Coastal Conflicts
Mapping Storm Surge Protection Disagreements and Solutions in Denmark
Coastal Conflicts investigates the social, cultural, and political dimensions of disagreements over coastal protection, while also mapping existing solutions and best practice cases, with the aim of providing suggestions for how storm surge protection can be best achieved in the future.
Coastal Conflicts examines which issues create conflicts for coastal protection activities, and how such conflicts develop and in which forums they play out. In doing so, the project will do a systematic mapping of the characteristics of these conflicts across Denmark, and conduct ethnographic fieldwork in three selected case study areas of Denmark. The overall impact aim of Coastal Conflicts is to provide a set of recommendations and suggestions as to how citizens, municipalities and other authorities can deal with disagreements in the future, which might mitigate the risk of protection plans being postponed to the detriment of homeowners. The aim is thus to make a substantial contribution to climate adaptation research in Denmark.
This research activity aims to conduct a systematic and exhaustive mapping of all conflicts and disagreements tied to coastal protection measures and activities in Denmark. Through systematic use of online searches with keywords, on municipal websites, and through social media platforms, the aim is to document the existence of conflicts and their characteristics, including which actors are in conflict with one another, and what the disagreement revolves over. In the analysis, we hope to uncover similarities and differences across geographical areas of Denmark. The activity is carried out jointly by PI Kristoffer Albris, PhD student Anne Sofie Beer Nielsen, and student assistant Emma Kirketerp Nielsen.
This research activity will carry out long term fieldwork in three key locations in Denmark where there are ongoing coastal protection activities and disagreements over these. This research activity is carried out by PhD student Anne Sofie Beer Nielsen.
Department of Anthropology
Phone: +45 26 20 23 77
Researchers
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search in Name | Search in Title | Search in Phone | |
| Anne Sofie Beer Nielsen | PhD Fellow | ||
| Emma Kirketerp Nielsen | Student FU | ||
| Kristoffer Langkjær Albris | Associate Professor | +4526202377 |
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Coastal Conflicts has received a three year funding from Independent Research Fund Denmark (Green Research)
Project: Coastal Conflicts: Mapping Storm Surge Protection Disagreements and Solutions in Denmark
Period: 2023-2026
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