Output
Below you find a listing of all research output, participation in events, and events organized by ProAct, in the period 2021-2025.*
Research Output
- Alvarez Ortega, E., & Guggisberg, S. (2025). Governance of Antarctic tourism: From private actors to the Antarctic Treaty System, and back. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800624443.0000
- Huijbens, E.H. (2025). Antarctic tourism sustaining a planetary commons. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800624443.0000
- Makanse, Y. (2025). Tourism Diversification in Antarctica and New Zealand/Aotearoa's Sub-Antarctic Islands: Practices as Expressions of Values. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 71-87. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800624443.0000
- Alvarez Ortega, E., Makanse, Y., & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic: philosophical considerations, possible modalities, and relations with the Antarctic Treaty System. The Polar Journal 14(2), 514–534. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2425554
- Guggisberg, S. (2024). Rights of Nature and Non-use of Nature for Environmental Protection in Antarctica. The Polar Journal 14(2), 446-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2414645.
- Huijbens, E. H. (2024). Reframing the Antarctic as polar planetary commons: moving beyond rights of nature. The Polar Journal 14(2), 493-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2414647
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic: An Introduction. The Polar Journal 14(2), 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2425553
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., & Bastmeijer, K. (Eds.). (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic. [Special Issue] The Polar Journal 14(2), 365-594.
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., Molenaar, E. & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Values and Principles in the Antarctic Treaty and the Environmental Protocol: An Overview and Categorization. The Yearbook of Polar Law 15 (2023): 285–308. https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_015010012
- Makanse, Y., & Huijbens, E. H. (2024). Consuming placelessness: a geographic critique of current Antarctic tourism development. Tourism Geographies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2412554
- Makanse, Y. (2024). Contextualising Antarctic tourism diversification: tourism management implications from multinational policy debates. The Polar Journal, 14(1), 270–313. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2024.2342113
- SCAR, Antarctic tourism diversification: current state and issues previously discussed by the ATCM, ATCM 46, IP 172 rev,1. Author: Yousra Makanse. Available at https://www.ats.aq/devAS/Meetings/DocDatabase?lang=e
- Varnajot, A., Makanse, Y., Huijbens, E. H., & Lamers, M. (2024). Toward Antarctification? Tourism and place-making in Antarctica. Polar Geography, 47(1), 49–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2024.2309673
- Bastmeijer, K., Shibata, A., Steinhage, I., Ferrada, L. V., & Bloom, E. T. (2023). Regulating Antarctic Tourism: The Challenge of Consensus-Based Decision Making. American Journal of International Law, 117(4), 651-676. https://doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2023.34
Events: Presentations and Participation as Discussant
Monaco Ocean Conservation Legal Roundtable, Monaco Ocean Week (Monaco, 22 March 2024)
- Panelist ‘Polar Tourism Panel’ (Kees Bastmeijer);
NL Polar Day 2024 (The Hague, Netherlands, 23 April 2024)
- Discussant at panel session focused on polar tourism (Kees Bastmeijer & Yousra Makanse)
Public Seminar Changing Antarctic and Challenges Ahead (Kochi, India, 20 May 2024)
- Discussants at panel entitled “Our responsibilities and commitment for future Antarctica: Antarctica in global setting, environmental liability, tourism, and safety” (Kees Bastmeijer & Yousra Makanse)
8th International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference and community tour (Arctic Sweden, 5-9 June 2024)
- Presentation entitled “Exploring Polar Hydrocommons. A speculative counter-cartography of the poles” (Edward Huijbens)
- Presentation entitled “Exploring Antarctic Tourism Diversification” (Yousra Makanse)
WUR Polar Day (Wageningen, the Netherlands, 5 November 2024)
- ProAct Presentation (Machiel Lamers and Bas Amelung)
- Interactive Session “Antarctic Tourism and Governance” (Yousra Makanse, Mylène van der Koogh, Anisja Obermann)
Annual NCLOS Conference (Tromso, Norway, 7 November 2024)
- Presentation entitled “The protection of marine biodiversity in ABNJ: the role of non-user States” and discussant at panel session entitled “Ocean and Environment” (Solène Guggisberg)
A mutli-disciplinary take on the role of the judiciary in the law of the sea Conference (Utrecht, The Netherlands, 21 November 2024)
- Presentation entitled “Litigation for sustainable marine living resources under UNCLOS: the role of non-user States” and discussant at panel session entitled “Litigation beyond bilateral State interactions” (Solène Guggisberg)
UTAS Antarctica Day (Hobart, Australia, 7 December 2024)
- Presentation entitled “Cooperation in Antarctic Tourism Governance” and discussant at panel session entitled “Cooperation in Antarctic Tourism” (Yousra Makanse)
