The Deep Sea project is an interdisciplinary researcher project that investigates how recent advances in marine technologies, including advanced underwater sensors and remote-controlled or autonomous robots, open a new frontier for human exploration, expansion, and exploitation.
The development of underwater sensors and robots is not neutral in its consequences but significantly affects how humans understand and relate to the ocean. These technologies allow exploration of the deep sea for various types of purposes, ranging from underwater cultural heritage, via new sources of food, energy, and minerals, to environmental monitoring. The Deep Sea project explores the mediating and transformative roles of marine technologies by using a combination of theoretical, ethnographic, historical, and creative methods.
The Deep Sea project contributes to a more comprehensive ocean science by bringing perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to bear on marine technologies. It pursues an interdisciplinary approach, being set up as a collaboration with leading research centres on marine technologies at NTNU. More information is given on the project website.
The appointed candidate will carry out an independent and clearly defined research project within the framework of the Deep Sea project. This means that the PhD project will be conducted in collaboration with the project leader and other project members, who will act as supervisor and co-supervisors respectively. The announced PhD position is linked to work package 1 (Deep-Sea Sensing), with the possibility of a thematic link to work package 2 (Deep-Sea Exploration) where this is relevant. Descriptions of the project’s work packages are given on the project website.
Applicants are invited to propose their own research topics and issues within the theme(s) of the aforementioned work package(s). The proposed project must relate to current marine technologies and their transformative roles, as these can be elucidated by media theory, the philosophy of technology, or other humanities and social-science perspectives that highlight the importance of technological mediation. In the evaluation of the proposed project, emphasis will be placed on whether the project is realistic and feasible within the given framework.
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