Abstracts should be submitted by June 30, 2024. Proposals will be considered by the conference convenors on the basis of academic merits and fit with the conference theme.

Abstracts should be no more than 400 words and include author (first name and last name), institutional affiliation and the title of the paper. Please e-mail all abstracts to vito.delucia@uit.no. We anticipate that authors will be advised by 15 August 2024 if their abstract has been accepted for presentation.

NCLOS invites engagements with and contributions to one or more of these themes:

  • Regional Futures (Arctic, South China Sea, Mediterranean, South Pacific?)
  • Oceans and Climate Change
  • Marine Biodiversity
  • Extractive practices between geopolitics and the green transition
  • Geopolitics and Critical Infrastructures
  • Military Operations and Naval Warfare
  • Migrations and humans at sea
  • Rights (of humans, and non-humans)
  • Technologies and AI
  • Baselines and Sea-level Rise
  • Sovereignty and Stewardship
  • Novel Practices and Imaginations in the Anthropocene
  • Theories and Methodologies (Law and geography, Law and history, Law and critique, Law and…..)

Publication of Papers

The conference hopes to generate new knowledge and ideas on this crucial issue, which will be disseminated through an academic publication (or more than one), whether a special issue of peer-reviewed articles, an edited volume or alternative forms of dissemination, to be determined once the range of contributions is finalized and assessed.

Inquiries

Inquiries with respect to abstracts should be directed to Vito De Lucia at vito.delucia@uit.no. Inquiries regarding administrative matters ought to be directed to Christin Skjervold at christin.skjervold@uit.no.