SUMMARY (ENGLISH)  5

RESUMÉ (DANSK)  6

EQIKKAANEQ (KALAALLISUT)  7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  10

OVERVIEW OF ARTICLES AND STATUS OF PUBLICATION  13

STATEMENT ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  13

LIST OF TABLES  14

LIST OF FIGURES  14

ABBREVIATIONS  15

PREFACE  16

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION  18

CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DISSERTATION  21

SPACE OF INQUIRY AND RELATION TO ARTICLES  23

ARGUMENT AND LITERATURE  25

THEORETICAL STARTING POINT: SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE AS A 'DANCE OF AGENCY'  26

OVERVIEW OF THESIS  31

CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW: CLIMATE SCIENCE AND SECURITY POLITICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE  33

SECTION 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE HOLO-ANTHROPOCENE  33

CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE SECURITY AGENDA: ANALYZING SECURITY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE  36

DENATURALIZING CLIMATE SCIENCE TO UNFOLD ITS POLITICS  42

SECTION 2: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN CONVERSATION WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES ('STS-IR')  47

CRITICAL SECURITY STUDIES IN CONVERSATION WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (CSS-STS)  49

REBALANCING TECHNOSCIENCE IN/FOR THE HOLO-ANTHROPOCENE: FROM 'TECH' IN FOCUS TO 'SCIENCE' IN FOCUS  50

SITUATING TECHNOSCIENCE IN TIME AND PLACE  56

SCIENCE, SECURITY AND THE PRODUCTION OF NATURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY  61

CHAPTER 3. ANALYTICAL STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY: DANCING WITH NATURAL SCIENTISTS AS RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT IN SPACE  67

DANCING AS METAPHOR  68

STEP 1: DANCING WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  71

FROM DANCING TO PERFORMING: ABDUCTION AS ANALYTICAL STRATEGY  72

ABDUCTIVE ANALYSIS TOWARDS CONTEXT-BOUND GENERALIZATION  73

SHIFTING THE PERSPECTIVE FROM OPERATIONAL 'STEPS' TOWARDS INTUITIONIST THEORIZING  75

EVALUATING THE UTILITY OF CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT-BOUND GENERALIZATIONS  79

STEP 2: DANCING WITH NATURAL SCIENTISTS  81

SELECTING DANCE PARTNERS, FIELD SITES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIELD  81

ASKING THEM TO DANCE: NEGOTIATING ACCESS IN UNSETTLED TIMES  83

BEING A DANCE PARTNER: POWER ASYMMETRIES AND POSITIONALITY AS MULTIPLE  87

CHOREOGRAPHING OUR DANCE: OBSERVATION AND SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AS METHODS  98

DANCING SOLO: LEAVING THE DANCE, WRITING ABOUT IT, AND REFLECTING ON ITS TRUTH-CLAIMS  104

CHAPTER 4: ARTICLES  109

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUDING DISCUSSION  110

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND SYNTHESIS ACROSS THE DISSERTATION  110

DANCING WITH THE CRYOSPHERE: A HUMBLING ENCOUNTER  112

FINAL REFLECTIONS AND AVENUES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH  119

POSTSCRIPT: FIELDNOTES FROM THE MEDIA FRONT  121

BIBLIOGRAPHY  127

APPENDIX: EMPIRICAL INDICATORS, INTERVIEW GUIDES, AND CONSENT FORM  143