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Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly is a scholar and a globetrotting wilderness adventurer.
Corine is a researcher of sovereignty and materiality of territory and resources, based at the Centre for Russian & Eurasian Studies with Uppsala University. She is also an Institute Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute within the Geography Department and a Research Fellow in Maritime Governance with the Centre for Rising Powers at POLIS, both at the University of Cambridge. She is a Bye-Fellow of Downing College, where she is also a Director of Studies for Geography and a College Teaching Associate. She has regional expertise in the Arctic with substantive knowledge of governance frameworks, maritime law and state practices. Corine received her both her Ph.D. in Government Research and her M.A. in International Relations from Brunel University. In 2016, she became an accredited Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and in 2017 became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Her research interests include maritime search and rescue, issues of maritime sovereignty, the legal status of ice, water security and performative politics.
As a scholar of the Arctic and international affairs, Corine conducts interdisciplinary work within international relations and geography, but also draws from public international law and history. Her postdoctoral research investigates the political geography of maritime search and rescue in the Arctic and Baltic Maritime regions and converts the data from historical state practice for use in scenario building and futures risk assessment. As a researcher of the Arctic, Corine has presented and published on a variety of topics, including an analysis of the 2011 Arctic Search and Rescue Treaty. She has also written on the position of indigenous populations within Arctic governance, and has published on the Arctic foreign policy of the United States, Canada and Russia. Additionally, she has represented the Arctic interests of the United Kingdom as part of delegations to the 2010 UK-Canada Colloquium and at the 2014 Arctic Circle Conference.
A globetrotting wilderness adventurer, Corine seeks out wilderness areas around the globe for hiking, contemplation and personal restoration. In 2012, she trekked 400 miles of the Idaho Centennial Trail in the Bruneau-Jarbidge, Sawtooth and Frank Church River of No Return wilderness areas. In 2014, she travelled to Antarctica and in 2015 hiked through parts of Patagonia and the Peruvian Amazon. To date, she has explored trails in mountainous, jungle and desert regions on six continents, and maintains an annual walking goal of 600 recreational miles. She also enjoys exploring the landscapes and cultural experiences in between home and these wilderness areas, with favourite places including Iceland, Taiwan, Mallorca, Idaho and Argentina. As part of her travelling experience, she collects UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Research Interests:
Polar Regions and Near Arctic: Historical geography and political geography of the Arctic and Antarctica. Including: Governance and the relationship of Arctic states with non-Arctic states and non-state actors. Sovereignty and practices of (neo) imperialism/postcolonialism in the Polar Regions. Policy and mechanisms for managing climate change, economic development and environmental degradation in consideration of wilderness philosophies.
International Law: Issues of sovereignty over maritime territory and changes in the conceptualisation of territory within the law of the sea for resource exploitation. Use of extra-territorial legal mechanisms in safety/environmental issues. Implications of the Polar Code on the development of policy for the Arctic Maritime. Transboundary water law/policy and global glacial water resources.
Theory: Development and transformations within the international system. Issues of the analysis and conceptualisation of behaviour within international relations between agents with different interests, identities and political reckoning. Rules (including international law) of the international system and how they are introduced, maintained or invalidated. Materiality, global governance, political ecology and wilderness.
Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly is a scholar and a globetrotting wilderness adventurer.
Corine is a researcher of sovereignty and materiality of territory and resources, based at the Centre for Russian & Eurasian Studies with Uppsala University. She is also an Institute Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute within the Geography Department and a Research Fellow in Maritime Governance with the Centre for Rising Powers at POLIS, both at the University of Cambridge. She is a Bye-Fellow of Downing College, where she is also a Director of Studies for Geography and a College Teaching Associate. She has regional expertise in the Arctic with substantive knowledge of governance frameworks, maritime law and state practices. Corine received her both her Ph.D. in Government Research and her M.A. in International Relations from Brunel University. In 2016, she became an accredited Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and in 2017 became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Her research interests include maritime search and rescue, issues of maritime sovereignty, the legal status of ice, water security and performative politics.
As a scholar of the Arctic and international affairs, Corine conducts interdisciplinary work within international relations and geography, but also draws from public international law and history. Her postdoctoral research investigates the political geography of maritime search and rescue in the Arctic and Baltic Maritime regions and converts the data from historical state practice for use in scenario building and futures risk assessment. As a researcher of the Arctic, Corine has presented and published on a variety of topics, including an analysis of the 2011 Arctic Search and Rescue Treaty. She has also written on the position of indigenous populations within Arctic governance, and has published on the Arctic foreign policy of the United States, Canada and Russia. Additionally, she has represented the Arctic interests of the United Kingdom as part of delegations to the 2010 UK-Canada Colloquium and at the 2014 Arctic Circle Conference.
A globetrotting wilderness adventurer, Corine seeks out wilderness areas around the globe for hiking, contemplation and personal restoration. In 2012, she trekked 400 miles of the Idaho Centennial Trail in the Bruneau-Jarbidge, Sawtooth and Frank Church River of No Return wilderness areas. In 2014, she travelled to Antarctica and in 2015 hiked through parts of Patagonia and the Peruvian Amazon. To date, she has explored trails in mountainous, jungle and desert regions on six continents, and maintains an annual walking goal of 600 recreational miles. She also enjoys exploring the landscapes and cultural experiences in between home and these wilderness areas, with favourite places including Iceland, Taiwan, Mallorca, Idaho and Argentina. As part of her travelling experience, she collects UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Research Interests:
Polar Regions and Near Arctic: Historical geography and political geography of the Arctic and Antarctica. Including: Governance and the relationship of Arctic states with non-Arctic states and non-state actors. Sovereignty and practices of (neo) imperialism/postcolonialism in the Polar Regions. Policy and mechanisms for managing climate change, economic development and environmental degradation in consideration of wilderness philosophies.
International Law: Issues of sovereignty over maritime territory and changes in the conceptualisation of territory within the law of the sea for resource exploitation. Use of extra-territorial legal mechanisms in safety/environmental issues. Implications of the Polar Code on the development of policy for the Arctic Maritime. Transboundary water law/policy and global glacial water resources.
Theory: Development and transformations within the international system. Issues of the analysis and conceptualisation of behaviour within international relations between agents with different interests, identities and political reckoning. Rules (including international law) of the international system and how they are introduced, maintained or invalidated. Materiality, global governance, political ecology and wilderness.