Dr. Polina Baum-Talmor is an Ocean Nexus Research Fellow, working with Dr. Sherry Pictou to advance an Indigenous land and water-based governance approach that is driven by Indigenous women’s ways of knowing, focusing on women participating in fisheries. Dr. Baum-Talmor is a Social Scientist with over 13 years of research experience, focusing mostly on issues relating to people and the ocean. She is a Nippon Foundation alumna, recipient of the NF-SIRC (Seafarers International Research Centre) PhD fellowship. Her PhD from Cardiff University (UK) focused on careers and labour market flexibility in global industries, using the case of seafarers. Dr. Baum-Talmor also holds an MA in Anthropology, and a BA in Sociology, Anthropology and Human Resources from the University of Haifa (Israel). She is an Adjunct at the Marine Affairs Program (Faculty of Graduate Studies) at Dalhousie University, Associate Fellow at the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) at Cardiff University (UK) and a Research Associate at the Haifa Research Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy (Israel).

In her spare time, Polina enjoys traveling, drawing, dancing, swimming, eating and spending quality time with family and friends.