School of Social and Political Science

Research interests

PhD title (provisory): "Free as a bird? Geography of seabird ornithologists' mobilities to the field in the Anthropocene"

My PhD investigates what leads researchers in seabird ornithology to the field and to a specific field site in particular. I look at researchers' networks and mobilities to study and perhaps follow the seabirds along their migratory journeys. I'm specifically looking at this in the North Atlantic and Arctic region, thus also looking at the specificities of polar environments for fieldwork. My research speciality and the main methods I mobilize are from geography of science. 

I also tend to focus on the impact of over-research on fragile environments, using the notion of "overgrazing" in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard; in connection to the governance of research in the High Arctic. Some of my work is also connected to studying science diplomacy and international scientific cooperation in the Arctic. 

Supervised by: Pr. Niki Vermeulen (STIS, University of Edinburgh), Dr. Robert Smith (STIS, University of Edinburgh) & Pr. Sarah de Rijcke (CWTS, Leiden University), Dr. Thomas Franssen (CWTS, Leiden University)

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gg5K_CwAAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=sra

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mayline-Strouk

ORCID: 0000-0002-9164-4578

Publications

• Strouk, M. and Maisonobe, M. (2024) "Field science and scientific collaboration in the Svalbard Archipelago: beyond science diplomacy", Science and Public Policy 51(5), pp. 780-794.
• Strouk, M. (2022), "'Parce que l’environnement ne peut pas faire la différence entre le forage commercial et le forage scientifique’ : l’exemple du Kongsfjorden au Svalbard pour poser la question du surpâturage du terrain de recherche", Annales de géographie, 748(6), pp. 82-110.
• Strouk, M. (2021), "Opening-up the Arctic through International Science: The case of Svalbard, Norway". In Heininen, L., Exner-Pirot, H., et Barnes, J. (eds.) (2021). Arctic Yearbook 2021: Defining and Mapping Sovereignties, Policies and Perceptions. Akureyri, Islande: Arctic Portal.
• Strouk, M. (2020), "Science en puissances : la recherche scientifique, porte d’entrée vers la gouvernance arctique pour les Etats observateurs", Etudes Internationales, 51 (1), pp. 61-87.