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SUMMARY:Beyond knowledge-building: Research infrastructure\, technology\, 
 and the practice of Arctic (in)security - Aleksis Oreschnikoff\, Doctoral 
 researcher\, University of Helsinki
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CONTACT:Emilie Canova
DESCRIPTION:Infrastructure and technology are critical to polar research. 
 Climate research\, oceanography\, or monitoring air- and seaborne pollutio
 n are fields where ground stations\, remote-sensing capabilities or transp
 ort infrastructures enable scientists to collect\, interpret or enhance da
 ta to generate knowledge. Moreover\, building and sharing knowledge have l
 ong been considered effective practices in relations between states or mul
 tilateral governance. Enhancing scientific capabilities through infrastruc
 tural investments or technological development are key for stronger politi
 cal agency in polar affairs. However\, scientific cooperation and the univ
 ersality of science are increasingly being challenged in light of current 
 and emerging security challenges driven by geopolitical tension and strate
 gic competition.\nDespite the significance of evidence-based policy-making
  and science-policy interaction in contemporary international relations\, 
 little is still known about the role and value of scientific infrastructur
 e and technology in political problematizations. It is relevant to examine
  scientific infrastructure and technology as material elements tied to cha
 nging geopolitical and strategic considerations. Recognizing interplay bet
 ween infrastructure\, technology and security this doctoral project explor
 es the emergence of regional (in)security from infrastructurally and techn
 ologically situated practices. This is done by answering two interrelated 
 and complementary sub-questions on the extent to which the use of research
  infrastructures and technology contribute to practices of (in)security\, 
 and on the extent to which practices of (in)security influence the use of 
 research infrastructures and technology. The project includes three interr
 elated cases: ships as multi-use infrastructure\, remote-sensing technolog
 y and presence\, as well as ground stations as exceptional spaces of inter
 action. Situated within IR scholarship\, the project builds on existing li
 terature in critical security and science and technology studies\, socio-m
 ateriality\, geography and international political sociology. The aim is t
 o provide theoretical\, methodological\, and empirical insight on pertinen
 t issues in contemporary polar studies and international relations.
LOCATION:Online (email organisers for details)
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