The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data

Global and National Policies and Practices of Monitoring the Oceans

An ERC Project

WHAT IS MARIPOLDATA?

MARIPOLDATA is a research project funded by the European Research Council from November 2018 to October 2023. 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.

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Off to a great start

24. May 2019/in General /by Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki

On the 21st of May, MARIPOLDATA had its project launch. The event was open to the public and attracted over 50 people from academia, ministries and non-governmental organisations. Dr. Julien Rochette from the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) shared his expertise on ocean governance and highlighted the need for a new legal […]

Impressions from the second week of BBNJ negotiations and why they became political in the end

15. April 2019/in General /by Alice Vadrot

From March 25 to April 5, governments met at the UN Headquarters in New York to further advance negotiations on a new legally binding instrument to protect and sustainably use marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). It is expected that by 2020, governments would agree on establishing a new treaty covering four central […]

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Call for PhD participants: Conducting research at global environmental negotiations

Abstract deadline: June 30, 2019

Hannah Hugues (Cardiff University) and Alice Vadrot are looking for PhD students to participate as active discussants in a workshop on methods for Conducting research at global environmental negotiations.

The workshop will take place at the University of Vienna, 10^th to 11^th of September 2019.

Prospective participants need to have an interest and experience in researching global environmental negotiations, from the intergovernmental meeting to all elements of mega-events, including the COPs, side events, and surrounding protest to the more distant research site that is connected and impacted by these events.

Please send an abstract to maripoldata.erc@univie.ac.at of how your research interest might connect to the workshop by June 30^th.

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The role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations

Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 13:00-17:00 BST
Venue: Cambridge Judge Business School

Dr Alice Vadrot, principal investigator of the ERC funded research project MARIPOLDATA (which investigates the politics of marine biodiversity data), and the Centre for Science and Policy will be hosting a workshop on the role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations.

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Article by the University of Vienna (in German)

Die Politologin Alice Vadrot erhält als erste Wissenschafterin der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften einen ERC Starting Grant. Mit dieser hochdotierten Förderung kann sie ihr Projekt “The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data” realisieren, in dem sie internationale Umweltpolitik analysiert.

Article in Austrian Newspaper “Die Presse” (in German)

In ihrem ERC-Start-Preis-Projekt untersucht Alice Vadrot die Haltung einzelner Staaten bei den aktuellen Hochseeschutz-Verhandlungen der UNO.

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Off to a great start

Impressions from the second week of BBNJ negotiations and why they became political in the end

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Call for PhD participants: Conducting research at global environmental negotiations

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The role of oral histories in understanding science-policy interrelations

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Article by the University of Vienna (in German)

Article in Austrian Newspaper “Die Presse” (in German)

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