Trym Aleksander Eiterjord
Visiting Predoctoral Fellow (Jul 2020–Sep 2025)
Trym studied social anthropology and Chinese studies at the University of Oslo, and completed his MA in 2019. His thesis involved a study of the role of research vessels in China’s foreign policy in the Arctic and the Antarctic. Trym’s PhD project deals with the political geography of the earth sciences in the Arctic region and how twenty-first century global politics is shaping how the geophysical sciences are done, with a particular focus on China. His research interests also include actor-network theory, the geography of science, Arctic and Polar Studies, and the role of science and technology in international relations more broadly. At the MPIWG, Trym is a Predoctoral Fellow and a member of the Lise Meitner Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" at the MPIWG. He is also a Research Assistant at The Arctic Institute, an Arctic policy and research organization based in Washington, DC.
Projekte
Selected Publications
Eiterjord, Trym (2024). “Securitise the Volume: Epistemic Territorialisation and the Geopolitics of China’s Arctic Research.” Territory, Politics, Governance 12 (1): 93–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2023.2179535.
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Bennett, Mia M. and Trym Eiterjord (2023). “Remote Control? Chinese Satellite Infrastructure in and Above the Arctic Global Commons.” The Geographical Journal 189 (3): 398–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12503.
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Eiterjord, Trym (2023). Polar Expertise in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan. Washington, DC: The Arctic Institute. https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/polar-expertise-chinas-14th-five-year-plan/.
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Eiterjord, Trym (2023). “Checking Back in on China’s Nuclear Icebreaker.” The Diplomat, February 13, 2023. https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/checking-back-in-on-chinas-nuclear-icebreaker/.
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Eiterjord, Trym (2021). “How a Chinese Sailboat Became a Microcosm for Arctic Geopolitics.” The Diplomat, October 18, 2021. https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/how-a-chinese-sailboat-became-a-microcosm-for-arctic-geopolitics/.
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Past Events
Workshop
Global Interference? Science and Foreign Policy Interactions in China
MOREResearch Workshop
Seeing Red: Theorizing the Intersection between Scientific Infrastructure and Geopolitics
MOREResearch Workshop
Secure the Scientist: Scientific Labour against the Backdrop of Great Power Competition
MORELaunch Event
Research Circuit: LMRG "China in the Global System of Science"
MOREPresentations, Talks, & Teaching Activities
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Annual Conference, N/A
Knowledge Diplomacy Conference: “Facilitating access to, participation in and exchange of knowledge in a fragmented world”, University of London Institute Paris
Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Hindu Kush Himalaya, ICIMOD
Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, Istanbul Policy Center
The Arctic in International Relations, Istanbul Policy Center