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The eternal return: Imagining security futures at the Doomsday Vault (2022)
Journal Article
Harrington, C. (2023). The eternal return: Imagining security futures at the Doomsday Vault. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 6(4), 2614–2635. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486221145365

This article examines how imaginaries of security in the Anthropocene function at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV), otherwise known as the ‘Doomsday Vault’. Recent explorations by scholars of security have suggested that different ways of seeing... Read More about The eternal return: Imagining security futures at the Doomsday Vault.

Law and governance in the Anthropocene (2022)
Journal Article
Woolley, O., & Harrington, C. (2022). Law and governance in the Anthropocene. Global Policy, 13(S3), 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13168

This special issue on ‘Law and Governance in the Anthropocene’ brings together scholars from the disciplines of law and international relations to examine the ramifications of the Anthropocene for global governance and international law. The predomin... Read More about Law and governance in the Anthropocene.

Environmental Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations (2018)
Journal Article
Holley, C., Shearing, C., Harrington, C., Kennedy, A., & Mutongwizo, T. (2018). Environmental Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 14, 185-203. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-030945

This article analyzes the implications of the Anthropocene for the governance of security. Drawing on environmental law, green criminology, and international relations, the article examines the development of environmental security scholarship over r... Read More about Environmental Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology, and International Relations.

Posthuman Security and Care in the Anthropocene (2017)
Book Chapter
Harrington, C. (2017). Posthuman Security and Care in the Anthropocene. In C. Eroukhmanoff, & M. Harker (Eds.), Reflections on the posthuman in international relations : the Anthropocene, security and ecology (73-86). E-International Relations

Security in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Safety and Care. (2017)
Book
Harrington, C., & Shearing, C. (2017). Security in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Safety and Care. transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839433379

The belief that »Nature« exists as a blank, stable stage upon which humans act out tragic performances of international relations is no longer tenable. In a world defined by human action, we must reorient our understanding of ourselves, of our enviro... Read More about Security in the Anthropocene: Reflections on Safety and Care..

Entangling carbon lock-in: India’s coal constituency (2017)
Journal Article
Lecavalier, E., & Harrington, C. (2017). Entangling carbon lock-in: India’s coal constituency. Crime, Law and Social Change, 68(5), 529-546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-017-9701-7

This article investigates how energy security in the Anthropocene is entangled in diffuse ways with materiality. In particular we examine the social-material entanglement of humans and coal in India and how coal manifests itself differently across so... Read More about Entangling carbon lock-in: India’s coal constituency.

The political ontology of collaborative water governance (2017)
Journal Article
Harrington, C. (2017). The political ontology of collaborative water governance. Water International, 42(3), 254-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1309507

This article examines the various definitions of, and analytical approaches to, collaborative water governance (CWG). While the concept’s usage has increased over the past decade, there lacks any deep engagement with the concept of the political at t... Read More about The political ontology of collaborative water governance.

The Ends of the World: International Relations and the Anthropocene (2016)
Journal Article
Harrington, C. (2016). The Ends of the World: International Relations and the Anthropocene. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 44(3), 478-498. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829816638745

The concept of the Anthropocene – the geological epoch defined by human action – has so far remained largely absent from International Relations (IR) analyses. This is perplexing given the monumental stakes involved in dealing with planetary change a... Read More about The Ends of the World: International Relations and the Anthropocene.

The environment and emancipation in critical security studies: the case of the Canadian Arctic (2014)
Journal Article
Harrington, C., & Lecavalier, E. (2014). The environment and emancipation in critical security studies: the case of the Canadian Arctic. Critical Studies on Security, 2(1), 105-119. https://doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2013.856197

The traditionally dominant discourse of The Great White North views Canada as a land of vast wilderness and abundant resources. However, this discourse excludes growing environmental risk and prevalent insecurity felt by vulnerable populations in Can... Read More about The environment and emancipation in critical security studies: the case of the Canadian Arctic.

Toward a critical water security: hydrosolidarity and emancipation (2014)
Journal Article
Harrington, C. (2015). Toward a critical water security: hydrosolidarity and emancipation. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 21(1), 28-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2013.846269

Traditional approaches to water security presume that water will be a primary vehicle that will drive conflict in the future, and may in fact lead to war between states or armed intra-state groups. This article begins by pointing out the limitations... Read More about Toward a critical water security: hydrosolidarity and emancipation.