Conferences

Pascale and Oliver Lilford (UH Mānoa) will co-present the paper “Shaping the Deep Sea Resource Frontier: Mapping Corporate Discourses in the Deep-Sea Mining Venture and its Ramifications for Pacific Island Countries” at the SASE 2025 Annual Conference - Inclusive Solidarities: Reimagining Boundaries in Divided Times held in Montréal, Canada (9-12 July 2025).

Teague, A. (2024) ‘Corporate and Civil Society Voices at the International Seabed Authority’, paper presented at the workshop The Politics of Dees Sea Mining in the Pacific, University of Canterbury, (3 December).

Blesia, J. (2024) ‘DSM social license to operate: Corpus-assisted discourse analysis of government public texts’, paper presented at the workshop The Politics of Dees Sea Mining in the Pacific, University of Canterbury (3 December).

Hatcher, P. (2024) ‘The Politics of DSM in the Pacific: Perspectives’, paper presented at the workshop The Politics of Dees Sea Mining in the Pacific, University of Canterbury (2 December).

Blesia, J., A. Teague and P. Hatcher (2024) ‘Deep-Sea Mining in the Pacific: A Review of the State of the Debates’, paper presented at the seminar organised by the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development, held at The University of the South Pacific, Suva (13 June).

Blesia, J. and P. Hatcher (2024) ‘The Politics of Crafting a Deep Sea Mining Regulatory Framework in the Pacific Island Countries’, paper presented 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).

Hatcher, P. (2024) ‘Discours géopolitiques et économiques entourant l'émergence de l'exploitation minière des fonds marins: les enjeux de gouvernance pour les pays insulaires du Pacifique’, paper presented at the Seminar organised by Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability and Forum sur le droit et la gouvernance de l'eau de l'université d'Ottawa, held at Ottawa University (10 April).

Hatcher, P. (2024) ‘Mapping the Deep Sea Mining Discourse in the Pacific: Indigenous Contestation, Power and Relationality’, paper presented at the International Studies Association 2024 Annual Convention, 65th Annual Convention held in San Francisco (5 April).

Pascale attended the Underwater Minerals Conference, the World's Largest Gathering of Ocean Mineral Stakeholders. The event took place in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands (15-21 September 2024).

Pascale and Sian presented the paper ‘A Critical Discourse Analysis of Australia’s Security Narrative in the Context of the Emergence of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific’ at the Australian Political Studies Association Conference held at University of Sydney (27-30 November 2023).

Pascale and Geoff presented the paper ‘Is Deep‐Sea Mining a New Panacea for the World’s Green Technological Transition: A “Big Data” Analysis of the Actors and Frames Driving the DSM Discourse’ at the International Studies Association Annual Convention held in Montreal (16 March 2023).

Pascale and Geoff presented the paper ‘Can deep sea mining fight climate change? The politics of the race to mine the deep sea in the Pacific’ at the European International Studies Association Pan-European Conference held in Athens (2 September 2022).