Duncan Depledge
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Research Subjects
Duncan Depledge has a total of 13 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Klaus Dodds
Univ London, Royal Holloway, Geopolit, London, England
5 shared publications- Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
School of Social Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough UK
2 shared publications - Alina Bykova1 shared publication
- Andreas Østhagen
Fridtjof Nansen Institute
1 shared publication Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
Loughborough Univ, War Studies, Loughborough, Leics, England
1 shared publicationNeil Morisetti
Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, UK
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- 11 May 2026
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies on Security
- Vol. 14 (2) , 1-8
Science fiction, sociotechnical imaginaries and future war: new avenues for Critical Security Studies research?
- 11 May 2026
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies on Security
- Vol. 14 (2) , 1-8
Science fiction, sociotechnical imaginaries and future war: new avenues for Critical Security Studies research?
- Open Access
- 6 November 2025
- Published by Edward Elgar Publishing
- p. 133-162
NATO in the Arctic: misunderstood and misrepresented
- 6 November 2025
- Published by Edward Elgar Publishing
- p. 133-162
Open AccessNATO in the Arctic: misunderstood and misrepresented
- Open Access
- 23 December 2024
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in European Journal of International Security
- Vol. 10 (3) , 374-393
The UK Ministry of Defence and the transition to ‘low-carbon warfare’: A multilevel perspective on military change
Retaining operational effectiveness in a low-carbon world will require military innovation and change. Indeed, there has been growing acknowledgement within some defence ministries that as the world decarbonises a military energy transition is essential. In this paper, we illustrate how calls for a military energy transition have gained renewed traction within the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2018. Empirically, we draw on semi-structured interviews with 46 officials and armed forces personnel, conducted by the authors between June and October 2023. To structure our analysis, we adopt a multilevel perspective (MLP) from the field of Sustainability Transitions. Combining the MLP with insights from the literature on military innovation, we shed light on the ways proponents of ‘low-carbon warfare’ have challenged the ‘high-carbon’ sociotechnical regime that currently dominates the MoD. We also explain why more rapid and disruptive change has been stymied. By centring attention on the extent of ‘alignment’ between internal and external sources of change, our MLP makes a valuable contribution to understanding why the struggle for military change often unfolds in non-linear ways.
- 23 December 2024
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in European Journal of International Security
- Vol. 10 (3) , 374-393
Open AccessThe UK Ministry of Defence and the transition to ‘low-carbon warfare’: A multilevel perspective on military change
Retaining operational effectiveness in a low-carbon world will require military innovation and change. Indeed, there has been growing acknowledgement within some defence ministries that as the world decarbonises a military energy transition is essential. In this paper, we illustrate how calls for a military energy transition have gained renewed traction within the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) since 2018. Empirically, we draw on semi-structured interviews with 46 officials and armed forces personnel, conducted by the authors between June and October 2023. To structure our analysis, we adopt a multilevel perspective (MLP) from the field of Sustainability Transitions. Combining the MLP with insights from the literature on military innovation, we shed light on the ways proponents of ‘low-carbon warfare’ have challenged the ‘high-carbon’ sociotechnical regime that currently dominates the MoD. We also explain why more rapid and disruptive change has been stymied. By centring attention on the extent of ‘alignment’ between internal and external sources of change, our MLP makes a valuable contribution to understanding why the struggle for military change often unfolds in non-linear ways.
- 14 August 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Climate Change
- Vol. 13 (9) , 881-882
Low-carbon warfare
- 14 August 2023
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Climate Change
- Vol. 13 (9) , 881-882
Low-carbon warfare
- Open Access
- 12 November 2022
- Published by Wiley in The Geographical Journal
- Vol. 189 (3) , 384-387
Foreword: Rising temperatures
- 12 November 2022
- Published by Wiley in The Geographical Journal
- Vol. 189 (3) , 384-387
Open AccessForeword: Rising temperatures
- Open Access
- 4 November 2022
- Published by Wiley in The Geographical Journal
- Vol. 189 (3) , 438-440
Afterword: Rising temperatures
- 4 November 2022
- Published by Wiley in The Geographical Journal
- Vol. 189 (3) , 438-440
Open AccessAfterword: Rising temperatures
- 3 July 2022
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Polar Journal
- Vol. 12 (2) , 193-197
New voices in the Arctic
A little under ten years ago, The Polar Journal published a collection of papers by a new generation of early career researchers from the humanities and social sciences writing on the geopolitics o...
- 3 July 2022
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Polar Journal
- Vol. 12 (2) , 193-197
New voices in the Arctic
A little under ten years ago, The Polar Journal published a collection of papers by a new generation of early career researchers from the humanities and social sciences writing on the geopolitics o...
- Open Access
- 16 December 2020
- Published by Scandinavian Military Studies in Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
- Vol. 3 (1) , 288-301
Train Where You Expect to Fight: Why Military Exercises Have Increased in the High North
- 16 December 2020
- Published by Scandinavian Military Studies in Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
- Vol. 3 (1) , 288-301
Open AccessTrain Where You Expect to Fight: Why Military Exercises Have Increased in the High North
- 2 January 2019
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The RUSI Journal
- Vol. 164 (1) , 28-39
The UK’s Defence Arctic Strategy
Following the UK defence secretary’s announcement in September 2018 that the Ministry of Defence is to devise a Defence Arctic Strategy, Duncan Depledge, Klaus Dodds and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe look back on how UK defence has engaged with the Arctic over the past two decades and draw attention to the shift in focus from climate change to hard security threats. They analyse what this means for the development of national Arctic policy in general, including the potential for divergence with other stakeholders such as the Foreign Office and the Scottish government. They conclude by considering how UK Arctic policy might change after Brexit.
- 2 January 2019
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The RUSI Journal
- Vol. 164 (1) , 28-39
The UK’s Defence Arctic Strategy
Following the UK defence secretary’s announcement in September 2018 that the Ministry of Defence is to devise a Defence Arctic Strategy, Duncan Depledge, Klaus Dodds and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe look back on how UK defence has engaged with the Arctic over the past two decades and draw attention to the shift in focus from climate change to hard security threats. They analyse what this means for the development of national Arctic policy in general, including the potential for divergence with other stakeholders such as the Foreign Office and the Scottish government. They conclude by considering how UK Arctic policy might change after Brexit.