Amelia Hine

Amelia Hine is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) in Oldenburg, Germany (2023–present). She previously held academic positions at the University of Wollongong (2021–2023), Queensland University of Technology (2019–2021), and University of Queensland (PhD in Human Geography, 2015–2019). Her work bridges geography, resource politics, and creative practice, focusing on energy futures, extractive industries, and non-human agency.

• Education:
  • PhD in Human Geography, University of Queensland (2015–2019)
  • Master of Museum Studies, University of Queensland (2012–2013)
  • Bachelor of Design (Interior Design), Queensland University of Technology (2007–2010)

Research Interests examine resource and energy futures, emphasizing non-human and non-living agencies, volumetric geographies, and particulate/chemical knowability. Her projects at HIFMB include studying access to the international seabed (governed as “common heritage of mankind”) and socio-material legitimacy in ocean-based carbon capture.

Publications span environmental geography, marine governance, and art-science intersections, with recurring themes of extractive landscapes, subterranean geopolitics, and material politics of energy transitions. Her 2025 paper on chemical knowledges in heavy industry ports and 2024 work on deep-sea mining access highlight methodological innovations in environmental accountability.

Scientific Awards

• Wiley Prize for Outstanding Paper in Geographical Research (2022)

Collaborations include Dr. Kate Sammler and Professor Kimberley Peters at HIFMB, and contributions to tools like the ANT Stakeholder Action Mapping Tool (2021). Her artistic projects, such as Wastelanding and Sites of Power, interrogate ownership and materiality in extractive zones.