The Environmental Politics Research Group currently hosts 4 doctoral researchers with the ERC-funded program TwinPolitics as well as 2 additional doctoral researchers.
EMIL W. HILDEBRAND
Data and science at the final frontier: Mapping controversies of ocean data and marine science in deep-sea mining negotiations
(2024 – present)
His research is focused on the role of emerging technologies in international negotiations on deep sea mining and marine environmental policies. He works predominantly with quantitative methods
emil.wieringa.hildebrand@univie.ac.at
CAROLIN HIRT
The Politics in and beyond the European Digital Twin of the Ocean: Power Relations, Socio-Technical Networks, and Imaginaries
( 2024 – present)
Her doctoral research focuses on critically examining and modeling the development of the EU Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) exploring how, why, and by whom the EU DTO is developed.
carolin.hirt@univie.ac.at
WENWEN LYU
The Politics of Data-Driven Ocean Governance: the case of marine biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
( 2024 – present)
Her doctoral research examines issues of justice and equity in international negotiations on marine biodiversity, with a particular focus on the power imbalance at global, national and local level, as well as the role of innovative technologies in promoting environmental justice.
wenwen.lyu@univie.ac.at
FELIX NÜTZ
Politics of Knowledge and International Environmental Negotiations: The Case of the Global Plastics Treaty
( 2024 – present)
His research is focused on the role of data and emerging technologies in plastics governance, especially in the context of the ongoing international negotiations for a global plastics treaty.
felix.nuetz@univie.ac.at