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This brief is based on a literature review conducted by Axel Hallgren at Linköping University tha... more This brief is based on a literature review conducted by Axel Hallgren at Linköping University that maps ongoing deep sea mining (DSM) research, scientific debates and controversies and synthesizes major narratives in the field. The brief will first contextualize DSM, pinpoint a few significant challenges, and continue with a short description of the targeted mineral resources. The discussion that follows hone in on a few governance challenges that emanate from the aspirations to achieve an equitable distribution of mining revenues and the lack of scientific knowledge, and the inherently unmanageable task to draft a legitimate regulatory system for the governance of the global and currently uncharted deep sea bed in merely a few years. The brief rounds off by highlighting a few avenues for topical social scientific research.
Sustainability, 2021
As land-based mining industries face increasing complexities, e.g., diminishing return on investm... more As land-based mining industries face increasing complexities, e.g., diminishing return on investments, environmental degradation, and geopolitical tensions, governments are searching for alternatives. Following decades of anticipation, technological innovation, and exploration, deep seabed mining (DSM) in the oceans has, according to the mining industry and other proponents, moved closer to implementation. The DSM industry is currently waiting for international regulations that will guide future exploitation. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current status of DSM and structure ongoing key discussions and tensions prevalent in scientific literature. A narrative review method is applied, and the analysis inductively structures four narratives in the results section: (1) a green economy in a blue world, (2) the sharing of DSM profits, (3) the depths of the unknown, and (4) let the minerals be. The paper concludes that some narratives are conflicting, but the policy path th...
The large marine protected area (MPA) declared in 2010 around the Chagos Archipelago, also known ... more The large marine protected area (MPA) declared in 2010 around the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), has led to a conflict in the thick of environmental pr ...
This brief is based on a literature review conducted by Axel Hallgren at Linköping University tha... more This brief is based on a literature review conducted by Axel Hallgren at Linköping University that maps ongoing deep sea mining (DSM) research, scientific debates and controversies and synthesizes major narratives in the field. The brief will first contextualize DSM, pinpoint a few significant challenges, and continue with a short description of the targeted mineral resources. The discussion that follows hone in on a few governance challenges that emanate from the aspirations to achieve an equitable distribution of mining revenues and the lack of scientific knowledge, and the inherently unmanageable task to draft a legitimate regulatory system for the governance of the global and currently uncharted deep sea bed in merely a few years. The brief rounds off by highlighting a few avenues for topical social scientific research.
Sustainability, 2021
As land-based mining industries face increasing complexities, e.g., diminishing return on investm... more As land-based mining industries face increasing complexities, e.g., diminishing return on investments, environmental degradation, and geopolitical tensions, governments are searching for alternatives. Following decades of anticipation, technological innovation, and exploration, deep seabed mining (DSM) in the oceans has, according to the mining industry and other proponents, moved closer to implementation. The DSM industry is currently waiting for international regulations that will guide future exploitation. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current status of DSM and structure ongoing key discussions and tensions prevalent in scientific literature. A narrative review method is applied, and the analysis inductively structures four narratives in the results section: (1) a green economy in a blue world, (2) the sharing of DSM profits, (3) the depths of the unknown, and (4) let the minerals be. The paper concludes that some narratives are conflicting, but the policy path th...
The large marine protected area (MPA) declared in 2010 around the Chagos Archipelago, also known ... more The large marine protected area (MPA) declared in 2010 around the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), has led to a conflict in the thick of environmental pr ...