Vlado Vivoda
Biographic Data
| ID | 2321362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vlado Vivoda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vlado |
| FAMILY NAME | Vivoda |
| SIGNATURE | VIVODA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0105-1702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 132 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Data centres and the new strategic infrastructure governance: From cloud ESG to compute sovereignty
The zirconium paradox: How Australia’s critical minerals policy enables China’s strategic materials
Australia’s zircon sector reveals a broader strategic problem in critical mineral governance: upstream abundance does not automatically translate into downstream control. Although zircon is often treated as an industrial mineral, it sits at the front end of a value chain that leads to zirconium metal, nuclear cladding, advanced ceramics, and other dual use materials. The key bottleneck lies in the technically demanding separation of zirconium fro…
What attracts critical minerals processing? investment conditions beyond the mine
Critical minerals strategies increasingly emphasise the need to move beyond extraction and establish domestic or allied processing capacity. Yet the conditions required to attract processing investment remain poorly specified. This paper argues that processing is neither simply an extension of mining nor governed by an entirely separate set of determinants. Rather, it changes the relative weight, configuration and timing of familiar investment co…
There is nothing artificial about intelligence: Consciousness, symbiosis and the collapse of the human–machine divide
In the crosshairs: Twenty-first-century superpower rivalry for Africa’s critical minerals
This paper explores the complexity of superpower rivalry in the scramble for control of Africa’s abundant mineral resources. African governments are wary of diplomatic, economic, and sometimes military interventions, having experienced them all before. The twenty-first-century legacy is a distrust of Western motives, even as fresh development opportunities present themselves through Africa’s ‘green’ and strategic mineral wealth. African nations a…
Deglobalization and the rehabilitation of Western defense industrial sovereignty
Deglobalization and the rehabilitation of Western defense industrial sovereignty
Narrative warfare in critical minerals: Information manipulation and governance challenges
Provides first typology of information manipulation in critical minerals governance. • Maps 15 global cases across supply chains, from rare earths to lithium. • Demonstrates how disinformation, omission and greenwashing shape legitimacy. • Advances governance responses for resilience and accountability. As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, so does the strategic manipulation of information surrounding their governance and supply cha…
AI’s energy paradox: Governing the trilemma of security, justice, and sustainability
Chile's lithium exceptionalism: Strategic legacies and the contested future of the Salar de Maricunga
Lithium has become foundational for the global energy transition, yet its extraction raises unresolved dilemmas of governance, geopolitics, and justice. In Chile—the world's second-largest producer—lithium is governed under an exceptional legal regime, created during the Cold War to safeguard potential nuclear applications, which sets it apart from other minerals, most notably copper. This paper argues that Chile's approach represents a case of l…
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
Casting Ambiguity: Securitization of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena in the United States
By engaging with and expanding upon the UFO taboo discussions, this research sheds light on the contemporary debates on the role of materiality in securitization processes. The paper argues that the complexity of UAP securitization necessitates a multidisciplinary approach that integrates security, scientific inquiry, and global cooperation which will consequently provide a multidimensional understanding of UAPs within national and international …
Friend-shoring and critical minerals: Exploring the role of the Minerals Security Partnership
Lithium nexus: Energy, geopolitics, and socio-environmental impacts in Mexico's Sonora project
Narco drones: Tracing the evolution of cartel aerial tactics in Mexico’s low-intensity conflicts
This study examines the evolution of drone tactics employed by drug cartels in Mexico from 2017 to 2022. The research traces the increasing sophistication of drone technology, payload capacities, and adaptability of cartels in employing airborne drones in low-intensity conflicts It also highlights the increasing reliance on drones for various purposes. The analysis reveals insights into how criminal organizations adapt to the changing technologic…
Water Wars: Strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
‘Water Wars’: strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Country-level governance frameworks for mining-induced resettlement
A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group
Industry and government responses to unconventional gas development in Australia
How do national mining industry associations compare on sustainable development
Myanmar’s extractive industries: An institutional and regulatory assessment
Nuclear Policy and Regulation in Japan after Fukushima: Navigating the Crisis
The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, has seen a public debate emerge over the future desirability of nuclear power in Japan. While Japanese citizens' suspicion of nuclear power has grown, the nuclear industry and electricity utilities have called on the central government to recommission the country's reactors amid warnings of devastation for the Japanese economy. This article analyses nuclear polic…
