Gertrude Saxinger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1676884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gertrude Saxinger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gertrude |
| FAMILY NAME | Saxinger |
| SIGNATURE | SAXINGER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1428-2689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Not in my backyard? Prospects, problems and perceptions of lithium extraction in Austria
Why ‘inclusive policymaking’ is needed during crises
During the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for unity from politicians and public health experts contrasted sharply with the rising social divisions between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Through 127 in-depth qualitative interviews conducted at two time points (October 2020 [n = 72], October 2021 [n = 55]) in Austria, a country with high vaccine hesitancy, this paper explores how and why deepening social divisions around vaccination occurred. Our fi…
Clean and future-oriented
During the Morales presidency, the government represented lithium extraction as a departure from the colonial and neoliberal legacy, holding the potential for economic self-determination and a shift to a decolonial future through a national industry. • Public perceptions of lithium extraction as being ‘future-oriented’ and distinct from conventional mining practices are rooted in long-term collective and institutional memories of the colonial and…
Don't waste the crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked radical changes in the way life was lived around the globe. With the rapid reduction in human mobility, short-term environmental improvements were seen across the world. Work and social routines were altered, and political action to reduce case numbers seemed to open a window of opportunity for socio-environmental change in a post-pandemic world. Inspired by conversations around the "COVID-19 Anthropause," this paper…
Toward global citizenship? People (de)bordering their lives during Covid-19 in Latin America and Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted global interdependencies, accompanied by widespread calls for worldwide cooperation against a virus that knows no borders, but responses were led largely separately by national governments. In this tension between aspiration and reality, people began to grapple with how their own lives were affected by the global nature of the pandemic. In this article, based on 493 qualitative interviews conducted between 2020 a…
Democratic research
The sudden and dramatic advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to urgent demands for timely, relevant, yet rigorous research. This paper discusses the origin, design, and execution of the SolPan research commons, a large-scale, international, comparative, qualitative research project that sought to respond to the need for knowledge among researchers and policymakers in times of crisis. The form of organization as a research commons is characterized …
Improving the relationships between Indigenous rights holders and researchers in the Arctic
Truly transdisciplinary approaches are needed to tackle the complex problems that the Arctic is facing at the moment. Collaboration between Indigenous rights holders and researchers through co-creative research approaches can result in high-quality research outcomes, but crucially also address colonial legacies and power imbalances, enhance mutual trust, and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, to be successful, collaborative resear…
Mapping hierarchies of mobility in the Baikal Amur Mainline region
The construction of railroad infrastructure in East Siberia and the Russian Far East was a key aspect of Soviet industrialization during the 1970s and 1980s. Although built primarily for freight transportation, the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and the Amur-Yakutsk Mainline (AYaM) have also been used for passenger transport and have thus contributed to increased mobility and heightened local expectations about future mobility. This article presents …
Neglected Transportation Infrastructure
Verkhnemarkovo, a small Siberian town located on an oil field in Russia’s Irkutsk region, is plagued by bad roads and limited mobility. This article explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility and the wellbeing of individuals and communities, with a focus on transport and mobility infrastructure. Some oil companies, such as Irkutsk Oil Company, are tied to the sustainability standards of international financial institutions.…
Rootedness along the way
Rotational shift work, long-distance commuting (LDC) and y-in/ y-out (FIFO) have become increasingly prevalent forms of labour force provision in the resource extraction sector worldwide over the last few decades. This entails the workforce being on the move, with cycles of long shifts on site and extended periods back home. This article draws on ethnographic eld work carried out in Arctic Russia and Subarctic Canada among petroleum and mining wo…
Power of rhythms – trains and work along the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) in Siberia
Train rhythms are dictated by regulations as well as the collaboration of human and non-human actants. When a railroad is the prime form of ground transportation and the mono-industry forming force in the cities along the railroad, the rhythms of trains have power over the everyday life of people who rely on them as passengers, workforce and traders. This is the case of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) in Siberia. The paper tackles the interaction …
Ready to go! The next generation of mobile highly skilled workforce in the Russian petroleum industry
Lured by oil and gas
Russia and the North
Lured by oil and gas
Ready to go! The next generation of mobile highly skilled workforce in the Russian petroleum industry
Rootedness along the way
Rotational shift work, long-distance commuting (LDC) and y-in/ y-out (FIFO) have become increasingly prevalent forms of labour force provision in the resource extraction sector worldwide over the last few decades. This entails the workforce being on the move, with cycles of long shifts on site and extended periods back home. This article draws on ethnographic eld work carried out in Arctic Russia and Subarctic Canada among petroleum and mining wo…
Clean and future-oriented
