Dr. Patrick Flamm

Senior Researcher

Dr. Patrick Flamm is a Senior Researcher at PRIF in the Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security. His research focuses on the relation­ship between the environ­ment, peace and security in the “Anthro­pocene” as well as on polar geo­politics.

flamm(at)prif.org
 Press photo

CV

| April–September 2024
Parental leave

| since 2022
Senior researcher at PRIF’s Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security

| 2021–2022
Senior lecturer (permanent) in Inter­national Relations at the School of History, Philo­sophy, Political Science and Inter­national Relations at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

| 2019–2020
Lecturer (permanent) in Inter­national Relations at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria Uni­versity of Wellington, New Zealand

| 2018–2019
Korea Foundation post­doctoral fellow at the School of History, Philo­sophy, Political Science and Inter­national Relations at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria Uni­versity of Wellington, New Zealand

| 2014–2018
PhD in Asian Studies at School of Cultures, Languages and Lingu­istics at University of Auckland, New Zealand, with a doctoral scholar­ship from the Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea

| 2006–2013
Diploma in Political Science, Goethe Uni­versity Frank­furt

Highlights

Research Stay in Japan

Patrick Flamm at the Polar Cooperation Research Center, Kobe University. From left to right: Shigeru Aoki, Akiho Shibata, Patrick Flamm Patrick Flamm researches the political risks of glacial geoengineering in the Antarctic

Publications

  • ‘Ice sheet conservation’ and international discord: governing (potential) glacial geoengineering in Antarctica
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick; Shibata, Akiho (2024): ‘Ice sheet conservation’ and international discord: governing (potential) glacial geoengineering in Antarctica , International Affairs, 101: 1. DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiae281
  • Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting, atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental injustice
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick; Lambach, Daniel; Schaefer-Rolffs, Urs; Stolle, Claudia; Braun, Vitali (2024): Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting, atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental injustice, The Anthropocene Review. DOI: 10.1177/20530196241255088
  • Dem Frieden und der Wissenschaft gewidmet: Vergangenheit und Zukunft »Antarktischer Koopetition«
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick (2024): Dem Frieden und der Wissenschaft gewidmet: Vergangenheit und Zukunft »Antarktischer Koopetition«, Wissenschaft & Frieden: 1, 29–32.
    Publication
  • Environmental (in)security, peacebuilding and green economic recovery in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick; Kroll, Stefan (2024): Environmental (in)security, peacebuilding and green economic recovery in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Environment and Security, 1–26. DOI: 10.1177/27538796241231332
  • Antarktis im Wandel: Vom Vorbild zum Auslaufmodell internationaler Kooperation?
    | 2022
    Flamm, Patrick (2022): Antarktis im Wandel: Vom Vorbild zum Auslaufmodell internationaler Kooperation?, ZIB Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 29: 1, 114–125. DOI: 10.5771/0946-7165-2022-1-114
  • Introduction: ‘Studying from the margins’ - Global South perspectives on the future of Antarctic governance
    | 2022
    Flamm, Patrick; Verbitsky, Jane (2022): Introduction: ‘Studying from the margins’ - Global South perspectives on the future of Antarctic governance, The Polar Journal, 12: 1, 1–4. DOI: 10.1080/2154896X.2022.2066613
  • Legitimating the Antarctic Treaty System: from rich nations club to planetary ecological democracy?
    | 2022
    Flamm, Patrick (2022): Legitimating the Antarctic Treaty System: from rich nations club to planetary ecological democracy?, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 76: 3, 266–285. DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2022.2056876
  • Now and Never: Banning Hydrocarbon Extraction in Antarctica Forever
    | 2022
    Flamm, Patrick; Hemmings, Alan D. (2022): Now and Never: Banning Hydrocarbon Extraction in Antarctica Forever, Giga Focus Global, 2022: 1. DOI: 10.57671/gfgl-22012
  • Antarctica’s Gateways and Gatekeepers: Polar scenarios in a polarising Anthropocene
    | 2021
    Frame, Bob; Yermakova, Yelena; Flamm, Patrick; Nicklin, Germana; De Paula, Gabriel; Badhe, Renuka; Tuñez, Francisco (2021): Antarctica’s Gateways and Gatekeepers: Polar scenarios in a polarising Anthropocene, The Anthropocene Review. DOI: 10.1177/20530196211026341
  • An unlikely partnership? New Zealand–South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order
    | 2021
    Flamm, Patrick (2021): An unlikely partnership? New Zealand–South Korea bilateral cooperation and Antarctic order, Polar Record, 57: 4. DOI: 10.1017/S0032247420000479
  • No Country for Blue Helmets: South Korean National Identity on the Screen in 'Descendants of the Sun'
    | 2018
    Flamm, Patrick (2018): No Country for Blue Helmets: South Korean National Identity on the Screen in 'Descendants of the Sun', The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus, Vol. 16, No. 11: 3.
    Publication
  • Outgrowing the Predicament? National Identity and Seoul's Dokdo Policy
    | 2015
    Flamm, Patrick (2015): Outgrowing the Predicament? National Identity and Seoul's Dokdo Policy, Pacific Focus, 30: 2. DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12047
  • Rising South Korea: A Minor Player or a Regional Power?
    | 2013
    Shim, David; Flamm, Patrick (2013): Rising South Korea: A Minor Player or a Regional Power?, Pacific Focus, 28: 3, 384–410. DOI: 10.1111/pafo.12015

