Output
Below you find a listing of all research output, participation in events, and events organized by ProAct, in the period 2021-2025.*
Research Output
- Alvarez Ortega, E., & Guggisberg, S. (2025). Governance of Antarctic tourism: From private actors to the Antarctic Treaty System, and back. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 43-59.
- Huijbens, E.H. (2025). Antarctic tourism sustaining a planetary commons. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 60-70.
- Makanse, Y. (2025). Tourism Diversification in Antarctica and New Zealand/Aotearoa's Sub-Antarctic Islands: Practices as Expressions of Values. In M. Vereda, A. Varnajot & D. Ioannides (Eds.) Polar tourism and communities of practice: experiences, knowledge building, challenges and opportunities. Wallingford: CABI, pp. 71-87.
- Alvarez Ortega, E., Makanse, Y., & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic: philosophical considerations, possible modalities, and relations with the Antarctic Treaty System. The Polar Journal 14(2), 514鈥534.
- Guggisberg, S. (2024). Rights of Nature and Non-use of Nature for Environmental Protection in Antarctica. The Polar Journal 14(2), 446-474. .
- Huijbens, E. H. (2024). Reframing the Antarctic as polar planetary commons: moving beyond rights of nature. The Polar Journal 14(2), 493-513.
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic: An Introduction. The Polar Journal 14(2), 365-372.
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., & Bastmeijer, K. (Eds.). (2024). Rights of Nature and the Antarctic. [Special Issue] The Polar Journal 14(2), 365-594.
- Makanse, Y., Alvarez Ortega, E., Molenaar, E. & Bastmeijer, K. (2024). Values and Principles in the Antarctic Treaty and the Environmental Protocol: An Overview and Categorization. The Yearbook of Polar Law 15 (2023): 285鈥308.
- Makanse, Y., & Huijbens, E. H. (2024). Consuming placelessness: a geographic critique of current Antarctic tourism development. Tourism Geographies, 1鈥17.
- Makanse, Y. (2024). Contextualising Antarctic tourism diversification: tourism management implications from multinational policy debates. The Polar Journal, 14(1), 270鈥313.
- SCAR, Antarctic tourism diversification: current state and issues previously discussed by the ATCM, ATCM 46, IP 172 rev,1. Author: Yousra Makanse. Available at
- Varnajot, A., Makanse, Y., Huijbens, E. H., & Lamers, M. (2024). Toward Antarctification? Tourism and place-making in Antarctica. Polar Geography, 47(1), 49鈥70.
- Bastmeijer, K., Shibata, A., Steinhage, I., Ferrada, L. V., & Bloom, E. T. (2023). Regulating Antarctic Tourism: The Challenge of Consensus-Based Decision Making. American Journal of International Law, 117(4), 651-676.
Events: Presentations and Participation as Discussant
Monaco Ocean Conservation Legal Roundtable, Monaco Ocean Week (Monaco, 22 March 2024)
- Panelist 鈥楶olar Tourism Panel鈥 (Kees Bastmeijer);
NL Polar Day 2024 (The Hague, Netherlands, 23 April 2024)
- Discussant at panel session focused on polar tourism (Kees Bastmeijer & Yousra Makanse)
Public Seminar Changing Antarctic and Challenges Ahead (Kochi, India, 20 May 2024)
- Discussants at panel entitled 鈥淥ur responsibilities and commitment for future Antarctica: Antarctica in global setting, environmental liability, tourism, and safety鈥 (Kees Bastmeijer & Yousra Makanse)
8th International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference and community tour (Arctic Sweden, 5-9 June 2024)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淓xploring Polar Hydrocommons. A speculative counter-cartography of the poles鈥 (Edward Huijbens)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淓xploring Antarctic Tourism Diversification鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
WUR Polar Day (Wageningen, the Netherlands, 5 November 2024)
- ProAct Presentation (Machiel Lamers and Bas Amelung)
- Interactive Session 鈥淎ntarctic Tourism and Governance鈥 (Yousra Makanse, Myl猫ne van der Koogh, Anisja Obermann)
Annual NCLOS Conference (Tromso, Norway, 7 November 2024)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淭he protection of marine biodiversity in ABNJ: the role of non-user States鈥 and discussant at panel session entitled 鈥淥cean and Environment鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg)
A mutli-disciplinary take on the role of the judiciary in the law of the sea Conference (Utrecht, The Netherlands, 21 November 2024)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淟itigation for sustainable marine living resources under UNCLOS: the role of non-user States鈥 and discussant at panel session entitled 鈥淟itigation beyond bilateral State interactions鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg)
UTAS Antarctica Day (Hobart, Australia, 7 December 2024)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淐ooperation in Antarctic Tourism Governance鈥 and discussant at panel session entitled 鈥淐ooperation in Antarctic Tourism鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
SCAR SC-HASS Conference (Lisbon, Portugal, 22-24 June 2023)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淎ntarctic tourism: who are the main user States and how well can they regulate tourism?鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- Presentation entitled 鈥Exploring Tourism Diversification in Antarctica鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
