Dr. Bob Bowen is member of the faculty of the new School for the Environment at University of Massachusetts Boston.

Working with his students, Dr. Bowen addresses different aspects of the interactions among social and natural science toward sustainable management of environmental, coastal and aquatic systems.

Research Interest:
– Integrated Coastal Management (ICM)
– Oceans and Human Health
– Drinking Water Management Systems

Selected Publications
Please contact Dr. Bowen at bob.bowen@umb.edu if you wish to access to one of his publications.

R. E. Bowen, Depledge, M. H., Carlarne, C. P., & Fleming, L. E. (Eds.). (2014). Oceans and Human Health: Implications for Society and Well-being. John Wiley & Sons.

Robert E. Bowen, Jack Wiggin, Dan Hellin and Kristen Uiterwyk, “Developing Perfomance Indicators to Evaluate the Management Effectiveness of the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan”. Prepared for Massachusetts Ocean Partnership and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. January 2010. 39 ppg.

Depledge, Michael H., Celine A.J. Godard-Codding and Robert E. Bowen (2010), “Light Pollution and the Sea: Editorial”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 60, pp. 1383-1385.

Prassede, Vella, Robert E. Bowen, Anamarija Frankic (2009), “An Evolving Protocol to Identify Key Stakeholder Influenced Indicators of Coastal Change: The Case of Marine Protected Areas”, ICES Journal of Marine Science 66(1):203-213

Bowen, Robert E., “Preface: Globalization and Global Ocean Change: An Overview of Influences on Human Health,” in Patrick J. Walsh, Sharon L. Smith, Lora E. Fleming, Henena Solo-Gaberiele and William H. Gerwick, eds., Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea. (London: Elsevier Academic Press, 2008).

Prospective students
Prospective students are welcomed to contact Dr. Bowen at bob.bowen@umb.edu