Energy Security in Japan: Challenges After Fukushima
For a country already uneasy about energy security, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, turned pre-existing Japanese concern about the availability of energy into outright anxiety. The subsequent closure of many nuclear reactors meant Japan needed to replace lost power quickly and so had no choice but to secure additional fossil fuels, undermining Japanese diversification polic…
International political economy: A field born of the Opec crisis returns to its energy roots
A Comparison of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Perceptions of Energy Security
This study explores how Asian energy security issues are perceived in China, India, and Japan. It investigates perceptions of 16 energy security challenges drawn from an extensive survey, as well as how such conceptions differ between Asian energy consumers and across these dimensions of energy security
Oil Import Diversification in Northeast Asia: A Comparison Between China and Japan
In this article, we explore why oil import patterns differ between states with a view to understanding the relationship between agent-based explanations such as strategy and structural explanations—for example, geography. We compare degree of diversification between China and Japan in an effort to explore the relationship between agency and structure in the formation of energy security policy. The China-Japan comparison is contextualized with ref…
Resource Nationalism, Bargaining and International Oil Companies: Challenges and Change in the New Millennium
Resource nationalism, bargaining and international oil companies: Challenges and change in the new millennium
International political economy: A field born of the Opec crisis returns to its energy roots
Friend-shoring and critical minerals: Exploring the role of the Minerals Security Partnership
Lithium nexus: Energy, geopolitics, and socio-environmental impacts in Mexico's Sonora project
Nuclear Policy and Regulation in Japan after Fukushima: Navigating the Crisis
The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, has seen a public debate emerge over the future desirability of nuclear power in Japan. While Japanese citizens' suspicion of nuclear power has grown, the nuclear industry and electricity utilities have called on the central government to recommission the country's reactors amid warnings of devastation for the Japanese economy. This article analyses nuclear polic…
A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group
China challenges global capitalism
This paper establishes a novel understanding of the nature and implications of China's rise. By borrowing Robert Gilpin's concept of sub-optimisation, it is argued that China is the most prominent player in a non-Western subgroup's suboptimisation strategy, which undermines the Western-dominated neoliberal capitalist system, or the Washington Consensus, and liberal democratic values, taken as gospel by Western economists, governments and industry…
Narco drones: Tracing the evolution of cartel aerial tactics in Mexico’s low-intensity conflicts
This study examines the evolution of drone tactics employed by drug cartels in Mexico from 2017 to 2022. The research traces the increasing sophistication of drone technology, payload capacities, and adaptability of cartels in employing airborne drones in low-intensity conflicts It also highlights the increasing reliance on drones for various purposes. The analysis reveals insights into how criminal organizations adapt to the changing technologic…
Industry and government responses to unconventional gas development in Australia
AI’s energy paradox: Governing the trilemma of security, justice, and sustainability
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
Water Wars: Strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
‘Water Wars’: strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Resource Nationalism, Bargaining and International Oil Companies: Challenges and Change in the New Millennium
Resource nationalism, bargaining and international oil companies: Challenges and change in the new millennium
China challenges global capitalism
This paper establishes a novel understanding of the nature and implications of China's rise. By borrowing Robert Gilpin's concept of sub-optimisation, it is argued that China is the most prominent player in a non-Western subgroup's suboptimisation strategy, which undermines the Western-dominated neoliberal capitalist system, or the Washington Consensus, and liberal democratic values, taken as gospel by Western economists, governments and industry…
Oil Import Diversification in Northeast Asia: A Comparison Between China and Japan
In this article, we explore why oil import patterns differ between states with a view to understanding the relationship between agent-based explanations such as strategy and structural explanations—for example, geography. We compare degree of diversification between China and Japan in an effort to explore the relationship between agency and structure in the formation of energy security policy. The China-Japan comparison is contextualized with ref…
A Comparison of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Perceptions of Energy Security
This study explores how Asian energy security issues are perceived in China, India, and Japan. It investigates perceptions of 16 energy security challenges drawn from an extensive survey, as well as how such conceptions differ between Asian energy consumers and across these dimensions of energy security
Energy Security in Japan: Challenges After Fukushima
For a country already uneasy about energy security, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, turned pre-existing Japanese concern about the availability of energy into outright anxiety. The subsequent closure of many nuclear reactors meant Japan needed to replace lost power quickly and so had no choice but to secure additional fossil fuels, undermining Japanese diversification polic…