- Presentation entitled 鈥Towards 'Antarctification'? Tourism and place-making in Antarctica鈥 (Alix Varnajot and Yousra Makanse as presenters; Edward Huijbens and Machiel Lamers as co-authors)
16th Polar Law Symposium (Faroe Islands, 26-28 October 2023)
- Seminar and presentations entitled 鈥淎ntarctic Treaty System: Values and Principles and Antarctic Tourism Governance鈥 and 鈥淎TS values and principles & non-use鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg, Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega as presenters)
Polar Scientific Symposium: from Arctic to Antarctic 鈥淭he Cold is Getting Hot鈥 (Monaco, 24-25 February 2022)
- Discussant at panel session entitled 鈥淓ffects of Polar Changes upon Global Human Societies and Economies鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) conference and community tour (Ushuaia, Argentina, 8-13 April 2022)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淧roactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淎ntarctic Tourism sustaining a planetary commons鈥 (Edward Huijbens)
Dutch Polar Symposium 2022 (The Hague, Netherlands, 19 May 2022)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淭he Role of Fundamental Principles and Values in Regulating Antarctic Tourism鈥 (Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- Academic posters:
- 鈥淓nsuring Adequate Implementation of Antarctic Tourism Regulation鈥 (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
- 鈥淪afeguarding the Fundamental Principles and Values of the Antarctic Treaty System 鈥 The concept of non-use and the role of non-user States鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg)
- 鈥淧roactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
10th SCAR Open Science Conference (Online, 1-10 August 2022)
- Presentation entitled 鈥Intrinsic Value in Antarctica 鈥 what is intrinsically valuable?鈥 (Rupert Summerson and Yousra Makanse)
- Eposters:
- 鈥AGIVA 鈥 Intrinsic Value in Antarctica鈥 (Yousra Makanse, Rupert Summerson and Alfonso Donoso)
- 鈥Proactively Managing the Diversification of Antarctic Tourism鈥 (Yousra Makanse)
Workshop on Antarctica and Rights of Nature: Historical, Moral and Legal Perspectives (Oslo, Norway, 24-26 August 2022)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淎 Right to Integrity for Antarctica?鈥 (Kees Bastmeijer and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
15th Polar Law Symposium (Reykjavik, Iceland, 12-14 October 2022)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淕overnance of Antarctic Tourism: The Role of ATS Principles and Values鈥 (Yousra Makanse and Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega as presenters; Kees Bastmeijer, Edward Huijbens, Machiel Lamers, and Erik Molenaar as co-authors)
International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) webinar (Online, 15 April 2021)
- Online presentation of ProAct project (and all sub-projects): (all ProAct researchers)
Contemporary Issues in Outer Space Law (Online, 3 September 2021)
- Online presentation entitled 鈥淭ourism into space and to the Antarctic: Similarities and differences鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg)
The 29th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research (Online, 21-23. September 2021)
- Online presentation entitled 鈥淔raming tourism in Antarctica: An analysis of the growth of Antarctic tourism and the debate regarding its regulation鈥 (Michael Cacciapaglia)
14th Polar Law Symposium (Online [and in Japan], 21-23 November 2021)
- Online (PDF) presentation entitled 鈥淕lobal Commons Governance and Shifting of Jurisdictional Paradigms in the Anthropocene鈥 (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
Events organised by ProAct
ProAct Antarctic Tourism Symposium (Utrecht, 20-21 June 2024) (all ProAct researchers)
- Organization of the ProAct symposium, bringing together over 35 experts to present the current results of each ProAct work package, benefit from expert feedback, and exchange on the potential future of Antarctic tourism.
Workshop on 鈥淣on-use measures for global goods and commons in international law鈥 (Utrecht, Netherlands, 8-9 May 2023) (Sol猫ne Guggisberg and Erik Molenaar)
- Organization of the workshop bringing together over 20 experts on a variety of global goods and commons
- Presentation entitled 鈥淐onceptual framework of non-use measures in international law鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淣on-use measures in Antarctic tourism regulation鈥 (Sol猫ne Guggisberg and Ricardo Roura)
- Presentation entitled 鈥淭he Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement鈥 (Erik Molenaar)
Arctic Centre Seminar on The Role of States in the Legal Protection of Antarctica (木瓜福利影视 of Groningen, Netherlands, 6 December 2023)
Presentation entitled 鈥淛urisdictional scope in the Antarctic Treaty System and in Contracting Parties' domestic implementation of the Environmental Protocol鈥 (Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega)
* Contributions and output of ProAct supervisors have not been financed by the NWO ProAct subsidy