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 Paul Dunshirn, Ayşegül Sırakaya, Adam McCarthy, and Irma Klünker. This blog post summarizes and reflects on discussions at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on Genetic Resources, which took place on November 14-18 in Geneva. […]
By Paul Dunshirn Only a few months after the adoption of the new legally binding agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) in June 2023, stakeholders met up for the ‘High Seas Treaty Symposium’ in Edinburgh on October 6th-7th. The Symposium brought together experts from policy, science, and conservation to discuss the first steps towards […]
Congratulations to now Dr. @ArneLa_10 for the successful defence of your amazing thesis analyzing the #marine #biodiversity #regime #complex 🧑🏻🎓🥂
Thanks to @amandine_orsini & @fzelli for an excellent job on the committee
Thanks @evrop_anka for chairing@maripoldata @univienna pic.twitter.com/5eFqYlr6Vr
— Alice Vadrot (@AliceVadrot) March 11, 2024
Congratulations to now Dr @InaTessnow on an impressive PhD defense & thesis analyzing #science–#policy interfaces in the #BBNJ negotiations 💐🍾🎉
Thanks to the excellent reviewers @DrKimPeters and @AnnaK_Hornidge
We had a lovely time! @univienna @ERC_Research @maripoldata pic.twitter.com/JvKdeQoXYJ
— Alice Vadrot (@AliceVadrot) March 18, 2024
First MARIPOLDATA PhDs
Arne Langlet and Ina Tessnow-von Wyoscki have successfully completed their PhDs and defended their thesis analyzing the marine biodiversity regime complex and the science-policy interfaces in the BBNJ negotiations! We wish them all the best and are looking forward to keep on working and researching together with them.
Impact Award
Maripoldata PhD Studen Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki recently won the Impact Award by the city of Vienna. In a video , Ina explains her research to us.
New Blog post by Paul Dunshirn
#BBNJ Treaty as a pioneer in genetic resource governance? The new blog reflects on ongoing developments and the recent #HighSeas Treaty Symposium in Edinburgh. Read more
Wozu das Ganze?
Politologin Alice Vadrot über den Sinn internationaler Umweltpolitik, den Einfluss von Lobyyisten und Megaverhandlungen am Limit im Falter, 22.11.2023 Read more…
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 Listen here
Vadrot, Alice B.M. and Wanneau, Krystel (2024). The social science side of marine biodiversity monitoring. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Langlet, Arne and Vadrot, Alice B.M. (2024). Expert Authority Politics in the Marine Biodiversity Complex. Global Environmental Politics, 1–24.
Langlet, Arne and Vadrot, Alice B.M. (2023). Negotiating regime complexity: Following a regime complex in the making. Review of International Studies, 1-21.
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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)