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Society for the Advancement of Socieo-Economics 2025 - Montréal: “Inclusive Solidarities: Reimagining Boundaries in Divided Times” https://miningthesea.net/home/upcoming-seminar-massey-university-deep-sea-mining-in-the-pacific-and-why-it-matters monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/28f53efb-14ba-4c91-afc2-859704dfc977/Screenshot+2025-05-22+at+8.54.55+AM.jpg Home - Seminar (Massey University): Associate Professor Pascale Hatcher - ‘Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific and Why it Matters’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://miningthesea.net/home/update-dsm-seminar-and-deep-rising-documentary-screening monthly 0.5 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/80beca05-4514-4aca-b212-98ea19820128/1000002841.jpg Home - Update - DSM Seminar and ‘Deep Rising’ Documentary Screening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://miningthesea.net/home/upcoming-seminar-dr-isoa-korovulavula-the-voice-of-our-elders-on-deep-sea-mining monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/6492c3d1-4c79-4fd9-bd28-4ce829ffe537/isoa-300.jpg Home - 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Workshop Update - The Politics of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific - The workshop The Politics of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific was recently hosted at the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at the University of Canterbury on December 2 - 3, 2024. Scholars from a broad range of disciplines including political science, development studies, anthropology, peace studies, sociology and international law, spent two days discussing pressing issues around deep sea mining in the Pacific, with an emphasis on debates in the Pacific Island Countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/05963e1f-0c54-4484-82a4-eb4cd9285940/20241203_135157.jpg Home - Workshop Update - The Politics of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific - Participants shared ideas and insights on: What is the current state of debates around DSM in the PICs? Which actors have been shaping discourses on the deep sea resource frontier in the Pacific and crucially, what reality has been constructed, for what political purpose, and for what implications for the PICs and their communities? Are such debates inclusive of the plurality of Pacific voices and indigenous approaches? 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The event takes place in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, 15-21 September 2024. https://miningthesea.net/home/31st-anzsil-annual-conference-melbourne-the-politics-of-crafting-a-deep-sea-mining-regulatory-framework-in-the-pacific-island-countries monthly 0.5 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/8dff2a8d-6971-4c99-abd6-7a1fc9dd568f/Uni+Melbourne.jpg Home - 31st Australia and NZ Society of International Law Conference, Melbourne: The Politics of Crafting a Deep Sea Mining Regulatory Framework in the Pacific Island Countries Pascale and Jhon presented the paper ‘The Politics of Crafting a Deep Sea Mining Regulatory Framework in the Pacific Island Countries’ at the International Law: Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation: 31st Australian and NZ society of International Law conference held at University of Melbourne (3-5 July 2024). https://miningthesea.net/home/very-successful-fieldwork-period-in-suva-fiji-wraps-up monthly 0.5 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66bfd6851886ab0eea107109/d0e5933e-242f-46f9-8b2f-0676aaa34e3b/WhatsApp+Image+2024-06-14+at+12.36.25.jpeg Home - Very successful fieldwork period in Suva (Fiji) wraps up! Jhon, Alex and Pascale from the University of Canterbury team were happy to finally meet Dr Isoa Korovulavula, our USP counterpart, in person. Together, we spent the better part of two weeks in Suva (9-21 June) meeting stakeholders from NGOs, the government, inter-governmental organisations, and church leaders. 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