SCAR SC-HASS Conference (Lisbon, Portugal, 22-24 June 2023)
- Presentation entitled “Antarctic tourism: who are the main user States and how well can they regulate tourism?” (Solène Guggisberg and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- Presentation entitled “Exploring Tourism Diversification in Antarctica” (Yousra Makanse)
- Presentation entitled “Towards 'Antarctification'? Tourism and place-making in Antarctica” (Alix Varnajot and Yousra Makanse as presenters; Edward Huijbens and Machiel Lamers as co-authors)
16th Polar Law Symposium (Faroe Islands, 26-28 October 2023)
- Seminar and presentations entitled “Antarctic Treaty System: Values and Principles and Antarctic Tourism Governance” and “ATS values and principles & non-use” (Solène Guggisberg, Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega as presenters)
Polar Scientific Symposium: from Arctic to Antarctic “The Cold is Getting Hot” (Monaco, 24-25 February 2022)
- Discussant at panel session entitled “Effects of Polar Changes upon Global Human Societies and Economies” (Yousra Makanse)
International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference and community tour (Ushuaia, Argentina, 8-13 April 2022)
- Presentation entitled “Proactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism” (Yousra Makanse)
- Presentation entitled “Antarctic Tourism sustaining a planetary commons” (Edward Huijbens)
Dutch Polar Symposium 2022 (The Hague, Netherlands, 19 May 2022)
- Presentation entitled “The Role of Fundamental Principles and Values in Regulating Antarctic Tourism” (Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- Academic posters:
- “Ensuring Adequate Implementation of Antarctic Tourism Regulation” (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- “Safeguarding the Fundamental Principles and Values of the Antarctic Treaty System – The concept of non-use and the role of non-user States” (Solène Guggisberg)
- “Proactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism” (Yousra Makanse)
10th SCAR Open Science Conference (Online, 1-10 August 2022)
- Presentation entitled “Intrinsic Value in Antarctica – what is intrinsically valuable?” (Rupert Summerson and Yousra Makanse)
- Eposters:
- “AGIVA – Intrinsic Value in Antarctica” (Yousra Makanse, Rupert Summerson and Alfonso Donoso)
- “Proactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism” (Yousra Makanse)
Workshop on Antarctica and Rights of Nature: Historical, Moral and Legal Perspectives (Oslo, Norway, 24-26 August 2022)
- Presentation entitled “A Right to Integrity for Antarctica?” (Kees Bastmeijer and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
15th Polar Law Symposium (Reykjavik, Iceland, 12-14 October 2022)
- Presentation entitled “Governance of Antarctic Tourism: The Role of ATS Principles and Values” (Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega as presenters; Kees Bastmeijer, Edward Huijbens, Machiel Lamers, and Erik Molenaar as co-authors)
International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) webinar (Online, 15 April 2021)
- Online presentation of ProAct project (and all sub-projects): https://sites.google.com/view/polartourismresearch/knowledge-commons/proact-webinar (all ProAct researchers)
Contemporary Issues in Outer Space Law (Online, 3 September 2021)
- Online presentation entitled “Tourism into space and to the Antarctic: Similarities and differences” (Solène Guggisberg)
The 29th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research (Online, 21-23. September 2021)
- Online presentation entitled “Framing tourism in Antarctica: An analysis of the growth of Antarctic tourism and the debate regarding its regulation” (Michael Cacciapaglia)
14th Polar Law Symposium (Online [and in Japan], 21-23 November 2021)
- Online (PDF) presentation entitled “Global Commons Governance and Shifting of Jurisdictional Paradigms in the Anthropocene” (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
Events organised by ProAct
ProAct Antarctic Tourism Symposium (Utrecht, 20-21 June 2024) (all ProAct researchers)
- Organization of the ProAct symposium, bringing together over 35 experts to present the current results of each ProAct work package, benefit from expert feedback, and exchange on the potential future of Antarctic tourism.
Workshop on “Non-use measures for global goods and commons in international law” (Utrecht, Netherlands, 8-9 May 2023) (Solène Guggisberg and Erik Molenaar)
- Organization of the workshop bringing together over 20 experts on a variety of global goods and commons
- Presentation entitled “Conceptual framework of non-use measures in international law” (Solène Guggisberg)
- Presentation entitled “Non-use measures in Antarctic tourism regulation” (Solène Guggisberg and Ricardo Roura)
- Presentation entitled “The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement” (Erik Molenaar)
Arctic Centre Seminar on The Role of States in the Legal Protection of Antarctica (University of Groningen, Netherlands, 6 December 2023)
Presentation entitled “Jurisdictional scope in the Antarctic Treaty System and in Contracting Parties' domestic implementation of the Environmental Protocol” (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
* Contributions and output of ProAct supervisors have not been financed by the NWO ProAct subsidy
