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Dr Alan Dudley Hemmings

Gateway Antarctica

Fields of Research

  • Antarctic governance
  • Antarctic environmental management
  • Functioning of international environmental regimes
  • Globalization effects on Antarctica
  • Emerging technologies & Antarctica, including Bioprospecting and Nanotechnology
  • The role of non-state actors in Southern Ocean and Antarctic affairs
  • Security issues in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean

Researcher Summary

Dr Alan D. Hemmings, BSc (Hons) (Cov); PhD (Aukl)                  
Adjunct Associate Professor
Phone: (+61) (2) 6284 4523, Email: ahe30184@bigpond.net.au

Dr Alan D. Hemmings is a specialist on Antarctic governance and environmental management. An independent Consultant, he is an Associate Professor at Gateway Antarctica and Research Associate at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. He lives in Canberra, but comes to the University of Canterbury regularly for research and teaching purposes. Hemmings did two winters in Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey, and has also been to Antarctica with the French and New Zealand National Antarctic programmes, Greenpeace and as New Zealand Government Representative on a tourist voyage to the Ross Sea. He is a former Chair of IUCN’s Antarctic Advisory Committee and Senior Adviser to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC). Hemmings has participated in the annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, meetings of experts groups on tourism, liability, and meetings of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) since 1989. In December 2009 he was a member of the New Zealand delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on the Management of Ship-borne Tourism in the Antarctic Treaty Area held in Wellington. Hemmings is a regular media commentator on Antarctic issues.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Affiliations

