: habitats, biodiversity and sustainable use options. Funded by WUR-INREF 2007-2010
Assessment of regional value chains for promoting sustainable fisheries development in the Mekong Delta. Funded by SIDA. January 2008-2009
Pangasius for the Poor: upgrading value-chains for improved rural livelihoods and environmental performance. Funded by IDRC. January 2008 – 2009

Current teaching

‘Ocean and Coastal Governance’. Undergraduate course at Wageningen University
‘Environment and Development’. MSc course at Wageningen University
‘Marine Environmental Quality and Governance’. MSc course at Wageningen University

Selected publications

De Vos, B. and S.R. Bush (forthcoming) Far more than market-based: questioning the impact of the Dutch Viswijzer (Good Fish Guide) on fisheries governance. Sociologia Ruralis XX: XX-XX.

Bush, S.R. and M. Duijf (2011) Searching for (un)sustainability in Pangasius aquaculture: A political economy of quality in European retail. Geoforum 42: 185-196

Ha, T.T.T, and S.R. Bush, (2010) Transformations in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture policy: Evidence from the Mekong Delta. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 28: 1101-1119

Anh, P.T., C. Kroeze, S.R. Bush and A.P.J. Mol (2010) Water Pollution by Pangasius Production in the Mekong Delta - Vietnam: Causes and Options for Control. Aquaculture Research 42: 108-128.

Loc, N. T. T., S.R. Bush, L.X. Sinh, & N.T. Khiem (2010) High and low value fish chains in the Mekong Delta: challenges for livelihoods and governance. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 12(6): 889-908

Bush, S.R., Van Zwieten, P.A.M., Visser, L., Van Dijk, H., Bosma, R.H., De Boer, F. & Verdegem, M. (2010) Scenarios for resilient shrimp aquaculture in tropical coastal areas. Ecology and Society 15(2): 15 [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss2/art15/

De Groot, J. and S.R. Bush (2010) The potential for dive tourism led entrepreneurial marine protected areas in Curacao. Marine Policy 34(5): 1051-1059.

Bush, S.R. (2010) Governing 'spaces of interaction' in local and global fish trade. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 101(3): 305-319.

Anh, P.T., C. Kroeze, S.R. Bush and A.P.J. Mol (2010) Water pollution by intensive shrimp farming in Vietnam: Causes and options for control. Agriculture Water Management 97: 872-882

Bush, S.R., Khiem, N. T. and Sinh, L. X. (2009) Governing Pangasius for sustainable rural livelihoods and environmental performance: a review. Aquaculture Economics and Management. 13(4): 271-293.

Loc, V.T.T., Bush, S.R., and Sinh, L.X. (2009) Assessment of value chains for promoting sustainable fisheries development in the Mekong Basin: Cases of Pangasius in Vietnam and Cambodia. Vietnam Economic Management Review 26(5&6): 32-42.

Bush, S.R (2008) Contextualising fisheries policy in the Lower Mekong Basin. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 39(3): 329-353.

Bush, S.R. and Oosterveer, P. (2007) The missing link: intersecting governance and trade in the space of place and the space of flows. Sociologia Ruralis 47(4): 384-400.

Bush, S.R. and S. Kosy (2007) Geographical distribution of investment in small-scale rural fish ponds. Aquaculture Economics & Management 11(3): 285-311.

Bush, S.R. and P. Hirsch (2005) Framing Fishery Decline. Aquatic Resources, Culture and Development 1(2):79-90.

Bush, S.R. (2004) Scales and Sales: changing social and spatial fish trading networks in the Siiphandone fishery, Lao PDR. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 25(1), 32-50.

Other major professional activities:

Editor of Maritime Studies (MAST), coordinated by the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), University of Amsterdam and published by Eburon Publishers.

Facilitator of the Environmental Research Network in Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org

Languages:

English, Lao, Dutch (Beginner)

Links:

Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University www.enp.wur.nl

Australian Mekong Resource Centre, University of Sydney http://www.mekong.es.usyd.edu.au/

Environmental Research Network Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org

