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Steering Committee

Assistant Prof Dr Ebru Caymaz Türkiye Science Diplomacy
Dr Cristian Lorenzo Argentina International Relations
Dr Alejandra Mancilla Norway Political Philosophy
Prof Meredith Nash Australia Cultural Sociology
Dr Hanne Nielsen (Chief Officer) Australia Literary and Cultural Studies
Dr Ursula Rack New Zealand History
Dr Peder Roberts (Chief Officer) Norway History
Prof Akiho Shibata Japan Law
Dr Yelena Yermakova Norway Political Philosophy

 

Membership

SC-HASS welcomes new members. Anyone with a research interest in the Antarctic from a humanities or social science perspective is welcome to join. To apply for membership of the group, please download and complete the document SC-HASS membership form (69 KB) and send it, as a Word document, to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A member of the team will then be in touch. Please note that information provided will be used to create a profile in the SC-HASS Researcher Profile Directory displayed below.

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Affiliated Researcher Profiles

Below is a directory of SC-HASS affiliated researchers, with information about home institution, research interests, interest keywords, and links to publications. Members welcome further collaboration, so please feel free to get in touch with us to discuss your own Antarctic-related projects. If you are interested in becoming a member, or would like to update the details in your bio, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.!  

 

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Diego Aguirrezabal webDiego Aguirrezábal
Piccininno
Karen Alexander webKaren Alexander Elias Angele webElias Angele Alessandro Antonello web
Alessandro
Antonello
Bruno Arpi webBruno Arpi Dag Avango webDag Avango Ross Avenell webRoss Avenell  Andrew Avery web
Andrew J. Avery


B

Renuka Badhe web
Renuka Badhe
Paola Barros Delben webPaola Barros Delben Kees Bastmeijer web
Kees Bastmeijer
Javier Benayas webJavier Benayas
Raul Boeno webRaul Boeno 0 image
Paolo Botta
Anne Marie Brady web
Anne-Marie Brady
Minh Bui web
Minh Bui 
Joanna Burrows webJoanna Burrows      


C

Daniela Cajiao web
Daniela Cajiao
Ignacio Javier Cardone web
Ignacio Javier
Cardone
Anna Carr web
Anna Carr
Ebru Caymaz webEbru Caymaz
Wai Yin Cheung web
Wilson (Wai-Yin)
Cheung
Anne Choquet webAnne Choquet Iqra Choudhry web
Iqra Choudry
Craig Cormick web
Craig Cormick
Els Curry webEls Curry Allison Cusick web
Allison Cusick 
 
  


D

Jean de Pomereu web
Jean de Pomereu
Carol Devine web
Carol Devine
Valentina Dinica web
Valentina Dinica
Klaus Dodds web
Klaus Dodds
Elcin Doruk webElçin Doruk Silvia Dotta web
Silvia Dotta 
Marilena Dracea Chelsoi webMarilena Drăcea-Chelsoi 0 imageSeira Duncan
Elisa Dupuis webElisa Dupuis       


E

Aant Elzinga web
Aant Elzinga
Sarp Erguven webSarp Ergüven    


F

Luis Valentin Ferrada Walker web
Luis Valentín
Ferrada-Walker
0 image
Susanna Ferrar
Patrick Flamm webPatrick Flamm Waldemar Fontes web
Waldemar Fontes
Bob Frame webBob Frame 0 image
Ellen C. Frye 
   


G

Arthur Giannattasio webArthur Roberto
Capella Giannattasio
Damien Gildea web
Damien Gildea
Hong Ching Goh web
Hong Ching Goh
Lynda Goldsworthy webLynda Goldsworthy
Ben Goossen web
Ben Goossen
Johanna Grabow web
Johanna Grabow
Marissa Grunes webMarissa Grunes   


