ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130101302

Funded Activity Summary

Governing Climate Futures: The Social and Political Ramifications of Climate Modification. In light of the slow progress of international climate negotiations momentum has been developing behind a range of proposed strategies for manipulating climatic systems. Collectively referred to as ‘geoengineering’, current projects include technologies designed to reflect sunlight away from the Earth and techniques for directly removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Though these techniques may prove to be a cost effective response to global warming, the deployment of these technologies will pose significant social, political and diplomatic challenges. This project will document the international development of geoengineering and will provide critical insights into the wider social and political ramifications of these developments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $713,402.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociology | Social Theory | Social and Cultural Geography | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Technological Ethics | Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classified | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability |

Other Keywords

Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classified | Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability | Social Theory | Social and Cultural Geography | Sociology | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology | Technological Ethics

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