Simon Holli
Biographic Data
| ID | 846159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Holli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Holli |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish Defence University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3509-146X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice
Pacific Islanders are being affected by climate change and are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond through justice and transformation. This paper aims to step back from such rhetoric in order to examine its implications. Through considering four types of ‘fatigue’, it asks whether or not transformation and justice approaches for climate change responses account for on‐the‐ground circumstances of Pacific Islands and Islanders. Possib…
Reimagining community and communication as transformative capacities for climate and environmental action: The role of talanoa for enabling change
Much attention has been placed on generating transformative capacities to manage the environmental and climate crisis. At the local level, this is often about empowering communities with the capacity and knowledge to become more sustainable. Yet achieving this transformation has been challenging. Drawing on Byung-Chul Han's critique on late modernity and employing a self-experiential methodology grounded in an Indigenous form of cultural dialogue…
Climate resilience in the Pacific: Indigenous learning for a more sustainable future
In response to the climate crisis, the international community continues to advocate resilience-based solutions in the Pacific. While often well-intentioned, these external interventions rarely meet expectations. One reason for this lack of implementation lies in a disconnect between underlying value systems between the global north and the Pacific. This article questions this straightforward dichotomy by exploring the extent to which climate res…
A climate change talanoa: Exploring creative possibilities for a hopeful future
This article explores creative possibilities for climate action through talanoa (a form of dialogue practised in the Pacific Islands). Built on inter-subjective empathy, the dignity of persons and reciprocal justice, engaging in a talanoa creates a relational space for reflecting on the profound questions of planetary life. While a talanoa is usually produced “face-to-face”, this article demonstrates how a talanoa can also be achieved across spac…
Toward a Talanoa Way of Knowing: Relational Transformation for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
This research note advances the idea of a talanoa epistemology. Many readers will be familiar with talanoa as an Indigenous mode of communication practiced in the Pacific. Variations of talanoa have been applied in COP constellations, inter‐faith meetings, Pacific diplomacy, conflict resolution, and as a research method. However, the value of its epistemological foundations is rarely acknowledged; talanoa can also be understood as a way of knowin…
Disasters in the Anthropocene: A Storm in a Teacup
Dramatic alterations to the natural environment due to human activity have produced a permanent rupture in the Earth system; the relative stable epoch of the Holocene has given way to a volatile Anthropocene. Acceptance of these claims means that we now live in this altered physical reality, inviting us to rethink how we conceptualise disasters. Yet, disaster scholars have been hesitant to apply the Anthropocene label and to acknowledge the profo…
Crisis management in Europe: Exploring transgovernmental solutions to transboundary problems
Explaining the European Union's Security Role in Practice
European states may no longer expect inter‐state violence, but they do expect complex threats emanating from storms, epidemics, terror attacks and earthquakes. The EU has answered these threats through the rapid and far‐reaching institutionalization of European security cooperation. However, member states hesitate to use their common capacities. While both intergovernmental and constructivist approaches treat this pattern as evidence of weak inte…
Bridging international relations and disaster studies: The Case of Disaster-Conflict Scholarship
International relations and disaster studies have much to gain by thinking critically about their respective theoretical and epistemological assumptions. Yet, few studies to date have sought to assess the potential value of linking these two disciplines. This paper begins to address this shortfall by examining the relationship between disasters and conflict as a research sphere that intersects international relations and disaster studies. Through…
Localized Development Gaps in Global Governance: The Case of Disaster Risk Reduction in Oceania
Global framework agreements on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aim to reduce the vulnerability of states from the effects of natural hazards and guide international development strategies. The effect
The Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management: A Strategy for Global Resilience
The use of regional organizations to mitigate and respond to disasters has become a global trend. This book examines the role regional organizations play in managing disaster risk through a comparativ
The global standardization of regional disaster risk management
Natural disasters have become a heightened security issue in the last decade. Mitigating and responding to disasters, such as the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and the 2011 earthquake in Japan, reflect a new security agenda that has spread across the globe and infiltrated most regional organizations. At first glance, the creation of regional programmes on disaster risk management (DRM) appears to be driven by the functional preferences of states…