H

Henrietta Hammant webHenrietta Hammant Vanessa Heggie webVanessa Heggie Christy Hehir webChristy Hehir Ingo Heidbrink web
Ingo Heidbrink
Victoria Heinrich webVictoria Heinrich Alan Hemmings web
Alan D. Hemmings
Rebecca Hingley web
Rebecca Hingley
Indi Hodgson Johnston web
Indi
Hodgson-Johnston
Rohan Howitt webRohan Howitt Adrian Howkins webAdrian Howkins Katelyn Hudson web
Katelyn Hudson
Linda Hunt webLinda Hunt
Timothy Hyde web
Timothy Hyde
     


I

Osamu Inagaki webOsamu Inagaki      


J

Adele Jackson web
Adele Jackson
Natalia Jaramillo Machuca web
Natalia Jaramillo
Machuca
Maozeng Jiang web
Maozeng Jiang
John Christy JohnsonJohn Christy Johnson
Peter Johnson webPeter Anto Johnson      


K

Stephanie Kaefer webStephanie Kaefer Julian Kelly web
Julián Kelly
Ilan Kelman web
Ilan Kelman
Nima Khorrami webNima Khorrami
Junsoo Kim webJunsoo Kim      


L

Machiel Lamers web
Machiel Lamers
0 image
Charne Lavery
Elizabeth Leane web
Elizabeth Leane
0 image
Heloisa Lemmertz
0 image
Simon Lesenechal
Yu Fai Leung web
Yu-Fai Leung
Elizabeth Lewis Williams web
Elizabeth
Lewis Williams
Daniela Liggett web
Daniela Liggett
Kati Lindstrom web
Kati Lindström
Bryan Lintott webBryan Lintott Nengye Liu web
Nengye Liu
Cristian Lorenzo web
Cristian Lorenzo
Anche Louw web
Anche Louw
Cornelia Luedecke webCornelia Lüdecke     


M

Zia Madani web
Zia Madani
Patrick Maher webPatrick Maher Alejandra Mancilla web
Alejandra Mancilla
Austin Mardon webAustin Mardon
Katie Marx web
Katie Marx
Daniella McCahey web
Daniella McCahey
Joy McCann web
Joy McCann
Jeff McGee web
Jeff McGee
0 image
Ashley Meredith
Mikaa Mered web
Mikå Mered
Patricia Millar web
Patricia Millar
James Moser web
James Moser  


N

Vishnu Namboodiri web
Vishnu Namboodiri
Meredith Nash webMeredith Nash Diego Navarro web
Diego Navarro
Jay Needham webJay Needham
Miranda Nieboer web
Miranda Nieboer
Hanne Nielsen web
Hanne Nielsen
Gabriel Noel web
Gabriel D. Noel
Kimberley Norris web
Kimberley Norris
Victoria Nuviala web
Victoria Nuviala 
     


O

Alice Oates webAlice Oates Ria Olivier webRia Olivier    

 


P

Michael Paroussis web
Michael Paroussis
Michael Pearson web
Michael Pearson
Kimberley Peters webKimberley Peters Carolyn Philpott web
Carolyn Philpott
Jennifer Pickett webJennifer Pickett Igor Portoghese web
Igor Portoghese
Rebecca Priestley web
Rebecca Priestley  
 


Q

Pedro Marques Quinteiro web
Pedro Marques Quinteiro
     


R

Ursula Rack web
Ursula Rack
Gustavo Ramirez Buchheister web
Gustavo Ramírez
Buchheister
John Read web
John Read 
Wilson Rios webWilson Andrés
Ríos Angulo
Leslie Carol Roberts web
Leslie Carol Roberts
Lisa Roberts web
Lisa Roberts
Peder Roberts web
Peder Roberts
Yliana Rodriguez new web
Yliana Rodriguez
Gabriela Roldan web
Gabriela Roldan
     


