Ocean Infrastructures and Global Ocean Politics

The project addresses the vital issue of how the oceans can be used sustainably and governed more effectively. Developing an innovative analytical framework centred on the concept of infrastructures. The team on this project will bring infrastructures to the front and centre of analysis through 3 linked case studies that interrogate infrastructural flows for effective oceanic governance: maritime shipping routes, undersea cables and marine oil spills. In using and governing the oceans we face a range of fundamental dilemmas. Through this project we will be able to identify how we can better cope with these through developing ocean infrastructures that protect our oceans in the future.