During the Morales presidency, the government represented lithium extraction as a departure from the colonial and neoliberal legacy, holding the potential for economic self-determination and a shift to a decolonial future through a national industry. • Public perceptions of lithium extraction as being ‘future-oriented’ and distinct from conventional mining practices are rooted in long-term collective and institutional memories of the colonial and…
Don't waste the crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked radical changes in the way life was lived around the globe. With the rapid reduction in human mobility, short-term environmental improvements were seen across the world. Work and social routines were altered, and political action to reduce case numbers seemed to open a window of opportunity for socio-environmental change in a post-pandemic world. Inspired by conversations around the "COVID-19 Anthropause," this paper…
Russia and the North
Lured by oil and gas
Ready to go! The next generation of mobile highly skilled workforce in the Russian petroleum industry
Power of rhythms – trains and work along the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) in Siberia
Train rhythms are dictated by regulations as well as the collaboration of human and non-human actants. When a railroad is the prime form of ground transportation and the mono-industry forming force in the cities along the railroad, the rhythms of trains have power over the everyday life of people who rely on them as passengers, workforce and traders. This is the case of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) in Siberia. The paper tackles the interaction …
Neglected Transportation Infrastructure
Verkhnemarkovo, a small Siberian town located on an oil field in Russia’s Irkutsk region, is plagued by bad roads and limited mobility. This article explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility and the wellbeing of individuals and communities, with a focus on transport and mobility infrastructure. Some oil companies, such as Irkutsk Oil Company, are tied to the sustainability standards of international financial institutions.…
Rootedness along the way
Rotational shift work, long-distance commuting (LDC) and y-in/ y-out (FIFO) have become increasingly prevalent forms of labour force provision in the resource extraction sector worldwide over the last few decades. This entails the workforce being on the move, with cycles of long shifts on site and extended periods back home. This article draws on ethnographic eld work carried out in Arctic Russia and Subarctic Canada among petroleum and mining wo…
Democratic research
The sudden and dramatic advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to urgent demands for timely, relevant, yet rigorous research. This paper discusses the origin, design, and execution of the SolPan research commons, a large-scale, international, comparative, qualitative research project that sought to respond to the need for knowledge among researchers and policymakers in times of crisis. The form of organization as a research commons is characterized …
Improving the relationships between Indigenous rights holders and researchers in the Arctic
Truly transdisciplinary approaches are needed to tackle the complex problems that the Arctic is facing at the moment. Collaboration between Indigenous rights holders and researchers through co-creative research approaches can result in high-quality research outcomes, but crucially also address colonial legacies and power imbalances, enhance mutual trust, and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, to be successful, collaborative resear…
Mapping hierarchies of mobility in the Baikal Amur Mainline region
The construction of railroad infrastructure in East Siberia and the Russian Far East was a key aspect of Soviet industrialization during the 1970s and 1980s. Although built primarily for freight transportation, the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and the Amur-Yakutsk Mainline (AYaM) have also been used for passenger transport and have thus contributed to increased mobility and heightened local expectations about future mobility. This article presents …
Toward global citizenship? People (de)bordering their lives during Covid-19 in Latin America and Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted global interdependencies, accompanied by widespread calls for worldwide cooperation against a virus that knows no borders, but responses were led largely separately by national governments. In this tension between aspiration and reality, people began to grapple with how their own lives were affected by the global nature of the pandemic. In this article, based on 493 qualitative interviews conducted between 2020 a…
Clean and future-oriented
During the Morales presidency, the government represented lithium extraction as a departure from the colonial and neoliberal legacy, holding the potential for economic self-determination and a shift to a decolonial future through a national industry. • Public perceptions of lithium extraction as being ‘future-oriented’ and distinct from conventional mining practices are rooted in long-term collective and institutional memories of the colonial and…
Don't waste the crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked radical changes in the way life was lived around the globe. With the rapid reduction in human mobility, short-term environmental improvements were seen across the world. Work and social routines were altered, and political action to reduce case numbers seemed to open a window of opportunity for socio-environmental change in a post-pandemic world. Inspired by conversations around the "COVID-19 Anthropause," this paper…
Not in my backyard? Prospects, problems and perceptions of lithium extraction in Austria
Why ‘inclusive policymaking’ is needed during crises
During the COVID-19 pandemic, calls for unity from politicians and public health experts contrasted sharply with the rising social divisions between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Through 127 in-depth qualitative interviews conducted at two time points (October 2020 [n = 72], October 2021 [n = 55]) in Austria, a country with high vaccine hesitancy, this paper explores how and why deepening social divisions around vaccination occurred. Our fi…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Mining and Resource Management (5 works) · Business (4 works)