Changing Trends in Antarctic Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      Pages 1-4

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3. Historical and Contemporary Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. The Politics of Science in Polar Regions

      • Aant Elzinga, Ingemar Bohlin

      Pages 7-27

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4. The Functional Role of Science in the Antarctic Treaty System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. The Role of Science in the Negotiations of the Antarctic Treaty- an Historical Review in the light of Recent Events

      Pages 31-35

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   3. Development of the Science/Politics Interface in the Antarctic Treaty and the Role of Scientific Advice

      Pages 36-40

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   4. Relevance Pressures and the Strategic Orientation of Research

      Pages 41-51

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5. Is Science in Antarctica facing the Prospects of Increasing Bureaucratization?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. The Place of Regulation in Relationship to Science

      Pages 55-60

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   3. The Place of Science in an Environmentally Regulated Continent

      Pages 61-67

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6. Orientational Shifts in Antarctic Research Agendas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Focussing an Antarctic Research Program — the Australian Experience

      Pages 71-75

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   3. Environmentally Driven Research — is it Different?

      Pages 76-80

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   4. Geoscience — Basic Research or Commercial Prospecting?

      Pages 81-87

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7. Panel Discussion and Plenary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Multi-disciplinary and Multi-country Perspectives

      Pages 91-99

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8. Four Symposium Papers and a Review of SCAR

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. The Science/Politics Interface in Development

      • Nigel Bonner

      Pages 103-110

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   3. Science in an Environmentally Regulated Continent

      • James N. Barnes

      Pages 111-117

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The core of this volume is a report from a symposium held at the University of Goteborg in the Fall of 1991. It deals with the interplay of science and politics and how^ such interplay affects research agendas. The focus is on polar research in Antarctica, a continent that has been much in the news during the past couple of years. It gives me particular pleasure to thank all the speakers who took part in the program. All of them have many commitments and involvements in international polar research and the protection of Antarctica for its scientific and aesthetic values. The fact that such a distinguished group has been willing to come to Goteborg, to my mind attests to the importance and timeliness of our topic and the relevance of epistemological and policy issues in this field. A presentation of each speaker and author is made within the relevant chapters in the text. My interest in the Antarctic has its origins in discussions with Anders Karlqvist, the Director of the Swedish PolarResearch Secretariate at the Royal Academy of Science in Stockholm. Anders and I had worked together in the early 80's in a program on Technology and Culture, among other at the Research Policy Institute in Lund. At the time he was with the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research (FRN), its Committee for Future Oriented Research headed by Torsten Hagerstrand.

• Policy
• environment
• environmental protection
• politics

• Department of Theory of Science and Research, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

  Aant Elzinga

Policies and ethics