Daniela Liggett

University of Canterbury

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Ant-ICON Chief Officer and Theme 3 Lead

Daniela Liggett is an Associate Professor at Gateway Antarctica, School of Earth and Environment at the University of Canterbury and is currently the co-chair of SCAR’s Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS). She is particularly interested in qualitative research, which crosses different disciplines and challenges conventional research paradigms. Daniela’s research interests include Antarctic environmental governance and human engagement with the polar regions as well as complex polar futures. She is involved in the Polar Prediction Project’s Societal and Economic Research and Applications (PPP-SERA) task team and has contributed to UN Environment’s Global Environmental Outlook.

Current research projects / interests:

  • Antarctic science-policy interactions
  • The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Antarctic communities of practice
  • Antarctic tourism governance and management

Keywords: Antarctic governance; Antarctic environmental management; polar tourism; Antarctic science-policy interactions

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