Centre for Maritime Research
Plantage Muidergracht 14-16
NL-1018 TV Amsterdam
Phone: +31 20 5254185
Fax: +31 20 5254051
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Home Who We Are What We Do Conferences Journal MAST Publications Links	Simon Bush, Ph.D. Lecturer, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Name: Simon Bush Office address: Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN, Wageningen Office phonenumber: +31.317.483310 Email: simon.bush @ wur.nl Education Simon completed his PhD in geography at the University of Sydney in 2005 with a dissertation investigating the political ecology of living aquatic resources in the Lao PDR. Research interests His current research focuses on the politics of fisheries management and development in Southeast Asia with a particular interest in the implications of aquaculture certification on coastal communities, the structure and function of local and regional fish trade networks. Current research/projects Rebuilding resilience of coastal populations and aquatic resources: habitats, biodiversity and sustainable use options. Funded by WUR-INREF 2007-2010 Assessment of regional value chains for promoting sustainable fisheries development in the Mekong Delta. Funded by SIDA. January 2008-2009 Pangasius for the Poor: upgrading value-chains for improved rural livelihoods and environmental performance. Funded by IDRC. January 2008 – 2009 Current teaching ‘Ocean and Coastal Governance’. Undergraduate course at Wageningen University ‘Environment and Development’. MSc course at Wageningen University ‘Marine Environmental Quality and Governance’. MSc course at Wageningen University Selected publications De Vos, B. and S.R. Bush (forthcoming) Far more than market-based: questioning the impact of the Dutch Viswijzer (Good Fish Guide) on fisheries governance. Sociologia Ruralis XX: XX-XX. Bush, S.R. and M. Duijf (2011) Searching for (un)sustainability in Pangasius aquaculture: A political economy of quality in European retail. Geoforum 42: 185-196 Ha, T.T.T, and S.R. Bush, (2010) Transformations in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture policy: Evidence from the Mekong Delta. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 28: 1101-1119 Anh, P.T., C. Kroeze, S.R. Bush and A.P.J. Mol (2010) Water Pollution by Pangasius Production in the Mekong Delta - Vietnam: Causes and Options for Control. Aquaculture Research 42: 108-128. Loc, N. T. T., S.R. Bush, L.X. Sinh, & N.T. Khiem (2010) High and low value fish chains in the Mekong Delta: challenges for livelihoods and governance. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 12(6): 889-908 Bush, S.R., Van Zwieten, P.A.M., Visser, L., Van Dijk, H., Bosma, R.H., De Boer, F. & Verdegem, M. (2010) Scenarios for resilient shrimp aquaculture in tropical coastal areas. Ecology and Society 15(2): 15 [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss2/art15/ De Groot, J. and S.R. Bush (2010) The potential for dive tourism led entrepreneurial marine protected areas in Curacao. Marine Policy 34(5): 1051-1059. Bush, S.R. (2010) Governing 'spaces of interaction' in local and global fish trade. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 101(3): 305-319. Anh, P.T., C. Kroeze, S.R. Bush and A.P.J. Mol (2010) Water pollution by intensive shrimp farming in Vietnam: Causes and options for control. Agriculture Water Management 97: 872-882 Bush, S.R., Khiem, N. T. and Sinh, L. X. (2009) Governing Pangasius for sustainable rural livelihoods and environmental performance: a review. Aquaculture Economics and Management. 13(4): 271-293. Loc, V.T.T., Bush, S.R., and Sinh, L.X. (2009) Assessment of value chains for promoting sustainable fisheries development in the Mekong Basin: Cases of Pangasius in Vietnam and Cambodia. Vietnam Economic Management Review 26(5&6): 32-42. Bush, S.R (2008) Contextualising fisheries policy in the Lower Mekong Basin. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 39(3): 329-353. Bush, S.R. and Oosterveer, P. (2007) The missing link: intersecting governance and trade in the space of place and the space of flows. Sociologia Ruralis 47(4): 384-400. Bush, S.R. and S. Kosy (2007) Geographical distribution of investment in small-scale rural fish ponds. Aquaculture Economics & Management 11(3): 285-311. Bush, S.R. and P. Hirsch (2005) Framing Fishery Decline. Aquatic Resources, Culture and Development 1(2):79-90. Bush, S.R. (2004) Scales and Sales: changing social and spatial fish trading networks in the Siiphandone fishery, Lao PDR. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 25(1), 32-50. Other major professional activities: Editor of Maritime Studies (MAST), coordinated by the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE), University of Amsterdam and published by Eburon Publishers. Facilitator of the Environmental Research Network in Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org Languages: English, Lao, Dutch (Beginner) Links: Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University www.enp.wur.nl Australian Mekong Resource Centre, University of Sydney http://www.mekong.es.usyd.edu.au/ Environmental Research Network Asia (ERNASIA) www.ernasia.org	Centre for Maritime Research Plantage Muidergracht 14-16 NL-1018 TV Amsterdam Phone: +31 20 5254185 Fax: +31 20 5254051 Contact Form

Simon Bush, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Lecturer, Environmental Policy Group,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands