Staff profile

I came to Durham in Autumn 2013 after sixteen years in Florida State University’s Department of Geography, punctuated by one-year interludes at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers (2002-2003), the University of California, Santa Cruz’ Center for Cultural Studies (2005-2006), and Royal Holloway, University of London’s Department of Geography (2012-2013). Prior to Florida State, I attended Clark University’s Graduate School of Geography (1990-1996), where I received my MA and PhD degrees, as well as teaching briefly in Bucknell University’s Department of Geography (1997).

My research focuses on the historical, ongoing, and, at times, imaginary projection of social power onto spaces whose geophysical and geographic characteristics make them resistant to state territorialization. These spaces include the world-ocean, the Arctic, and the universe of electronic communications. Within these spaces, I study everything from artistic depictions to governance institutions to the lifeways of individuals who inhabit (or cross) their expanses. In addition to these major research themes, I frequently conduct research in complementary areas including urban planning politics; utopianism (especially as projected onto islands); intersections between geography and international law; critical theories of development and nature; and the links between art, cartography, visualisation, and representation.

My present research is primarily in two main areas: Wet Ontologies and Ocean Governance; and Arctic Politics and the Liveliness of Sea Ice. In the first of these areas, I explore how the ocean — in its liquid mobility but also in its other states (sea ice, mist, etc.) and in its depths and volumes — challenges the notion of ‘territory’ as it is typically conceptualised on land and inscribed through legal norms and state practice. While much of my work in this area is highly conceptual, it also engages with issues in the governance of marine resources, particularly on the seabed, as well as encounters with water by coastal peoples. In the second of these areas, I focus on the Arctic, where the presence of sea ice challenges norms of ocean governance inherited from temperate, continental regions. This research is complemented by a wider ranging set of enquiries concerning the place of the frozen, inhabited ocean in a world that is typically understood, outside the polar regions, as divided into solid, bounded land and liquid, unbounded water.

I also have a strong, secondary interest, in cross-disciplinary research and, in particular, cross-disciplinary doctoral and professional training. This is reflected in the three centres that I direct at Durham:

• IBRU: Durham University's Centre for Borders Research. IBRU spans the areas of cartography, diplomacy, and international law to offer a suite of online and offline training courses, as well as supporting research that seeks to facilitate enhanced understanding of border areas, contribute to the peaceful resolution of boundary disputes, and engage with broader geographic questions concerning the changing nature of sovereignty, territory, citizenship, and the political organisation of space.
• The Durham Arctic Research Centre for Training and Interdisciplinary Collaboration (DurhamARCTIC). Following successful completion of a six-year grant to coordinate PhD training for 15 students across seven disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, DurhamARCTIC now focuses on facilitating internal and external facing Arctic research collaborations among Durham staff and students.
• The Northern Ireland / Northeast England Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP). NINE DTP is a seven-university partnership funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council to fund training of five cohorts of 50-55 students per year across all social science disciplines and research areas.

Additionally, I have a strong interest in the practices and norms of academic publishing. As former editor-in-chief of the journal Political Geography (2016-2019) as well as through service on a number of other publishing initiatives, I have contributed to debates on the ways in which academic dialogue is framed, limited, and enabled by the institutional, state, and corporate structures that govern the production and circulation of knowledge.

For more on my research, publications, and internal and external leadership activities, as well as a complete c.v., please visit my personal web page.

Authored book

• Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries in the Circumpolar North
  Steinberg, P., Tasch, J., & Gerhardt, H. (2015). Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries in the Circumpolar North. I.B. Tauris
• Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion
  McDowell, S. D., Steinberg, P. E., & Tomasello, T. K. (2008). Managing the Infosphere: Governance, Technology, and Cultural Practice in Motion. Temple University Press
• People in Places: A Documentary Case Study Workbook to Accompany the 8th Edition of The Cultural Landscape by James Rubenstein
  Steinberg, P. E., & Sherman-Morris, K. (2005). People in Places: A Documentary Case Study Workbook to Accompany the 8th Edition of The Cultural Landscape by James Rubenstein. Prentice Hall
• People in Places: A Documentary Case Study Workbook to Accompany the 3rd Edition of Places and Regions in Global Context by Paul Knox and Sallie Marston
  Steinberg, P. E., & Sherman-Morris, K. (2004). People in Places: A Documentary Case Study Workbook to Accompany the 3rd Edition of Places and Regions in Global Context by Paul Knox and Sallie Marston. Prentice Hall
• The Social Construction of the Ocean
  Steinberg, P. E. (2001). The Social Construction of the Ocean. Cambridge University Press

Book review

• Waves of Knowing: A Seascape Epistemology Karin Animoto Ingersoll. Duke University Press, 2016, pp ix + 216 (ISBN: 978‐0‐8223‐6234‐0)
  Steinberg, P. (2018). Waves of Knowing: A Seascape Epistemology Karin Animoto Ingersoll. Duke University Press, 2016, pp ix + 216 (ISBN: 978‐0‐8223‐6234‐0). Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 39(3), 472-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12248
• Book Review: Geographies of Media and Communication, by Paul C. Adams
  Steinberg, P. E. (2010). Book Review: Geographies of Media and Communication, by Paul C. Adams. Aether (Northridge, Calif. ), 6, 113-116

