ESRC Seminar Series, January 2010 – October 2011
The Polar Regions have recently returned to widespread public attention. Media reports of melting sea ice, the plight of polar bears, the sustainability of indigenous livelihoods and the claiming of the Arctic and Antarctic seabeds have garnered international interest. Geopolitical machinations in both Polar Regions have been in evidence, from the building of new scientific bases to the commissioning of replacement icebreakers. Meanwhile, oceanographic and geophysical research has gathered momentum within the context of evidentiary submissions of extended continental shelves to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Resource speculation, particularly in the Arctic, has added extra interest and verve to policy-related discussions. Such discussions increasingly now involve a range of actors, including not only the coastal states and the Arctic Council, but also regional organizations such as the European Union, extra-regional states such as China, environmental NGOs, and political representatives of indigenous peoples, such as the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
This ESRC Seminar Series, ‘Knowledges, Resources and Legal Regimes: The New Geopolitics of the Polar Regions’, is designed to investigate critically the contemporary Arctic and Antarctic.
Early Career Workshop for ‘Polar Social Scientists’
Thursday 8 September 2011
Mansfield College, Oxford
0900-0915 – Introduction (Dr. Richard Powell, Oxford)
0915-1015 – Plenary: Publishing Polar Research (Prof. Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway)
1015-1100 – Session 1 (two speakers):
– The UK and the Shifting Geopolitics of the Arctic (Duncan Depledge, Royal Holloway and RUSI)
– Quantifying Cooperation in a Polar Clique (Elizabeth Deheza, RUSI)
1100-1130 – Coffee
1130-1300 – Session 2 (four speakers):
– Nano-particles and icebergs (Michael Dangerfield, Oxford)
– On ice: politics, history and legal status (Corine Wood-Donnelly, Brunel)
– Making sense of multiple governance in Nunavut (Jackie Price, Cambridge)
– Representations and readings of Argentine territorial nationalism: the case of the southwest Atlantic and Antarctic territories (Dr. Matt Benwell, Liverpool)
1300-1345 – Lunch
1345-1500 – Plenary: Comparative research on Arctic resources? (two speakers)
– Lessons from Sakhalin? (Prof. Michael Bradshaw, Leicester)
– Resource Extraction in Canada (Dr. Michael Bravo, Cambridge)
1500-1530 – Session 3 (one speaker):
– (Mis)interpreting Russia’s Arctic Policy (Dr. Drew Foxall, Queen’s, Belfast)
1530-1600 – Tea
1600-1630 – Closing Discussion
Seminar 4: Subsidiarity’, indigenous self-determination and other peoples of the Polar regions
10.00* -16.30, Thursday 12 May 2011, Foresight Centre, Liverpool
Please find final details below about the fourth and final event of the ESRC Seminar Series, ‘Knowledges, Resources and Legal Regimes: The New Geopolitics of the Polar Regions’, to be held at the Foresight Centre, LIVERPOOL on THURSDAY 12 MAY. We would again be delighted if you were able to attend, and please pass this on to any of your interested colleagues or students.
Attendance at all events is free and open to all those interested in the Polar Regions, but PRIOR REGISTRATION BEFORE 8 MAY is required with Richard Powell (richard.powell@ouce.ox.ac.uk ). Demand has been such that these events have all been heavily over-subscribed, so we advise early registration in order to secure a place.
Seminar 4: Subsidiarity’, indigenous self-determination and other peoples of the Polar regions
10.00* -16.30, Thursday 12 May 2011, Foresight Centre, Liverpool
* Registration from 9.30 — Sessions to start at 10.00
SCHEDULE
0930-1000 – REGISTRATION with coffee
1000-1045 – Tensions between preserving culture and developing a state in Greenland
Jeppe Strandsbjerg, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark1045-1130 – Building an independent Greenland: internal challenges and external consequences
Damien Degeorges, Doctoral Candidate, Paris Descartes University, France1130-1145 – COFFEE
1145-1230 – ‘Here we go again’: wildlife biologists and indigenous knowledge
Martina Tyrrell, Open University, UK1230-1330 – LUNCH
1330-1415 – Limits to petroleum extraction? Contemporary discourses and conflicts over the future of the Norwegian arctic
Berit Kristoffersen, Doctoral Candidate, University of Tromsø, Norway1415-1445 – Comments from Discussant
David Anderson, University of Tromsø, Norway1445-1500 – TEA/COFFEE
1500-1600 – General Discussion with Audience about the papers
1600-1630 – General Discussion on the ESRC Series and close of conference
10.00* -17.00, Tuesday 15 February 2011, British Library, London
* Registration from 10.00 — Sessions to start at 10.30
SCHEDULE
1000-1030 – REGISTRATION
1030-1115 – The Polar Regions and the Law of the Sea: Are there Antarctic Lessons for the Far North?