The Global Construction of EU Development Policy
At the turn of the twentieth century, 191 countries agreed to realize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The European Union (EU) has incorporated many of these goals into its development policies. However, the effect of the MDGs on the construction of EU development policy has not been achieved through a homogenous diffusion of global development norms, but through a heterogeneous process: some MDGs have had a greater impact on EU policy fo…
The necessity of protection: Transgovernmental networks and EU security governance
The remarkable increase in European security and defence integration in the past decade has presented a challenge to traditional integration theories. Although they remain relevant, these theories fail to take full account of the changing security architecture of Europe, which includes the rise of transgovernmental networks (TGNs). With a focus on EU civil protection, this article critically examines established definitions of TGNs and investigat…
The necessity of protection: Transgovernmental networks and EU security governance
The remarkable increase in European security and defence integration in the past decade has presented a challenge to traditional integration theories. Although they remain relevant, these theories fail to take full account of the changing security architecture of Europe, which includes the rise of transgovernmental networks (TGNs). With a focus on EU civil protection, this article critically examines established definitions of TGNs and investigat…
Explaining the European Union's Security Role in Practice
European states may no longer expect inter‐state violence, but they do expect complex threats emanating from storms, epidemics, terror attacks and earthquakes. The EU has answered these threats through the rapid and far‐reaching institutionalization of European security cooperation. However, member states hesitate to use their common capacities. While both intergovernmental and constructivist approaches treat this pattern as evidence of weak inte…
Disasters in the Anthropocene: A Storm in a Teacup
Dramatic alterations to the natural environment due to human activity have produced a permanent rupture in the Earth system; the relative stable epoch of the Holocene has given way to a volatile Anthropocene. Acceptance of these claims means that we now live in this altered physical reality, inviting us to rethink how we conceptualise disasters. Yet, disaster scholars have been hesitant to apply the Anthropocene label and to acknowledge the profo…
Bridging international relations and disaster studies: The Case of Disaster-Conflict Scholarship
International relations and disaster studies have much to gain by thinking critically about their respective theoretical and epistemological assumptions. Yet, few studies to date have sought to assess the potential value of linking these two disciplines. This paper begins to address this shortfall by examining the relationship between disasters and conflict as a research sphere that intersects international relations and disaster studies. Through…
The Global Construction of EU Development Policy
At the turn of the twentieth century, 191 countries agreed to realize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The European Union (EU) has incorporated many of these goals into its development policies. However, the effect of the MDGs on the construction of EU development policy has not been achieved through a homogenous diffusion of global development norms, but through a heterogeneous process: some MDGs have had a greater impact on EU policy fo…
Toward a Talanoa Way of Knowing: Relational Transformation for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
This research note advances the idea of a talanoa epistemology. Many readers will be familiar with talanoa as an Indigenous mode of communication practiced in the Pacific. Variations of talanoa have been applied in COP constellations, inter‐faith meetings, Pacific diplomacy, conflict resolution, and as a research method. However, the value of its epistemological foundations is rarely acknowledged; talanoa can also be understood as a way of knowin…
Crisis management in Europe: Exploring transgovernmental solutions to transboundary problems
Localized Development Gaps in Global Governance: The Case of Disaster Risk Reduction in Oceania
Global framework agreements on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aim to reduce the vulnerability of states from the effects of natural hazards and guide international development strategies. The effect
The necessity of protection: Transgovernmental networks and EU security governance
The remarkable increase in European security and defence integration in the past decade has presented a challenge to traditional integration theories. Although they remain relevant, these theories fail to take full account of the changing security architecture of Europe, which includes the rise of transgovernmental networks (TGNs). With a focus on EU civil protection, this article critically examines established definitions of TGNs and investigat…
The global standardization of regional disaster risk management
Natural disasters have become a heightened security issue in the last decade. Mitigating and responding to disasters, such as the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and the 2011 earthquake in Japan, reflect a new security agenda that has spread across the globe and infiltrated most regional organizations. At first glance, the creation of regional programmes on disaster risk management (DRM) appears to be driven by the functional preferences of states…
