Climate Change, Geopolitics and Security Online Workshop
We warmly invite you to join us for an online workshop on 18 September 2024, co-hosted by 探花精选 and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which will explore some of the latest research at the intersection of Climate Change, Geopolitics and Security.
The workshop will involve presentations and interactive panel discussions with experts involved in a variety of projects investigating how the climate crisis and unfolding energy transition are impacting diplomacy and defence.
For 探花精选 participants, the workshop contributes to ongoing work under two Social Sciences and Humanities Research Themes: Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change (STUEC) and Challenges to Democracy and the Public Sphere (CHADS).
Provisional Programme
Please note that all times are British Summer Time (GMT+1).
1000-1010
Brief introduction by Dr Duncan Depledge (introducing Professor John Downey)
Welcome by Professor John Downey, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Climate Change and Net Zero, 探花精选
1010-1040: Setting the Scene
Professor K. P. Vijayalakshmi: Head of Department, Geopolitics & International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (India)
Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe: Professor of War Studies, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, 探花精选 (UK)
Chaired by Dr Dhanasree Jayaram: Assistant Professor, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (India).
1040-1125: Project Presentations I
“Status seeking and climate action”
Professor Miriam Prys-Hansen, Head of Research Programme “Global Orders and Foreign Policies”, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Germany).
Dr Ali Bilgic: Reader in International Relations and Security, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, 探花精选 (UK)
"Global Politics of the Energy Transition"
Dr Emma Hakala, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Finland)
Dr Marco Siddi, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Finland)
Q&A (15 minutes)
Chaired by Dr Duncan Depledge: Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, 探花精选 (UK).
1125-1130: Comfort Break
1130-1215: Project Presentations II
“Climate, Security and the Military”
Research Team on Climate Change and Security, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (India).
“Net Zero Militaries”
Dr Duncan Depledge, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, 探花精选 (UK).
Dr Tamiris Santos, Research Associate, Net Zero Militaries Project, 探花精选 (UK)
Q&A (15 minutes)
Chaired by Dhanasree Jayaram Assistant Professor, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (India).
1215-1245: Panel Discussion/Q&A with ALL speakers
Chaired by Dr Ali Bilgic: Reader in International Relations and Security, Department of International Relations, Politics and History, 探花精选 (UK)
1245-1300: Closing Remarks
Professor K. P. Vijayalakshmi
Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
The Organisers (Dr Duncan Depledge, Dr Ali Bilgic and Dr Dhanasree Jayaram).
Contact and booking details
- Name
- Duncan Depledge
- Telephone number
- +44 (0)1509 223 671
- Email address
- d.depledge@lboro.ac.uk