Populations and reproduction in situated Anthropocene realities: A study on the scientific governing of life forms across the Nordic region (POPULUS)

POPULUS examines how human and animal populations are constructed and valued in the Nordic region facing both climate crisis and demographic change. Using social science and design research methods, POPULUS investigates scientifically and politically urgent cases of reproduction in liquid surroundings. Through document, fieldwork and collaborative workshop data, the project analyses scientific practices that shape the logics of inclusion and exclusion and technological management of reproductive life. POPULUS develops an explorative approach for comparative multispecies, multidisciplinary research. It provides new knowledge on situated Anthropocene realities and generates societal impact by cocreating critical visions of shared eco-social futures.