M.Sc. Shamira Yakubu Abdulai

2026: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation International Climate Protection Fellowship (2026/2027 cohort) Guest Researcher at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen, Germany.

2025: International Maritime Organization/ World Maritime University/ Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (IMO/WMU/WISTA) Women Leadership and Empowerment Training Course.

2025: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) UN-Portugal Ocean Fellowship- Capacity Building Program on Sustainable Ocean Governance and Blue Economy, Lisbon Portugal.

2023: International foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS), Summer Academy Certificate in international law of the sea and maritime law, Hamburg, Germany.

2022: The United Nations-the Nippon Foundation Fellowship (3 months at the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) in New York and 6 months as a guest Researcher at the University of Rhode Island, USA.

2021: Essay Contest winner for the KOICA CIAT(Capacity Improvement and Advancement for Tomorrow) Application of knowledge & experience learned from the Program back in participants’ countries and its impact.

2019: Australia Australia Awards Africa Short Course on Ocean Management: Sustainable Fisheries and Governance, University of Wollongong, Australia.

2017: Korea International Cooperation Agency –International Graduate Program of Fisheries Science (KOICA-PKNU IGFS) Scholarship Program. MSc. Fisheries Science Pukyong National University Busan, South Korea.