Chapter in book

• Foreword
  Steinberg, P. (in press). Foreword. In Marine Geography: Ocean Space and Sense of Place. Elsevier
• Foreword
  Steinberg, P. (in press). Foreword. In Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations, by Ingrid A. Medby. Manchester University Press
• Sea ice extent and the sea ice index: Freezing Arctic sea ice through measurement and mediation
  Seddon, L., & Steinberg, P. Sea ice extent and the sea ice index: Freezing Arctic sea ice through measurement and mediation. In J. Alnæs, S. Tollerud Bull, L. Hausken, & S. Østby Sæther (Eds.), Media Seas and the Blue Humanities: Studies of the High North Atlantic. Routledge
• The political geography of 'gatekeeping' at Political Geography
  Steinberg, P. The political geography of 'gatekeeping' at Political Geography. In Political Geography in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan
• Decolonial cartographies: Countermapping in the Arctic
  Charier, D., Huttorm, H., Kramvig, B., Kristoffersen, B., Riquet, J., & Steinberg, P. (2024). Decolonial cartographies: Countermapping in the Arctic. In J. Riquet (Ed.), The Mediated Arctic. Manchester University Press
• Mediating Arctic soundscapes
  Coutu, C., Ferloni, G., Riquet, J., & Steinberg, P. (2024). Mediating Arctic soundscapes. In J. Riquet (Ed.), . Manchester University Press
• Navigating the Structural Coherence of Sea Ice
  Steinberg, P., Ferloni, G., Aporta, C., Bridge, G., Chircop, A., Coddington, K., Elden, S., Kane, S. C., Koivurova, T., Shadian, J., & Stammler-Gossmann, A. (2022). Navigating the Structural Coherence of Sea Ice. In I. Braverman (Ed.), Laws of the Sea: Interdisciplinary Currents (164-183). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003205173-8
• Introduction: Placing and situating ocean space(s)
  Steinberg, P. (2022). Introduction: Placing and situating ocean space(s). In K. Peters, J. Anderson, A. Davies, & P. Steinberg (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space (3-19). Routledge
• Time for oil: competing petrotemporalities in Norway's Lofote/Vesteralen/Senja Archipelago
  Kristoffersen, B., Bridge, G., & Steinberg, P. (2022). Time for oil: competing petrotemporalities in Norway's Lofote/Vesteralen/Senja Archipelago. In F. Polack, & D. Farquharson (Eds.), Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures (176-193). Routledge
• Preface
  Steinberg, P. (2020). Preface. In N. Couling, & C. Hein (Eds.), The Urbanisation of the Sea: From Concepts and Analysis to Design (1-2). nai010 Publishers. https://doi.org/10.7480/isbn.9789462085930
• Edges and flows: Exploring legal materialities and biophysical politics of sea ice
  Steinberg, P., Kristoffersen, B., & Shake, K. (2020). Edges and flows: Exploring legal materialities and biophysical politics of sea ice. In I. Braverman, & E. Johnson (Eds.), Blue legalities : the law and life of the sea. Duke University Press
• Building a Blue Economy in the Arctic Ocean: Sustaining the Sea or Sustaining the State?
  Steinberg, P., & Kristoffersen, B. (2018). Building a Blue Economy in the Arctic Ocean: Sustaining the Sea or Sustaining the State?. In U. Gad, & J. Strandsbjerg (Eds.), Politics of sustainability in the Arctic : reconfiguring identity, space, and time (136-148). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351031981-9
• The Power of Water
  Steinberg, P. (2018). The Power of Water. In M. Coleman, & J. Agnew (Eds.), Handbook on the geographies of power (217-228). Edward Elgar Publishing
• The Lighthouse as Survival
  Steinberg, P. (2018). The Lighthouse as Survival. In V. Strang, T. Edensor, & J. Puckering (Eds.), From the lighthouse : interdisciplinary reflections on light (179-183). Routledge
• Introduction
  Peters, K., Steinberg, P., & Stratford, E. (2018). Introduction. In K. Peters, P. Steinberg, & E. Stratford (Eds.), Territory beyond Terra (1-15). Rowman & Littlefield International
• Environments
  Steinberg, P. (2018). Environments. In K. Peters, P. Steinberg, & E. Stratford (Eds.), Territory beyond Terra (87-90). Rowman & Littlefield International
• Placing Territory on Ice: Militarisation, Measurement, and Murder in the High Arctic
  Bruun, J., & Steinberg, P. (2018). Placing Territory on Ice: Militarisation, Measurement, and Murder in the High Arctic. In K. A. Peters, P. E. Steinberg, & E. Stratford (Eds.), Territory beyond terra (147-165). Rowman & Littlefield International
• The Ocean and Transport / The Ocean in Transport / The Ocean as Transport; or, Mobilis in Mobili
  Steinberg, P. (2018). The Ocean and Transport / The Ocean in Transport / The Ocean as Transport; or, Mobilis in Mobili. In S. Hessler (Ed.), Tidalectics : imagining an oceanic worldview through art and science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