S

Juan Francisco Salazar web
Juan Francisco
Salazar
Morgan Seag web
Morgan Seag
Brenda Segurel web
Brenda Segurel
Maria Ximena Senatore web
Maria Ximena
Senatore
Akiho Shibata web
Akiho Shibata
Claudia Silvia web
Claudia Silvia
Katherine Sinclair webKatherine M. Sinclair Nelson Soto Santibanez web
Nelson Soto
Santibáñez
Vani Sreekanta webVani Sreekanta Tim Stephens web
Tim Stephens
Emma Stewart web
Emma Stewart
Emmanuelle Sultan web
Emmanuelle Sultan 
Suprita Suman webSuprita Suman Gaurav Sushant webGaurav Sushant    


T

Smrithi Talwar webSmrithi Talwar 0 image
Lindsay Arthur
Tamm
Jianye Tang web
Jianye Tang
Pablo Tejedo webPablo Tejedo
Francisco Tunez web
Francisco Tuñez
     


V

Carlos Pedro Vairo web
Carlos Pedro
Vairo
Lize Marie van der Watt webLize-Marié
van der Watt
0 image
Nils Vanstappen
Alix Varnajot webAlix Varnajot
0 image
Jane Verbitsky 
     


W

Claire Warrior web
Claire Warrior
Edythe Weeks web
Edythe Weeks
Priscilla Wehi webPriscilla Wehi Michael Weisberg web
Michael Weisberg 


X

Jiangtian Xu web
Jiangtian Xu
     


Y

Yelena Yermakova web
Yelena Yermakova
Kemal Yildirim webKemal Yildirim Melis Yuksel webMelis Yuksel  


Z

Andres Zarankin web
Andres Zarankin
Mengzhu Zhang webMengzhu Zhang    


Humanities and Social Sciences Conferences

Joint Humanities and Social Sciences workshops and conferences have been held since 2013.  Details are on the Humanities and Social Sciences Meetings page.


2017 Humanities and Social Sciences Conference video

A short video was created during the 2017 Humanities and Social Sciences Conference:

HASSEG Conference 2017: Understanding the Antarctic region through the Humanities and Social Sciences (short version) from Stephen Curtain on Vimeo.

A longer version of the video is available at vimeo.com/229227070.


Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA)

ALSA aims to collect and archive electronically photographs and other items of interest relating to the history of South Africa’s involvement “down South” from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (and before) right up to the present day.


'Taming the Leviathan'

This was a project of the University of St Andrews' Special Collections to catalogue papers they hold on whaling, seal hunting and fishing, including extensive records on whaling in the Southern Ocean during the 20th Century.  The material came from the Sea Mammal Research Unit and the D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection.  Follow the links below to find Antarctic-related material:

 

Metadata from the former Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group (HASSEG) can be made available upon request.

Due to confidentiality and human ethics restrictions, original research data cannot be made publicly available.

Publications, Data and Links of interest to the Humanities and Social Sciences Community

+ Publications


Reports to Delegates and Executive Committee Meetings:

 

Workshop Abstracts and Reports:

 

+ Research Output Summary

Research Output Summary [ROS] – Wilderness

Antarctic Wilderness Project Publications – Chronological Order

By: Bastmeijer, Bishop, Guyomard, Hemmings, Keys, O’Reilly, Maher, Roura, Summerson, Tin

Also available to download as a pdf pdf from the SCAR Library (129 KB) .

1. Academic Articles & Chapters

  1. Bastmeijer, K. (2005) Managing human activities in Antarctica: Should wilderness protection count? New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 2: 335-353. www.researchgate.net/publication/228227919

  2. Maher, P.T. (2007) Advocating for Antarctic Wilderness: Short-term visits and Human Values. In A. Watson and J. Sproull (Eds.) Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress Symposium: September 30 – 6 October, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska USA: 170-177. Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Research Station. Science-and-Stewardship-to-Protect-and-Sustain-Wilderness-Values.pdf

