Cameron Byron

Human Geographer
Portrait Cameron Byron

Contact

ed.bmfih@noryb.noremac

+44 7490220987

Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB)
Im Technologiepark 5
26129 Oldenburg

Team

Marine Governance

Status group

Postdoc

Research Area

Conservation and Management

Vita

2025 – today

Postdoctoral Researcher, HIFMB, Oldenburg

2024 – 2025

Lecturer for Human Geography, University of Liverpool

2020 – 2024

PhD Human Geography, University of Liverpool

2018 – 2019

MA Contemporary Human Geographz, University of Liverpool

Research Interests

My research focuses on the social dynamics of tipping points by looking at what tipping actually means in practice, and how it can be made sense of spatially and temporally. My work is often historical in focus and looks towards understanding how contemporary governance is shaped by the past, and the temporal dimensions in which governance is enacted. 

Project within the HIPP cohort (call 2025)

Focusing on how discourses of ‘tipping points’ impact processes of governance, my project seeks to understand the dynamics of environmental target-setting in relation to decarbonisation and net-zero pathways within the maritime industry. Situated within political geography and environmental geopolitics, my project utilises theories of time and temporality to think about the political dimensions of numerical targets, namely the scale and speed at which targets are negotiated and acted upon, their infrastructural exchanges and flows, and how they are being shaped by international frameworks. 

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