Publications


  • Dodds, K. and Hemmings, A.D. (2014) Polar Oceans: Sovereignty and the Contestation of Territorial and Resource Rights. In Hance D. Smith, Juan Luis Suarez de Vivero & Tundi S. Agardy (Ed.), Handbook of Ocean Resources and Management.... Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Liggett, D. (2013) Concluding Remarks: Towards interdisciplinary study of Antarctic values. In Liggett, D. and Hemmings, A.D. (Ed.), Exploring Antarctic Values: 155-158. Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica Special Publication Series 1301. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2013) 'Environmental Management' as Diplomatic Method: The advancement of strategic national interest in Antarctica. In Liggett, D. and Hemmings, A.D. (Ed.), Exploring Antarctic Values: 70-89. Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica Special Publication Series 1301. (Chapter in Book)
  • Dodds, K. and Hemmings, A.D. (2013) Recent developments in relations between the United Kingdom and the Argentine republic in the south Atlantic/Antarctic region. Polar Record (FirstView) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247412000794. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2013) Rights, Expectations and Global Equity: Re-justifying the Antarctic Treaty System for the 21st Century. In R. Powell and K. Dodds (Ed.), Polar Geopolitics? Knowledges, Resources and Legal Regimes: in press. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2013) South Polar skua. In Miskelly, C.M. (Ed.), New Zealand Birds Online: www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Wellington: Te Papa. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2013) Subantarctic skua. In Miskelly, C.M. (Ed.), New Zealand Birds Online: www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Wellington: Te Papa. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2013) The Antarctic Treaty System [The Year in Review 2011]. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 9: 335-340. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D., Rothwell, D.R. and Scott, K.N. (2012) Antarctic security in a global context. In A.D. Hemmings, D.R. Rothwell and K.N. Scott (Ed.), Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century: Legal and policy perspectives: 328-336. Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2012) Security beyond claims. In A.D. Hemmings, D.R. Rothwell and K.N. Scott (Ed.), Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century: Legal and policy perspectives: 70-94. Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2012) The science-policy relationship and the locus of New Zealand polar science. Christchurch, New Zealand: Antarctica New Zealand Annual Conference, 4-5 Oct 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Rothwell, D.R., Scott, K.N. and Hemmings, A.D. (2012) The search for 'Antarctic security'. In A.D. Hemmings, D.R. Rothwell and K.N. Scott (Ed.), Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century: Legal and policy perspectives: 1-17. Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Jabour, J. (2011) Already a Special Case? Australian Antarctic Policy in the First Decade of the Antarctic Treaty. In M. Haward and T. Griffiths (Ed.), Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System: 50 Years of Influence: 118-137. Sydney: UNSW Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Roura, R. (2011) Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Marine Environment of Antarctica. Wollongong, Australia: Perspectives on Transboundary Environmental Governance in Australia and Beyond, 12 May 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Tin, T. and Hemmings, A.D. (2011) Challenges in protecting the wilderness of Antarctica. In A. Watson, J. Murrieta-Saldivar and B. McBride (Ed.), Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress Symposium: November 6-13, 2009, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico: 147-152. Fort Collins: Rocky Mountain Research Station. http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p064/rmrs_p064_147_152.pdf. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2011) Environmental Law - Antarctica. In K. Bosselmann, D. Fogel and J.B. Ruhl (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol 3: The Law and Politics of Sustainability: 188-194. Great Barrington: Berkshire Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2011) Environmental Management as Diplomatic Method: Advancing Strategic National Values in Antarctica. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Exploring Linkages between Environmental Management and Value Systems: The Case of Antarctica, 5 Dec 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Roura, R. and Hemmings, A.D. (2011) Realising Strategic Environmental Assessment in Antarctica. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 13(3): 483-514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1464333211003973. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2011) The Antarctic Treaty System (The Year in Review - 2010). New Zealand Yearbook of International Law (2010) 8: 238-242. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Claimant stances on Outer Continental Shelf in the Antarctic Treaty Area and the consequences for Antarctic Collective Governance. London, UK: New Resource Frontiers? Arctic and Antarctic Continental Shelves, 21 Sep 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Claimant Stances on Outer Continental Shelf in the Antarctic Treaty Area and the Consequences for Antarctic Collective Governance. (Discussion Paper)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Cold Comfort: The Role of the Antarctic Treaty System. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Pirates of the Southern Ocean?, 15 Apr 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Considerable Norms in the Antarctic. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia: Antarctic Visions: Cultural Perspectives on the Southern Continent, 21-23 Jun 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Cooperation, Competition and Moving Ocean Fronts: Institutional Challenges in the Far South. Canberra, Australia: Cooperation Regimes and Third Parties, 22 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) Does Bioprospecting Risk Moral Hazard for Science in the Antarctic Treaty System? Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 10(1): 5-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esep00103. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Kriwoken, L.K. (2010) High Level Antarctic EIA under the Madrid Protocol: State Practice and the Effectiveness of the Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation Process. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 10(3): 187-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10784-010-9119-5. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Stephens, T. (2010) The extended continental shelves of sub-Antarctic Islands: implications for Antarctic governance. Polar Record 46(4): 312-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247409990532. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2010) The Hollowing of the Antarctic Treaty System and the Governance of Antarctica. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Symposium on the Politics of Antarctica, 8-9 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Jabour, J. (2009) Already a Special Case? Australian Foreign Policy regarding Antarctica in the First Decade of the Antarctic Treaty. Canberra, Australia: Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Stephens, T. (2009) Australia’s Extended Continental Shelf: What Implications for Antarctica? Public Law Review 20(1): 9-16. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2009) Beyond Claims: Towards a Non-Territorial Antarctic Security Prism for Australia and New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Responding to Contemporary Challenges and Threats to Antarctic Security: Legal and Policy Perspectives, 5-7 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2009) Beyond Claims: Towards a Non-Territorial Antarctic Security Prism for Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 6: 77-91. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2009) Biological Prospecting in the Antarctic Treaty Area. Baarin, The Netherlands: Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts on Biological Prospecting in the Antarctic Treaty Area, 3-5 Feb 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Tin, T. and Hemmings, A.D. (2009) Challenges in Protecting the Wilderness of Antarctica. Yucatan, Mexico: WILD9 – Science and Stewardship to Protect and Sustain Wilderness Values: Ninth World Wilderness Congress, 6-13 Nov 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2009) From the New Geopolitics of Resources to Nanotechnology: Emerging Challenges of Globalism in Antarctica. Yearbook of Polar Law 1: 55-72. (Journal Article)
