EVENTS:
Upcoming MARIPOLDATA Virtual Reading Group
“Science-Policy Interfaces” in United Nations negotiations
October 28, 2020
We are happy to welcome Christine Gaebel, iAtlantic & ATLAS Policy Project Manager at the University of Edinburgh, to present her recent paper Recognising Stakeholder Conflict and Encouraging Consensus of ‘Science-Based Management’ Approaches for Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ).
More information here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New publication by Alice Vadrot in Environmental Science & Policy
Buidling authority and relevance in the early history of IPBES
This paper reviews the early history of IPBES and focuses on epistemic choices that occurred early on in its establishment and assessment work.
Read the paper here (free access until November 25, 2020)
New forum piece by Alice Vadrot in Critical Policy Studies
Multilaterism as a `site´ of struggle over environmental knowledge: the North-South divide
This forum piece discusses why multilateral spaces are key ‘sites’ for studying struggles over environmental knowledge and how Collaborative Event Ethnography (CEE) can open up new avenues for Critical Policy Studies.
Read the forum piece here.
IN THE MEDIA:
The best of all worlds
FWF video portrait
Artist, diplomat or researcher? Alice Vadrot considers her chosen career path – research – to be the “best of all worlds”. At the University of Vienna, the research interests of this political scientist and former FWF Schrödinger fellow include worldwide policy considerations on the protection of biodiversity, as well as the difficult question: who owns the sea?
Video here…
Meeresschutz politisch umsetzen – Ö1 Punkt eins (in German)
Wie ernst ist es uns mit dem Schutz mariner Ökosysteme?
Gäste: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Herndl, Professor für Meeresbiologie & Ass.-Prof. Dr. Alice Vadrot, Projektleiterin MARIPOLDATA, Universität Wien.
Moderation: Xaver Forthuber.
Vor Mauritius havarierte kürzlich der Ölfrachter “Wakashio” an einem ohnehin bedrohten Riff. Von den Galapagos-Inseln meldeten ForscherInnen vor kurzem die Entdeckung Dutzender neuer Tierarten;
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