I am an environmental historian and writer. Check out my upcoming book The Deep Sea in Brill’s Series in the History of the Environment. Learn more about the project here.
My first book, Elisabeth Mann Borgese and the Law of the Sea, traces the history of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea through the work of one of its key architects. It is a timely subject as deep seabed mining edges closer to reality: the book examines the period when the rules governing the deep seabed were first established, offering insights for today’s policymakers.
I have also published journalistic pieces, covering topics such as the environmental challenges of salmon farming in Norwegian fjords, the threat of melting permafrost to the global seed vault on Spitzbergen and on the potential of jellyfish as a food source. You can explore my journalistic work here.
Interests: Environmental history, ocean governance, science and technology, and human-nature relations.
Illustrations by Reviel Meyer. Photos by me.