- Research associate, University of Tasmania
Dr Rebecca Hingley is a Research Associate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies School of Governance, University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia). Her PhD thesis investigated the geopolitics of heritage management in Antarctica. She has also completed a Master of International Affairs at the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia). Rebecca has interned for the Australian Antarctic Division and the International Polar Heritage Committee, and is an active member of the Hobart polar community having volunteered for the Mawson’s Huts Foundation and helped organise the Australian Antarctic Festival.
Experience
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2021–presentResearch associate, University of Tasmania
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2021–presentResearch fellow, Kobe University
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2019–2020Intern, Australian Antarctic Division
Education
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2021University of Tasmania, PhD in Antarctic Geopolitics and Heritage
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2016The Australian National University, Master of International Affairs
Publications
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2021Diverging Antarctic heritage discourses: The geopolitical ramifications of non-state actor engagement with the “state-sanctioned” version of Antarctic heritage, The Geographical Journal (online)
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2021Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments: Conceptualising heritage on the frozen continent.”, Notions of Heritage. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec
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2017'Climate Refugees': An Oceanic Perspective., Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 4(1), 158-165.
Professional Memberships
- SCAR Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group
- Association of Critical Heritage Studies
- International Polar Heritage Committee
- Women in Polar Science
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
Contact Rebecca for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision