The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data
Global and National Policies and Practices of Monitoring the Oceans
An ERC Project
MARIPOLDATA is a research project funded by the European Research Council from November 2018 to June 2024. The MARIPOLDATA research team develops and applies a new interdisciplinary and multi-scale approach to study new forms of power at the intersection between science, policy and politics.
By Arne Langlet, Paul Dunshirn & Glen Wright Twitter has become a central platform for political [1] and scientific communication [2], offering a unique data source for researching digital communication and discussions between diplomats, stakeholders and scientists. During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital communication may have been particularly important for international negotiation processes such as the […]
Since 2018, the MARIPOLDATA research team has followed the BBNJ negotiations and provided extensive insights of the diplomatic practices, science-policy interactions and conflicts shaping the development of a new high seas biodiversity treaty (Tessnow-von Wysocki & Vadrot, 2020; Vadrot, 2020; Vadrot et al. 2022). In parallel, we studied the emerging scientific field of marine biodiversity […]
68 States have signed the #BBNJ Agreement so far, taking the first steps towards the Agreement’s entry into force, crucial for addressing the triple planetary crisis, and for achieving ocean-related #GlobalGoals and ocean-related goals and targets of #KMGBF. pic.twitter.com/myUVaXsdLN
— Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (@undoalos) September 20, 2023
Ocean Seminar Series: Book presentation
Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
The Next Ocean Seminar will take place on October 11th, 2023, from 5-6:30pm (CET). Dr Hannah Hughes and Ass.-Prof. Alice Vadrot will be presenting their recently published book. To register, send an email to maripoldata.erc@univie.ac.at, indicating your name and institution.
IUCN WCPA High Seas Specialist Group Arne Langlet was recently added to the IUCN High Seas Specialist Group. The High Seas Specialist Groups works on building capacity and knowledge, as well as supporting new technologies, for identifying, establishing, managing and monitoring marine protected area networks and wider systems of area-based management tools in the 64% of the ocean beyond national boundaries.
Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making
The book by Hannah Hughes and Alice Vadrot has been published!
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Wem gehört der Ozean?
Interview with Alice Vadrot and Paul Dunshirn in Ö1 Journal Dimensionen, 25.07.2023
Das Klima zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft
Audimax Podcast with Alice Vadrot and Nils Güttler in Rudolphina Magazin, 02.06.2023
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Wem gehört das Meer? (in German, French and Italian)
Participation from Alice Vadrot in the emission “42-Die Antwort auf fast alles” from Arte
The replay
Großer Erfolg dank Schwarmintelligenz
Comments from Alice Vadrot and Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki in FALTER 12/23, 22.03.2023
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Wie ein neuer Pakt den Raubbau in den Ozeanen stoppen will
Podcast with Alice Vadrot in Edition Zukunft Klimafragen – DER STANDARD, 10.03.2023
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Weltmeere: Überraschende Einigung über UN-Abkommen über die Hohe See
Podcast with Alice Vadrot in Lage der Nation, 09.03.2023
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Langlet, Arne and Vadrot, Alice B.M. (2023). IOs in the BBNJ Regime Complex – the dataset. Data in Brief, In Press, 109153
Langlet, Arne and Vadrot, Alice B.M. (2023). Not ‘underming’ who? Unpacking the emerging BBNJ regime complex. Marine Policy 147: 105372
Vadrot, Alice B.M. Ruiz-Rodríguez, Silvia C. Brogat, Emmanuelle. Dunshirn, Paul. Langlet, Arne. Tessnow-von Wysocki, Ina and Wanneau, Krystel (2022). Towards a reflexive, policy-relevant and engaged ocean science for the UN decade: A social science research agenda. Earth System Governance 14: 100150
Vadrot, Alice B.M. and Ruiz-Rodríguez, Silvia C. (2022). Digital Multilateralism in Practice: Extending Critical Policy Ethnography to Digital Negotiation Sites. International Studies Quarterly 66(3)
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 804599 – MARIPOLDATA – ERC-2018-STG)