  • Dodds, K. and Hemmings, A.D. (2009) Frontier Vigilantism? Australia and contemporary representations of Australian Antarctic Territory. Australian Journal of Politics and History 55(4): 513-529. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Rothwell, D.R. (2009) Military Operations within the Antarctic Treaty Area. Christchurch, New Zealand: Responding to Contemporary Challenges and Threats to Antarctic Security: Legal and Policy Perspectives, 5-7 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Stephens, T. (2009) Reconciling Regional and Global Dispensations: The Implications of Subantarctic Extended Continental Shelf Penetration of the Antarctic Treaty Area. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 6: 273-291. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Rogan-Finnemore, M. (2008) Access, Obligations and Benefits: Regulating Bioprospecting in the Antarctic. In M.I. Jeffery, J. Firestone and K. Bubna-Litic (Ed.), Biodiversity, Conservation, Law + Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide: 529-552. New York: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2008) From the New Geopolitics of Resources to Nanotechnology: Emerging Challenges of Globalism in Antarctica. Akureyri, Iceland: Looking beyond the International Polar Year: Emerging and Re-emerging Issues in International Law and Policy in the Polar Regions, 7-9 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A. (2008) Problems posed by attempts to apply a claimant’s domestic legislation beyond its own nationals in Antarctica. Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 11(3 & 4): 207-220. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Jabour, J. (2008) Regulating Nanotechnology in Antarctica. Melbourne, Australia: 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 25-29 Feb 2008. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Goldsworthy, L. and Hemmings, A.D. (2008) The Antarctic Protected Area Approach. In S. Hart (Ed.), Shared Resources: Issues of Governance: 105-128. Gland: IUCN. (Chapter in Book)
  • Dodds, K. and Hemmings, A.D. (2008) The United States 2002 Unified Command Plan: Antarctica and the areas of responsibility of military commanders. Polar Record 44: 173-177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247407007164. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D., Scott, K.R. and Rogan-Finnemore, M. (2007) Broadening the duty in relation to Environmental Impact Assessment across the legal instruments applying in Antarctica. Canberra, Australia: 15th Annual Conference, Australian & New Zealand Society of International Law, 28-30 Jun 2007. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2007) Globalisation’s Cold Genius and the Ending of Antarctic Isolation. In L.K. Kriwoken, J. Jabour and A.D. Hemmings (Ed.), Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda: 176-190. Sydney: Federation Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Jabour, J., Hemmings, A.D. and Kriwoken, L.K. (2007) Introduction. In L.K. Kriwoken, J. Jabour, A.D. Hemmings (Ed.), Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda: 1-6. Sydney: Federation Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D., Kriwoken, L.K. and Jabour, J. (2007) Looking Forward, Looking South: An Enduring Australian Antarctic Interest. In L.K. Kriwoken, J. Jabour and A.D. Hemmings (Ed.), Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda: 191-196. Sydney: Federation Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Kriwoken, L.K., Jabour, J. and Hemmings, A.D. (Ed.) (2007) Looking South: Australia’s Antarctic Agenda. Sydney: Federation Press. (Edited Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Woehler, E.J. (2007) The Antarctic legal regime and protection of Antarctic penguins in the Southern Ocean. Hobart, Australia: 6th International Penguin Conference, 3-7 Sep 2007. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Haward, M., Rothwell, D.R., Jabour, J., Hall, R., Kellow, A., Kriwoken, L., Lugten, G. and Hemmings, A.D. (2006) Australia's Antarctic Agenda. Australian Journal of International Affairs 60: 439-456. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2006) Effects within the Antarctic regime of purported application of domestic law beyond its own nationals. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia: Whales, Antarctica, Diplomacy and the Law: Humane Society International v Kyodo (or Australia v Japan). CIPL, ANZSIL & CIPL Colloquium, 4 Sep 2006. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and other contributers. (2006) Overview 2006: Polar. In UNEP (Ed.), GEO Yearbook 2006: An Overview of Our Changing Environment: 35-38. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2006) Regime Overlap in the Southern Ocean: The Case of Southern Blue Fin Tuna and CCSBT in the CCAMLR Area. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 3: 207-217. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2005) A question of politics: Bioprospecting and the Antarctic Treaty System. In A.D. Hemmings and M. Rogan-Finnemore (Ed.), Antarctic Bioprospecting (Special Publication Series Number 0501 ed.): 98-129. Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Rogan-Finnemore, M. (Ed.) (2005) Antarctic Bioprospecting. (Special Publication Series Number 0501 ed.). Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica. 351 pp. (Edited Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Rogan-Finnemore, M. (2005) The Issues Posed by Bioprospecting in Antarctica. In A.D. Hemmings and M. Rogan-Finnemore (Ed.), Antarctic Bioprospecting (Special Publication Series Number 0501 ed.): 236-268. Christchurch: Gateway Antarctica. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2004) Managing the Southern Ocean - The 2003 Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 1: 199-205. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. and Roura, R. (2003) A square peg in a round hole: fitting impact assessment under the Antarctic Environmental Protocol to Antarctic tourism. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 21: 13-24. (Journal Article)
  • Burgess, J., Waterhouse, E., Hemmings, A.D. and Wilson, P. (2003) Declaration of Marine Protected Areas - the case of the Balleny Islands, Antarctica. In J.P. Breumer, A. Grant and D.C. Smith (Ed.), Aquatic Protected Areas: What works best and how do we know?: 196-202. North Beach, WA: Australian Society for Fish Biology. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D., Mikityuk, I. Roura. and R. (2002) A Sustainable Antarctic Future for Ukraine. Bulletin Ukrainian Antarctic Center 4: 145-147. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2002) Implications: the Polar Regions. In R. Clarke, R. Lamb and D.R. Ward (Ed.), Global Environment Outlook 3: 390-393. London: UNEP / Earthscan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Clark, B. and Hemmings, A.D. (2001) Problems and prospects for the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources twenty years on. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 4: 47-62. (Journal Article)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2001) Ross Sea Region Overview. In E. J. Waterhouse (Ed.), Ross Sea Region 2001: A State of the Environment Report for the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica: 2.1-2.18. Christchurch: New Zealand Antarctic Institute. (Chapter in Book)
  • Hemmings, A.D. (2000) New Zealand management of Antarctic dependent and associated ecosystems. In J. Valencia and J. Berguno (Ed.), La estructura conceptual de: "Ecosistemas Dependientes y Asociados": 37-45. Santiago: Instituto Antartico Chileno. (Chapter in Book)