International political economy: A field born of the Opec crisis returns to its energy roots
Nuclear Policy and Regulation in Japan after Fukushima: Navigating the Crisis
The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, has seen a public debate emerge over the future desirability of nuclear power in Japan. While Japanese citizens' suspicion of nuclear power has grown, the nuclear industry and electricity utilities have called on the central government to recommission the country's reactors amid warnings of devastation for the Japanese economy. This article analyses nuclear polic…
Myanmar’s extractive industries: An institutional and regulatory assessment
Industry and government responses to unconventional gas development in Australia
How do national mining industry associations compare on sustainable development
A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group
Country-level governance frameworks for mining-induced resettlement
Friend-shoring and critical minerals: Exploring the role of the Minerals Security Partnership
Lithium nexus: Energy, geopolitics, and socio-environmental impacts in Mexico's Sonora project
Narco drones: Tracing the evolution of cartel aerial tactics in Mexico’s low-intensity conflicts
This study examines the evolution of drone tactics employed by drug cartels in Mexico from 2017 to 2022. The research traces the increasing sophistication of drone technology, payload capacities, and adaptability of cartels in employing airborne drones in low-intensity conflicts It also highlights the increasing reliance on drones for various purposes. The analysis reveals insights into how criminal organizations adapt to the changing technologic…
Water Wars: Strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
‘Water Wars’: strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Casting Ambiguity: Securitization of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena in the United States
By engaging with and expanding upon the UFO taboo discussions, this research sheds light on the contemporary debates on the role of materiality in securitization processes. The paper argues that the complexity of UAP securitization necessitates a multidisciplinary approach that integrates security, scientific inquiry, and global cooperation which will consequently provide a multidimensional understanding of UAPs within national and international …
Narrative warfare in critical minerals: Information manipulation and governance challenges
Provides first typology of information manipulation in critical minerals governance. • Maps 15 global cases across supply chains, from rare earths to lithium. • Demonstrates how disinformation, omission and greenwashing shape legitimacy. • Advances governance responses for resilience and accountability. As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, so does the strategic manipulation of information surrounding their governance and supply cha…
AI’s energy paradox: Governing the trilemma of security, justice, and sustainability
Chile's lithium exceptionalism: Strategic legacies and the contested future of the Salar de Maricunga
Lithium has become foundational for the global energy transition, yet its extraction raises unresolved dilemmas of governance, geopolitics, and justice. In Chile—the world's second-largest producer—lithium is governed under an exceptional legal regime, created during the Cold War to safeguard potential nuclear applications, which sets it apart from other minerals, most notably copper. This paper argues that Chile's approach represents a case of l…
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
Securing defense critical minerals: Challenges and U.S. strategic responses in an evolving geopolitical landscape
The zirconium paradox: How Australia’s critical minerals policy enables China’s strategic materials
Australia’s zircon sector reveals a broader strategic problem in critical mineral governance: upstream abundance does not automatically translate into downstream control. Although zircon is often treated as an industrial mineral, it sits at the front end of a value chain that leads to zirconium metal, nuclear cladding, advanced ceramics, and other dual use materials. The key bottleneck lies in the technically demanding separation of zirconium fro…
What attracts critical minerals processing? investment conditions beyond the mine
Critical minerals strategies increasingly emphasise the need to move beyond extraction and establish domestic or allied processing capacity. Yet the conditions required to attract processing investment remain poorly specified. This paper argues that processing is neither simply an extension of mining nor governed by an entirely separate set of determinants. Rather, it changes the relative weight, configuration and timing of familiar investment co…
There is nothing artificial about intelligence: Consciousness, symbiosis and the collapse of the human–machine divide
In the crosshairs: Twenty-first-century superpower rivalry for Africa’s critical minerals
This paper explores the complexity of superpower rivalry in the scramble for control of Africa’s abundant mineral resources. African governments are wary of diplomatic, economic, and sometimes military interventions, having experienced them all before. The twenty-first-century legacy is a distrust of Western motives, even as fresh development opportunities present themselves through Africa’s ‘green’ and strategic mineral wealth. African nations a…
Political science (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Mining and Resource Management (12 works) · Politics (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Engineering (8 works) · Natural Resources and Economic Development (8 works) · Corporate governance (7 works)