My research will focus on international organizations, in particular the International Maritime Organization (IMO) – the United Nations agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships. My investigation will focus on the identified gaps in theory including the role of dynamics of the negotiating situations and the influence of the process itself, and the dynamics of the institution, that may influence outcomes separately from the power of the participating states. I will investigate non-states influence in International organisations, which is still rudimentary, and the possible lack of correspondence between the power of a state in one field with its power and influence in another, which is also usually overlooked.
Michael Prehn / : The IMO Decision-Making Process: The Decision-making Process in the IMO: a Participating Delegate's Point of View. Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [Phd] 2025, 162 p. (PhD Series, No. 06.2025)
PhD thesis
2021
Michael Prehn / In: Marine Policy, Vol. 131, 9.2021
Journal article > peer review
Michael Prehn; Federico Jensen / Paper presented at The Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists. IAME 2021, 2021
Paper > peer review
Michael Prehn; Federico Jensen / Paper presented at The Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists. IAME 2021, 2021
Paper > peer review
Outside activities
2023 Solomon Islands Government IMO advisor/counsellor (3-4 weeks per year)
2022 No outside activities to report
2021 No outside activities to report
2020 Solomon Islands High Commission, London IMO advisor/counsellor
Danish Maritime & CESA Community of European Shipyards' Associations Deputy Director of Danish Maritime & Representation in IMO for CESA
2019 Danish Maritime & CESA Community of European Shipyards’ Associations Deputy Director of Danish Maritime & Representation in IMO for CESA
2018 Danish Maritime & CESA Community of European Shipyards’ Associations Deputy Director of Danish Maritime & Representation in IMO for CESA