  3. Tin, T., Hemmings, A.D. and Roura, R. (2008) Pressures on the Wilderness Values of the Antarctic Continent. International Journal of Wilderness 14(3): 7-12. www.wild.org/.../ijwdec08_tin.pdf

  4. Bastmeijer, K. (2009) Protecting Polar Wilderness: Just a Western Philosophical Idea or a Useful Concept for Regulating Human Activities in the Polar Regions? The Yearbook of Polar Law 1: 73-99. papers.ssrn.com/.../abstract_id=1295430

  5. Tin, T. and Hemmings, A.D. (2011) Challenges in Protecting the Wilderness of Antarctica. In: A. Watson, J. Murrieta-Saldivar and B. McBride (Eds.), Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium: November 6-13, 2009, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: 147-152. Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Research Station. www.fs.fed.us/.../rmrs_p064_147_152.pdf

  6. Tin, T., Bastmeijer, K., O’Reilly, J. and Maher, P. (2011) Public Perception of the Antarctic Wilderness: Surveys from an Educated, Environmentally Knowledgeable European Community. In: A. Watson, J. Murrieta-Saldivar and B. McBride (Eds.), Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium: November 6-13, 2009, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: 109-117. Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Research Station. www.fs.fed.us/.../rmrs_p064_109_117.pdf

  7. Summerson, R. and Tin, T. (2011) Protection of the Wilderness and Aesthetic Values of Antarctica: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool. In A. Watson, J. Murrieta-Saldivar and B. McBride (Eds.), Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium: November 6-13, 2009, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: 178-181. Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Research Station. www.fs.fed.us/.../rmrs_p064_178_181.pdf

  8. Summerson, R. and Bishop, I. (2011) Aesthetic value in Antarctica: beautiful or sublime? The Polar Journal 1(2): 225-250. doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2011.626626

  9. Bastmeijer, K. (2011) Intergenerational Equity and the Antarctic Treaty system: Continued Efforts to Prevent ‘Mastery’. The Yearbook of Polar Law 3: 635-682. papers.ssrn.com/.../abstract_id=1762039

  10. Summerson, R. (2012) Protection of Wilderness and Aesthetic Values in Antarctica. 77-112 in F. Huettman (Ed.) Protection of the Three Poles. Tokyo: Springer. www.springer.com/gp/book/9784431540052

  11. Summerson, R. & Bishop, I. (2012) The impact of human activities on wilderness and aesthetic values in Antarctica. Polar Research 31: 10858. polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2614

  12. Tin, T. & Summerson, R. (2013) Growing Human Footprint, Diminishing Wilderness in Antarctica. International Journal of Wilderness 19(3): 10-13 & 36. www.researchgate.net/publication/270507414

  13. Carver, S. & Tin, T. (2013) Mapping and Modelling Wilderness Values in Antarctica. Leeds: Wildland Research Institute. www.researchgate.net/publication/317264988

  14. Summerson, R. (2013). Wilderness and Aesthetic Values of Antarctica. In Daniela Liggett and Alan D. Hemmings (Eds.) Exploring Antarctic Values: 22-47. Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica. pdf SSAG-proceedings-2013 (1.85 MB)

  15. Tin, T. (2013) Environmental advocacy in the Antarctic Treaty System – a personal view from the 2000s. The Polar Journal 3(2): 415-430. doi/full/10.1080/2154896X.2013.861264

  16. Neufeld, E., O’Reilly, J., Summerson, R. & Tin, T. (2014) Valuing Antarctica: emerging views from international studies. 233-252 in Tin, T., Liggett, D., Maher, P.T. & Lamers, M. (eds.) Antarctic Futures: Human engagement with the Antarctic environment. Dordrecht: Springer. www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400765818

  17. Roura, R.M. & Tin, T. (2014) Strategic Thinking and the Antarctic Wilderness: Contrasting Alternative Futures. In: T. Tin, D. Liggett, P. Maher, and M. Lamers (Eds.) Antarctic Futures: Human Engagement with the Antarctic Environment: 253–271. Dordrecht: Springer. www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400765818