  • Das politische System Südkoreas seit der Demokratisierung
    | 2015
    Köllner, Patrick; Flamm, Patrick; Olbrich, Philipp (2015): Das politische System Südkoreas seit der Demokratisierung, in: Lee, Eun-Jeung/Mosler, Hannes B. (eds), Länderbericht Korea, Bonn: Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, 98–112.
  • KORUS, KOREU and beyond: South Korea’s Free Trade Drive
    | 2012
    Flamm, Patrick; Köllner, Patrick (2012): KORUS, KOREU and beyond: South Korea’s Free Trade Drive, in: Frank, Rüdiger/Hoare, James E./Köllner, Patrick/Pares, Susan (eds), Korea 2012. Politics, Economy and Society, Korea Yearbook, Vol. 6, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 97–108.
    Publication
  • The promise of military transparency:
    | 2012
    Fikenscher, Sven-Eric; Golob, Lina; Kubbig, Bernd W.; Weidlich, Christian; Flamm, Patrick (2012): The promise of military transparency:. building on East-West experiences and the UN Register of Conventional Arms.

  • South Korean Identity and Global Foreign Policy
    | 2019
    Flamm, Patrick (2019): South Korean Identity and Global Foreign Policy. Dream of Autonomy, New York: Routledge.
    Publication

  • Saving the Planet by Making Antarctica the Object of International Discord?
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick (2024): Saving the Planet by Making Antarctica the Object of International Discord?, PRIFblog.
    Publication
  • A Green Recovery for Ukraine: How to Avoid the Trap of Green Colonialism?
    | 2024
    Flamm, Patrick; Kroll, Stefan (2024): A Green Recovery for Ukraine: How to Avoid the Trap of Green Colonialism?, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Socio-ecological Transformation Conflicts: A Central Field of Conflict and Research in the 21st Century
    | 2024
    Simon, Hendrik; Flamm, Patrick (2024): Socio-ecological Transformation Conflicts: A Central Field of Conflict and Research in the 21st Century, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Nachhaltig wehrhaft?
    | 2023
    Flamm, Patrick; Kroll, Stefan (2023): Nachhaltig wehrhaft?, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Der dramatische Dammbruch von Kachovka und seine kurz- und langfristigen Folgen
    | 2023
    Flamm, Patrick (2023): Der dramatische Dammbruch von Kachovka und seine kurz- und langfristigen Folgen, PRIF Blog.
    Publication
  • Is Antarctica Still Exceptional?
    | 2023
    Flamm, Patrick (2023): Is Antarctica Still Exceptional?. The Case for “Co-opetition” at the South Pole, PRIF Spotlight, 5, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2305
  • Stopping the Biodiversity Apocalypse: Existential Threats and Ecological Justice at COP15 in Montreal
    | 2022
    Flamm, Patrick (2022): Stopping the Biodiversity Apocalypse: Existential Threats and Ecological Justice at COP15 in Montreal, PRIF Blog.
    Publication

Further Activities

| 2024–2027
Member of the Young Academy for Sustain­ability Research (YAS) at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)

| February–March 2024
Invited Associate Professor at the Graduate School for Inter­national Cooperation Studies (GSCIS) and the Polar Coope­ration Research Centre at Kobe University, Japan

| 2024
Co-Speaker of the Wor­king Group ‚Polar Politics‘ at the Ger­man Society of Polar Research (DGP)

| 2023
Co-speaker of the Leib­niz Research Net­work Earth & Societies

| 2023
Research Fellow with the Earth System Gover­nance Project

| Februar–April 2022
Visiting scholar at the Rachel Carson Center for Environ­ment and Society, Munich

| 2019–2022
Associated Researcher at the German Insti­tute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg