OceanExpert ID : 45433

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Mr Duncan HUME

Data Management Advisor (Marine Spatial Planning)

Geoscience, Energy and Maritime

Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Regional Office

Work Location

Private Mail Bag
Ratu Mara Road
Suva
Fiji

Nationality

Sweden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Email(s)

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Telephone

+6799238588

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/45433

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 0000-0002-9266-2057

Highest Degree

MSc

Job Type

Research
Data Management
Operational Support (technical)
Institutional Management

Subject Area

Policy, Law, Economics, Management
Research Support Services

Activities

  • Design and operationalisation of centralised data governance architectures, including policy frameworks, access controls, interoperability standards, and Indigenous Data Sovereignty safeguards.

  • National-level data systems analysis, including requirements engineering, infrastructure capacity assessment, and gap analysis for climate- and biodiversity-smart marine spatial planning datasets.

  • Development of technical specifications for centralised data storage, metadata standards, security models, and data lifecycle management systems.

  • Implementation of multi-source data integration frameworks, including Traditional Knowledge–scientific data workflows for evidence-based marine spatial planning.

  • Delivery of applied capacity-building in data management, governance, and institutional adoption of sustainable digital and information management practices.

Sea regions of study

Indian Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Baltic Sea

Skills

    • Information Architecture & Systems Design
    • National Data Maturity & Gap Assessment
    • Geospatial Data Management (GIS)
    • Data Analysis & Modelling Oversight
    • Strategic Project & Financial Management
    • Data Governance, Privacy & Indigenous Data Sovereignty (FAIR/CARE)
    • Stakeholder Engagement & Data-Sharing Negotiation
    • Capacity Building & Training Systems

    • Working language(s)

    English
    Swedish

    Citation(s)

    ResearchGate

    Comment(s)

    Currently seconded from the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU), where I previously worked on marine geospatial data integration, seabed mapping, and national data infrastructure for environmental and spatial planning. I also contributed to the delivery of an international marine spatial data training programme in East Africa and to the development and regional implementation of the WIO-Symphony decision-support system (funded by SIDA).

    Created: 2021-03-03 | Last Updated: 2025-12-03