  18. Bastmeijer, K. & Tin, T. (2014) Antarctica – A Wilderness Continent for Science: The ‘Public’s Dream as a Mission Impossible? in Alfredsson, G., Koivurova, T. and Ágústsson, H.O. (eds), 6 The Yearbook of Polar Law. Boston/Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff. www.researchgate.net/publication/262186987

  19. Bastmeijer, K. (2014) Addressing Weak Legal Protection of Wilderness: Deliberate Choices and Drawing Lines on the Map. In: Steffen Fritz and Steve Carver (Ed.), Mapping Wilderness: Concepts, Techniques and Applications of GIS, Heidelberg/Dordrecht/New York: Springer. www.researchgate.net/publication/262378973

  20. Tin, T. (2014) Looking into the future of the Antarctic wilderness. International Journal of Wilderness, 20(3). www.researchgate.net/publication/270507133

  21. Deary, H., & Tin, T. (2015) Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties’ Engagement in Wilderness Protection at Home and in Antarctica. The Polar Journal 5(2). www.researchgate.net/publication/281476935


2. Theses

  1. Summerson, R.M.V. (2013) The Protection of Wilderness and Aesthetic Values in Antarctica. PhD thesis, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne. minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/38369


3. Resolutions

  1. Resolutions from WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress. Resolution 14: Protection of Antarctica’s wilderness values. www.wild.org/.../Res14_Eng.pdf


4. Diplomatic Papers at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings

  1. New Zealand (2011) Understanding concepts of Footprint and Wilderness related to protection of the Antarctic environment. Working Paper 35. XXXIV ATCM [CEP XIV – 7d], Buenos Aires.
    - English
    - French
    - Russian
    - Spanish

  2. New Zealand / Netherlands (2012) Concepts for Wilderness protection in Antarctica using tools in the Protocol. Working Paper 50. XXXV ATCM [CEP XV – 7d], Hobart.
    - English
    - French
    - Russian
    - Spanish

  3. New Zealand / Netherlands (2012) Further information about wilderness protection in Antarctica and use of tools in the Protocol. Information Paper 60. XXXV ATCM [CEP XV – 7d], Hobart. ATCM35_ip060_e.doc

  4. New Zealand (2013) Possible guidance material to assist Parties to take account of wilderness values when undertaking environmental impact assessments. Working Paper 35. XXXVI ATCM [CEP XVI – 9d], Brussels.
    - English
    - French
    - Russian
    - Spanish

  5. New Zealand (2013) Intersessional report on the provision of guidance material to assist Parties to take account of wilderness values when undertaking environmental impact assessments. Information Paper 39. XXXVI ATCM [CEP XVI – 9d], Brussels. ATCM36_ip039_e.doc

  6. ASOC [Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition] (2013). Mapping and modelling wilderness values in Antarctica. Contributions to CEP’s work in developing guidance material on Wilderness Protection using Protocol tools. Information Paper 60. XXXVI ATCM [CEP XVI – 9d], Brussels. ATCM36_ip060_e.doc

  7. ASOC [Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition] (2014). Antarctic Resolution at the 10th World Wilderness Conference. Information Paper 69. XXXVII ATCM [CEP XVII – 9d], Brasilia. ATCM37_ip069_e.doc

  8. ASOC [Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition] (2014). Managing Human Footprint, Protecting Wilderness: A Way Forward. Information Paper 71 rev.1. XXXVII ATCM [CEP XVII – 9d], Brasilia. ATCM37_ip071_rev1_e.doc

 

+ The Lewander Lecture

The “Lewander Lecture”, originally presented by the SCAR History Expert Group, is now presented by a historian from SC-HASS. It is given during the SCAR Open Science Conference (SCAR OSC) or during the SC-HASS Conference, in memory of our Swedish friend, Lisbeth Lewander, who passed away in early 2012, and her inspiring work on the history of polar research.

