Dear Kate and Justin, Great initiative, I unfortunately cannot make it to ISA, but do allow me to share this comment in Nature Ocean Sustainability that I have been involved in and that might give you some inspiration (also to invite people to join the panel perhaps)! Deep seabed mining lacks social legitimacy | npj Ocean Sustainability (nature.com)<https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-023-00009-7>
All the best, Judith van Leeuwen Associate Professor I Environmental Policy Group I Wageningen University Leeuwenborch I Hollandseweg 1 I 6706 KN Wageningen I The Netherlands I room 2026 E: judith.vanleeu...@wur.nl<mailto:judith.vanleeu...@wur.nl> I P: + 31 (0)317 483917 I W: www.enp.wur.nl<http://www.enp.wur.nl/> From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kate Neville Sent: 04 May 2023 01:48 To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com Cc: Kate Neville <kate.nevi...@utoronto.ca>; Justin Alger <justin.al...@unimelb.edu.au> Subject: [gep-ed] Deep sea mining panel at the 2024 ISA in San Francisco - looking for papers! Dear colleagues, The call for papers from the International Studies Association for the 2024 conference (scheduled for San Francisco) is already out, and May is underway - so here's a proposal-in-the-works for a panel where Justin Alger and I are looking for possible panelists and papers and discussants and interest. Are you working on the politics, political economy, or governance of deep sea mining activities? Please join us! Panel (provisional) title: Blue carbon, blue justice, and blue extraction: The politics and contradictions of deep sea mining. Panel (provisional) description: In the current rush for both renewable energy expansion and carbon removal options to address climate change, the oceans are positioned as a crucial place for climate solutions. They offer both a potential source for the metals and minerals needed for renewable energy technologies, and a possible sink for captured carbon. At the same time, they remain a contested region for extraction (e.g., offshore oil and gas and fisheries) and for conservation (e.g., marine protected areas and biodiversity). While deep sea mining enthusiasts position the international seabed as an area for climate-smart mining, those resisting this new extraction point to the potential damage that could be inflicted on fragile and understudied deep sea ecosystems, ocean carbon storage, and the less visible social and livelihood connections that tether the high seas and coastal communities. This panel examines the latest governance and political economy dynamics of deep sea mining, with attention to corporate power, emerging governance regimes, and especially the contradictions of green capitalism and extractivism. Please reply to me (kate.nevi...@utoronto.ca<mailto:kate.nevi...@utoronto.ca>) or Justin (justin.al...@unimelb.edu.au<mailto:justin.al...@unimelb.edu.au>) if you're interested. And even if you're not planning to attend the ISA next year, we'd love to know more about other emerging work on deep sea mining and at these intersections of extraction, climate tech, and carbon. Last year, Prakash generously organized a Google Doc where we could share ideas for panels and calls for papers. We'll happily add this to a Google list or other mechanism to help connect and coordinate efforts to link people and themes and panels and such -- but for now, here's an email blast. Thanks and all best, Kate ------- Dr. Kate J. Neville Associate Professor, Political Science and School of the Environment University of Toronto kate.nevi...@utoronto.ca<mailto:kate.nevi...@utoronto.ca> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/MW4PR13MB60117AF6D8ED716B9D10631BF06C9%40MW4PR13MB6011.namprd13.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/MW4PR13MB60117AF6D8ED716B9D10631BF06C9%40MW4PR13MB6011.namprd13.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/DU2PR01MB809698733BF78A67CBD8468D9A719%40DU2PR01MB8096.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com.
