Daniel Lane

Dr. Daniel Lane is full professor at the Telfer School of Management where he is actively pursuing research and supervising graduate students.

Dr. Lane’s research interests include decision-making processes, simulation modelling and control of dynamic systems, especially in the area of natural resource management and the management of Canada’s coastal zone including fisheries, aquaculture, and oceans policy analysis. He is currently involved in research on fisheries management strategies, decision making, and strategic planning in Atlantic Canada and internationally.

Dr. Lane is the recipient of numerous research grants, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Individual Operating and Discovery Grants (since 1986); Network Investigator to the National Centre of Excellence on Aquaculture; AquaNet (2004-2005); Principal Investigator and Chair of the Oceans Management Research Network (OMRN, since 2005), a joint initiative program of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). He is currently Co-Director (Canada) of the IDRC-SSHRC International Community-University Research Alliance (ICURA) “C-Change” project (2009-2015) entitled Managing Adaptation to Environmental Change in Coastal Communities: Canada and the Caribbean.

Dr. Lane has published peer-reviewed papers in Operations Research, OPTIMUM, the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, the European Journal of Operational Research, INFOR, and the American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences. He has also prepared proceedings for the World Fisheries Congress, major reports for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), and for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Fisheries Committee.

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