PLW Associates (Marine) Ltd

Peter Wybow

Peter Wybrow, a Director of PLW Associates, is a qualified sociologist with twenty years experience in research, consultancy, teaching and management in the British university sector. He also has a broad consultancy background, in North America, the Far East and Europe, in the areas of the socio-economic and environmental impacts on costal zones. His current research and consultancy interests are in issues related to the socio-economic and environmental impacts of shipping and ports, short sea shipping, marine leisure and tourism. Current clients include UK and international private clients as well as working on EU funded projects. . In particular he has experience of designing and managing large-scale questionnaire research, using structured and semi structured interviewing, face-to-face and telephone interviewing, focus groups and stakeholder dialogue techniques.

For four years he was the Head of the Public Policy Research Centre at Southampton Institute, in the UK and subsequently the Social Science Research Centre at the Institute, managing and participating in a broad range of research projects in both the public and private sectors.

Peter now works privately through consulting companies, of which he is a Director, in the UK and Malaysia.

Qualifications:
B.Sc. (Hons) Sociology

Subject Specialisms:
Research methodologies.

Socio-economic and environmental impacts of ports, harbours and on coastal zones.

Selected Recent Publications:

2001 Lewey, S.A., Pouzanjani, M.M. & Wybrow P. Marine Environmental Issues in Maritime

Education and Training. IAMU 3^rd Annual Conference, Kobe, Japan, Sept 2001.

2002 Fernández Estarlich, F., Lewey, S. A., Wybrow, P. SEAM; assessing concepts, systems and tools for a safer, efficient and environmentally aware and friendly maritime transports. 11th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Biofouling San Diego, California July 2002

2002 Lewey, S.A. & Wybrow, P. The Environmental Impact of Naval Practices in Navy Bases. Conference on Environmentally Responsible Maritime Defence, MIMA August 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2002 Wybrow, P., Lewey, S.A., & Lloyd, M., Short Sea Shipping – A European and ASEAN Perspective. MIMA-GMV Joint Conference on Intra-ASEAN Shipping and Port Development. October 2002, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2003 Lewey, S.A., & Wybrow, P., Marine Environmental Issues in Shipping and Ports, The MIMA Bulletin, Vol.10, No.1/2003, July 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.