The annual "Lewander Lecture" is chosen by the co-chair of SC-HASS, historian Cornelia Lüdecke, and the co-convenors from the abstracts submitted to SC-HASS history sessions of the biennial SCAR OSCs or to history sessions of the alternate biennial SC-HASS Conferences.

The lecture should demonstrate the value of dealing with polar history from diverse points of view, as well as the importance of sharing ideas and experiences with the next generation of scholars in order to widen involvement in the field. The lecture should be inspiring and deal either with new methods and ideas related to the history of polar research, or with knowledge based on decades of original research.

The Lewander Lecture was conceived in 2012 by Antarctic Polar Early-Career Scientists and Senior Scientists who knew Lisbeth Lewander personally through various conferences and workshops:
Cornelia Lüdecke (Chair SCAR History Expert Group, Germany), Aant Elzinga (Sweden), Adrian Howkins (USA), Pedar Roberts (France), Consuelo Leon Wöppke (Chile) and Lize-Marié van der Watt (South Africa).


List of Lewander Lectures

2023

Daniela Liggett (New Zealand):
“In Search of Meaning and Recognition: Scholarship in the Antarctic Humanities and Social Sciences Through Time”


2021

Cornelia Lüdecke (Germany):
"Single stages of the discovery of Antarctica in comparison with the development of SC-HASS”


2019

Nelson Llanos (Chile):
"Housewives in Antarctica: A chronicle of power and gender in the white continent, 1980's"


2018

Lisa Bloom (USA):
"Polar Art and Climate Change: Perceptual Shifts in Polar History Mediated by Art"


2017

Consuelo Leon Wöppke (Chile):
"Chilean Antarctic Historiography: Main Contributions and New Trends"


2016

Adrian Howkins (USA): 
"Changing patterns of human activity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys since the 1950s"


2015

Peder Roberts (Sweden):
"Enriching polar environments through animals: the curious history of bipolar animal transfers"


2014

Elizabeth Leane (Australia):
"The Macquarie Island penguin-harvesting controversy. Science, celebrity and media in a subantarctic wildlife campaign"


2013

Victoria Nuviala and Ximena Senatore (Argentina):
"Figures in the Fog: Ways of telling the Antarctic whaler's history (20th century, Antarctica)"


2012

Heidi Prozesky and Lize-Marié van der Watt (both South Africa):
"The triple burden of masculinity: A gender analysis of South African Antarctic and sub-Antarctic science, c. 1961-2011"

 

+ Data

Metadata from the former Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group (HASSEG) can be made available upon request.

Due to confidentiality and human ethics restrictions, original research data cannot be made publicly available.

+ Links


Humanities and Social Sciences Conferences

Joint Humanities and Social Sciences workshops and conferences have been held since 2013.  Details are on the Humanities and Social Sciences Meetings page.


2017 Humanities and Social Sciences Conference video

A short video was created during the 2017 Humanities and Social Sciences Conference:

HASSEG Conference 2017: Understanding the Antarctic region through the Humanities and Social Sciences (short version) from Stephen Curtain on Vimeo.

A longer version of the video is available at vimeo.com/229227070.


Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA)

ALSA aims to collect and archive electronically photographs and other items of interest relating to the history of South Africa’s involvement “down South” from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration (and before) right up to the present day.


'Taming the Leviathan'

This was a project of the University of St Andrews' Special Collections to catalogue papers they hold on whaling, seal hunting and fishing, including extensive records on whaling in the Southern Ocean during the 20th Century.  The material came from the Sea Mammal Research Unit and the D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection.  Follow the links below to find Antarctic-related material:

 

A detailed overview of news related to the Humanities and Social Sciences community is available here and through the group's Facebook page.

Humanities and Social Sciences Researcher Directory

HASS Conferences

Research project: The impact of COVID-19 on Antarctica