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

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.

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, Denmark

1045-1130 – Building an independent Greenland: internal challenges and external consequences
Damien Degeorges, Doctoral Candidate, Paris Descartes University, France

1130-1145 – COFFEE

1145-1230 – ‘Here we go again’: wildlife biologists and indigenous knowledge
Martina Tyrrell, Open University, UK

1230-1330 – 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, Norway

1415-1445 – Comments from Discussant
David Anderson, University of Tromsø, Norway

1445-1500 – TEA/COFFEE

1500-1600 – General Discussion with Audience about the papers

1600-1630 – General Discussion on the ESRC Series and close of conference

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 University

1115-1200 – 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 Tromsø

1200-1245 – 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 Cambridge

1245-1345 – LUNCH

1345-1430 – Resource Governance in the Circumpolar North
Hannah Strauss, Research Student, University of Oulu, Finland

1430-1515 – 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 Holloway

1515-1530 – TEA/COFFEE

1530-1600 – Comments from Discussant
Charles Emmerson, Chatham House

1600-1700 – General Discussion from Audience

A selection of statements from key participants – part of our expanding research database – can be found here.

We look forward to seeing you at the next event on Tuesday 15 February 2011 at the British Library.

SCHEDULE
1000-1030 – REGISTRATION (with COFFEE)

1030-1045 – Introduction
Prof. Klaus Dodds, Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London

1045-1115 – Polar Resources: Over 400 Years of Exploring the Final Frontiers
Philip Hatfield, Curator, Canadian and Caribbean Collections, British Library

1115-1130 – 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 Directorate

1215-1300 – 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 Zealand

1300-1400 – LUNCH

1400-1445 – Triangulating the Russian Position: Discourse of the Arctic Front
Corine Wood-Donnelly, Research Student, Politics and History, Brunel University

1445-1530 – Token Arguments: The Use and Usefulness of Arctic Resources for Scandinavian Countries, Past and Present
Prof. Sverker Sörlin, Environmental History, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

1530-1600 – Comments from Discussant
Prof. Dougal Goodman FREng, Chief Executive, The Foundation for Science and Technology

1600-1700 – General Discussion from Audience

We have now uploaded a selection of statements from key participants as part of our expanding research database.

We look forward to seeing you at the next event on 21st September at the British Library.

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!!)

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

Foresight Centre: Local hotel information

Detailed map of Liverpool

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.