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Report of GLOMAR PhD student Anna-Maria Hubert about her participation in the Oxford Summer School on Geoengineering Research in Oxford, UK, 19-25 August 2012
This August, I attended the Oxford Summer School on Geoengineering Research, held at Queens College, Oxford University. The focus of the one-week summer school was to provide early career researchers with information on current developments of the science and governance of geoengineering. Morning lectures were supplemented by specialised workshops that included sessions on engaging with policy makers and the public as well as media training. The course in Oxford built on last year’s summer school in Banff, Canada, which was valuable for establishing links with fellow early career academics and leading scholars working in the field, and which led to fruitful international collaborations with new colleagues. The Oxford Summer School allowed me to expand my academic network in this area, and forge new interdisciplinary research connections.
Participation in the Oxford Summer School was highly beneficial to my GLOMAR Ph.D. project, which examines the legal implications of scientific research activities that pose risks to the marine environment. The regulation of marine geoengineering research is an important case study in my dissertation. A robust legal analysis of geoengineering research activities is impossible without an understanding of the current state of research, and the related risks and uncertainties. Moreover, the design of effective instruments to govern scientific research requires a sensitive regulatory response, granting a degree of deference to scientific expertise and allowing scientists sufficient freedom to pursue questions that they deem most pressing so that decision-makers have the best possible information upon which to base future decisions about the risks and efficacy of geoengineering technologies. Interdisciplinary study can also shed light onto developments in one’s own discipline. The issues related to the regulation of geoengineering are symptomatic of the challenges faced by international environmental law in general (e.g, treaty congestion and fragmentation, role of non-state actors).
I would like to acknowledge the generous financial support of GLOMAR, which made my participation in the Oxford Summer Academy on Geoengineering Research possible.
Participation in the Oxford Summer School was highly beneficial to my GLOMAR Ph.D. project, which examines the legal implications of scientific research activities that pose risks to the marine environment. The regulation of marine geoengineering research is an important case study in my dissertation. A robust legal analysis of geoengineering research activities is impossible without an understanding of the current state of research, and the related risks and uncertainties. Moreover, the design of effective instruments to govern scientific research requires a sensitive regulatory response, granting a degree of deference to scientific expertise and allowing scientists sufficient freedom to pursue questions that they deem most pressing so that decision-makers have the best possible information upon which to base future decisions about the risks and efficacy of geoengineering technologies. Interdisciplinary study can also shed light onto developments in one’s own discipline. The issues related to the regulation of geoengineering are symptomatic of the challenges faced by international environmental law in general (e.g, treaty congestion and fragmentation, role of non-state actors).
I would like to acknowledge the generous financial support of GLOMAR, which made my participation in the Oxford Summer Academy on Geoengineering Research possible.