Prof. Donald R. Rothwell, Professor of International Law, The Australian National University1115-1200 – Reform of Regional Arctic Marine Governance: Relying on Existing Models or Pioneering New?
Prof. Erik J. Molenaar, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), Utrecht University and Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø1200-1245 – Balancing National interests and Common interests in the Polar Regions
Prof. Paul Berkman, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara and Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge1245-1345 – LUNCH
1345-1430 – Resource Governance in the Circumpolar North
Hannah Strauss, Research Student, University of Oulu, Finland1430-1515 – Positioning the UK as an ‘honest broker’ in EU-Arctic negotiations
Duncan Depledge, Research Analyst, Climate Change and Security Programme, RUSI and Research Student, Geography, Royal Holloway1515-1530 – TEA/COFFEE
1530-1600 – Comments from Discussant
Charles Emmerson, Chatham House1600-1700 – General Discussion from Audience
Seminar 2 – Outcomes and Statements
Thank you to all who attended the second seminar in this series on Tuesday 21 September, at the British Library. The seminar was extremely lively and though-provoking.
We look forward to seeing you at the next event on Tuesday 15 February 2011 at the British Library.
Directions for Seminar 2
As advertised, Seminar 2 will be held at the British Library. Detailed directions can be found here. The seminar will be held in Meeting Room 2, which is located within the Conference Centre (on the right of the piazza as you face the main entrance of the Library). A plan of the conference centre can be seen here.
10.00* -17.00, Tuesday 21 September 2010, British Library, London
* Registration from 10.00 — Sessions to start at 10.30
SCHEDULE
1000-1030 – REGISTRATION (with COFFEE)1030-1045 – Introduction
Prof. Klaus Dodds, Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London1045-1115 – Polar Resources: Over 400 Years of Exploring the Final Frontiers
Philip Hatfield, Curator, Canadian and Caribbean Collections, British Library1115-1130 – COFFEE
1130-1215 – Outer limits of the continental shelf in the Polar Regions – submissions by Coastal States and the work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
Dr. Harald Brekke, Member of CLCS and Norwegian Petroleum Directorate1215-1300 – Claimant stances on Outer Continental Shelf in the Antarctic Treaty Area and the consequences for Antarctic collective governance
Dr. Alan Hemmings, Gateway Antarctica Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research, University of Canterbury, New Zealand1300-1400 – LUNCH
1400-1445 – Triangulating the Russian Position: Discourse of the Arctic Front
Corine Wood-Donnelly, Research Student, Politics and History, Brunel University1445-1530 – Token Arguments: The Use and Usefulness of Arctic Resources for Scandinavian Countries, Past and Present
Prof. Sverker Sörlin, Environmental History, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden1530-1600 – Comments from Discussant
Prof. Dougal Goodman FREng, Chief Executive, The Foundation for Science and Technology1600-1700 – General Discussion from Audience
Seminar 1 – Outcomes and Statements
Thank you to all who attended the first seminar in this series last week. It was a most enjoyable and intellectually invigorating occasion.
We look forward to seeing you at the next event on 21st September at the British Library.
TRAVEL GRANTS for Seminar 1
We are pleased to announce that funds are available to support the travel costs of postgraduates, postdoctoral fellows and early career researchers at the seminars. In order to apply for one of these grants, please send your name, position, contact details and a statement of your research interests and why you wish to attend the seminar (50 words maximum) to Richard Powell (R.C.Powell@Liverpool.ac.uk ) by MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010.
Depending on the level of demand, we may have to have a selective process for these awards
(and, yes, the image to the left is for illustrative purposes only!!)
TRAVEL/ACCOMMODATION for Seminar 1
Seminar 1: Shifting Poles? Geopolitics and legal regimes
09.30* -17.00, Thursday 25 March 2010, Foresight Centre, Liverpool
As advertised, Seminar 1 will be held at the Foresight Centre, Liverpool. Travel and accommodation details can be found on their website, although some of the key resources are here to download…
Maps & Directions
Maps and directions to Foresight Centre
There is also a shorter/simpler list of hotels, together with a further link to an excerpt from the Tourist guide, here: http://www.foresightcentre.co.uk/Pages/Article.aspx?id=277.
The staff at the Foresight Centre have recommended the Jury’s Inn on Albert Dock. Please do note, however, that this is a long way by foot (45min) or taxi (25min) from the Foresight Centre, and about 30mins from Lime Street Station.
