Challenges to Ocean Governance: Regional Disputes, Global Consequences? (OCEANGOV)

Climatic, economic and technological changes entail a greater focus on maritime space. This has become increasingly evident in certain maritime domains, like the Arctic Ocean, the Black Sea, and the East China Sea. What determines the emergence and evolution of disputes over marine resources and maritime space a regional context? Which factors prompt changes in these dynamics? And what can this tell us about conflict management and resolution more generally in the maritime domain? Furthermore, how are global ocean governance mechanisms ? with an emphasis on LOS ? influenced by regional dynamics, which in turn constrain the very same dynamics? This four-year research project ? OceanGov ? combines two strands of social sciences ? international relations and international law ? in an interdisciplinary approach to examine disputes at sea. We will identify propositions and trends explaining why some disputes at sea escalate whereas others are settled, within three maritime domains: the Arctic Ocean; the Black Sea; and the East China Sea. From this, we will embark on an in-depth study of ocean governance and international politics, linking region-specific findings with global governance trends in three jurisdictional areas of the Law of the Sea: territorial waters; exclusive economic zones/continental shelves; and the high seas.

Climatic, economic and technological changes entail a greater focus on maritime space, in turn prompting a rethink of how conflicts and dispute management at sea are viewed. This has become increasingly evident in certain maritime domains, like the Arctic Ocean, the Black Sea, and the East China Sea. Examples of disputes include overlapping zonal and continental-shelf claims, the status of sea lanes, and the spatial distribution of transboundary fish stocks as well as sedentary species. However, research on maritime disputes tends to be case-oriented and is rarely seen in relation to the wider literature on inter-state conflicts, international law and conflict studies. Moreover, maritime disputes have often been dismissed as peripheral in the conflict literature. This project asks: What determines the emergence and evolution of disputes over marine resources and maritime space a regional context? Which factors prompt changes in these dynamics? And what can this tell us about conflict management and resolution more generally in the maritime domain? Furthermore, how are global ocean governance mechanisms – with an emphasis on LOS – influenced by regional dynamics, which in turn constrain the very same dynamics? This four-year research project – OceanGov – focuses on these questions, combining two strands within the social sciences – international relations and international law – in an interdisciplinary approach to examine disputes at sea. We will identify conditional propositions and trends explaining why some disputes at sea escalate whereas others are settled, within three maritime domains: the Arctic Ocean; the Black Sea; and the East China Sea. From this, we will embark on an in-depth study of ocean governance and international politics, linking region-specific findings with global governance trends in three jurisdictional areas of the Law of the Sea: territorial waters; exclusive economic zones/continental shelves; and the high seas.

Publications from Cristin

Corto Maltese and the Myriad Narratives of a More-than-Human Ocean: Revisiting Some of UNCLOS’ Ontological Assumptions

Recalcitrant Materialities of a Liminal Ocean: Deconstructing the ‘Arctic Nomos’

The European Union’s ‘never again’ Arctic narrative

Drawing Lines at Sea: Australia’s Five Decades of Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Private governance: The case of Marine Stewardship Council certification in Russia

Ocean Geopolitics: Marine Resources, Maritime Boundary Disputes and the Law of the Sea

The European Union and Arctic Security Governance

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Episode 28: Sikkerhetspolitikk i Arktis med Andreas Østhagen

Arctic Sovereignty and Security: A Role for Invuik

Kaffe med en forsker: Andreas Østhagen

The End of an Exceptional History: Re-Thinking the EU-Russia Arctic Relationship

Tyrkia vil signere Svalbardtraktaten: – Et tegn på stormaktsambisjoner, sier forsker (Turkey wants to sign the Svalbard Treaty: - A sign of great power ambitions, says researcher)

Svalbard dras med i Ukraina-krigen (Svalbard is dragged into the Ukraine war)

Arctic Geopolitics? What, where and why

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The Law of the Sea and Sea Level Rise: Between the Holocene and the Anthropocene

Ocean Governance Workshop

Arctic Governance and Business: Role of Asia

A Changing Maritime Jurisdiction Picture in the Mediterranean Sea

Arctic Geopolitics: A three level analysis

USAs hodebry i nordområdene (US’ headache in the Arctic)

Ocean Geopolitics and Governance

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