The Global Construction of EU Development Policy
At the turn of the twentieth century, 191 countries agreed to realize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The European Union (EU) has incorporated many of these goals into its development policies. However, the effect of the MDGs on the construction of EU development policy has not been achieved through a homogenous diffusion of global development norms, but through a heterogeneous process: some MDGs have had a greater impact on EU policy fo…
The Role of Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management: A Strategy for Global Resilience
The use of regional organizations to mitigate and respond to disasters has become a global trend. This book examines the role regional organizations play in managing disaster risk through a comparativ
Localized Development Gaps in Global Governance: The Case of Disaster Risk Reduction in Oceania
Global framework agreements on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aim to reduce the vulnerability of states from the effects of natural hazards and guide international development strategies. The effect
Bridging international relations and disaster studies: The Case of Disaster-Conflict Scholarship
International relations and disaster studies have much to gain by thinking critically about their respective theoretical and epistemological assumptions. Yet, few studies to date have sought to assess the potential value of linking these two disciplines. This paper begins to address this shortfall by examining the relationship between disasters and conflict as a research sphere that intersects international relations and disaster studies. Through…
Crisis management in Europe: Exploring transgovernmental solutions to transboundary problems
Explaining the European Union's Security Role in Practice
European states may no longer expect inter‐state violence, but they do expect complex threats emanating from storms, epidemics, terror attacks and earthquakes. The EU has answered these threats through the rapid and far‐reaching institutionalization of European security cooperation. However, member states hesitate to use their common capacities. While both intergovernmental and constructivist approaches treat this pattern as evidence of weak inte…
Disasters in the Anthropocene: A Storm in a Teacup
Dramatic alterations to the natural environment due to human activity have produced a permanent rupture in the Earth system; the relative stable epoch of the Holocene has given way to a volatile Anthropocene. Acceptance of these claims means that we now live in this altered physical reality, inviting us to rethink how we conceptualise disasters. Yet, disaster scholars have been hesitant to apply the Anthropocene label and to acknowledge the profo…
A climate change talanoa: Exploring creative possibilities for a hopeful future
This article explores creative possibilities for climate action through talanoa (a form of dialogue practised in the Pacific Islands). Built on inter-subjective empathy, the dignity of persons and reciprocal justice, engaging in a talanoa creates a relational space for reflecting on the profound questions of planetary life. While a talanoa is usually produced “face-to-face”, this article demonstrates how a talanoa can also be achieved across spac…
Toward a Talanoa Way of Knowing: Relational Transformation for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
This research note advances the idea of a talanoa epistemology. Many readers will be familiar with talanoa as an Indigenous mode of communication practiced in the Pacific. Variations of talanoa have been applied in COP constellations, inter‐faith meetings, Pacific diplomacy, conflict resolution, and as a research method. However, the value of its epistemological foundations is rarely acknowledged; talanoa can also be understood as a way of knowin…
Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice
Pacific Islanders are being affected by climate change and are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond through justice and transformation. This paper aims to step back from such rhetoric in order to examine its implications. Through considering four types of ‘fatigue’, it asks whether or not transformation and justice approaches for climate change responses account for on‐the‐ground circumstances of Pacific Islands and Islanders. Possib…
Reimagining community and communication as transformative capacities for climate and environmental action: The role of talanoa for enabling change
Much attention has been placed on generating transformative capacities to manage the environmental and climate crisis. At the local level, this is often about empowering communities with the capacity and knowledge to become more sustainable. Yet achieving this transformation has been challenging. Drawing on Byung-Chul Han's critique on late modernity and employing a self-experiential methodology grounded in an Indigenous form of cultural dialogue…
Climate resilience in the Pacific: Indigenous learning for a more sustainable future
In response to the climate crisis, the international community continues to advocate resilience-based solutions in the Pacific. While often well-intentioned, these external interventions rarely meet expectations. One reason for this lack of implementation lies in a disconnect between underlying value systems between the global north and the Pacific. This article questions this straightforward dichotomy by exploring the extent to which climate res…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · European union (4 works) · International trade (4 works)