• Foreword
  Steinberg, P. (2018). Foreword. In M. Brown, & B. Humberstone (Eds.), Shaped by the Sea: Embodied Narratives in Fluid Geographies (xi-xiv). Ashgate
• The Ocean as Forgotten Space of Capitalism
  Steinberg, P. (2017). The Ocean as Forgotten Space of Capitalism. In D. Zyman, & C. Scozzari (Eds.), Alan Sekula – Okeanos. Sternberg Press
• Oceans and seas, Human geography
  Steinberg, P. E. (2017). Oceans and seas, Human geography. In D. Richardson (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0759
• Afterword: Tourism, Extraction, and the Postcolonial Arctic.
  Steinberg, P. E. (2016). Afterword: Tourism, Extraction, and the Postcolonial Arctic. In L. Jensen, & G. Huggan (Eds.), Postcolonial Perspectives on the European High North: Unscrambling the Arctic (143-145). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58817-3
• Chapters on 'Human blood, whole'; 'Flushing cistern of plastics'; 'Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured', 'Hydraulic fluid power pumps'; 'Waveform measuring and analyzing instruments'; and 'Kazoos'
  Steinberg, P. (2016). Chapters on 'Human blood, whole'; 'Flushing cistern of plastics'; 'Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured', 'Hydraulic fluid power pumps'; 'Waveform measuring and analyzing instruments'; and 'Kazoos'. In M. Zurkow (Ed.), More&More (A Guide to the Harmonized System). Punctum. https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0127.1.00
• From Ice Law to ICE LAW: Constructing an Interdisciplinary Research Project on the Political-Legal Challenges of Polar Environments
  Steinberg, P., & Coddington, K. (2015). From Ice Law to ICE LAW: Constructing an Interdisciplinary Research Project on the Political-Legal Challenges of Polar Environments. In L. Heininen, H. Exner-Pirot, & J. Plouffe (Eds.), 2015 Arctic yearbook (443-449). Northern Research Forum
• Maritime Cargomobilities: The Impossibilities of Representation
  Steinberg, P. E. (2015). Maritime Cargomobilities: The Impossibilities of Representation. In T. Birtchnell, S. Savitzky, & J. Urry (Eds.), Cargomobilities: Moving Materials in a Global Age (35-47). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315866673-3
• Non-linearity in the Ocean Documentary
  Steinberg, P. E. (2015). Non-linearity in the Ocean Documentary. In R. van Munster, & C. Sylvest (Eds.), Documenting World Politics: A Critical Companion to IR and Non-fiction Film (78-94). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315756899-7
• U.S. Arctic Policy: Reproducing Hegemony in a Maritime Region
  Steinberg, P. E. (2015). U.S. Arctic Policy: Reproducing Hegemony in a Maritime Region. In R. W. Murray, & A. Dey Nuttall (Eds.), International Relations and the Arctic: Understanding Policy and Governance (165-190). Cambria
• Politics at the Poles
  Steinberg, P. (2015). Politics at the Poles. In P. Knox, & S. Marston (Eds.), Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, 7th ed. Pearson
• Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security: Understanding and Assessing OECD and ITU Efforts to Promote Shared Cybersecurity.
  McDowell, S., Nensey, Z., & Steinberg, P. (2014). Cooperative International Approaches to Network Security: Understanding and Assessing OECD and ITU Efforts to Promote Shared Cybersecurity. In J.-F. Kremer, & B. Müller (Eds.), Cyberspace and International Relations: Theories, Prospects and Challenges (231-252). Springer Verlag
• On Thalassography
  Steinberg, P. E. (2014). On Thalassography. In J. Anderson, & K. Peters (Eds.), Water Worlds: Human Geographies of the Ocean (xiii-xvii). Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547619
• Mediterranean Metaphors: Travel, Translation and Oceanic Imaginaries in the 'New Mediterraneans' of the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
  Steinberg, P. (2014). Mediterranean Metaphors: Travel, Translation and Oceanic Imaginaries in the 'New Mediterraneans' of the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. In J. Anderson, & K. Peters (Eds.), Water Worlds: Human Geographies of the Ocean (23 - 37). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315547619
• Maintaining Hegemony at a Distance: The U.S. Arctic Region Policy Presidential Directive of 2009.
  Steinberg, P. (2014). Maintaining Hegemony at a Distance: The U.S. Arctic Region Policy Presidential Directive of 2009. In R. Powell, & K. Dodds (Eds.), Polar Geopolitics? Knowledge, Resources and Legal Regimes (113-130). Edward Elgar Publishing
• Oceans.
  Steinberg, P. (2013). Oceans. In B. Warf (Ed.), Oxford Bibliography of Geography. Oxford University Press
• Testing the Usability of Time-Geographic Maps for Crime Mapping.
  Morgan, J., & Steinberg, P. (2013). Maps for Crime Mapping. In M. Leitner (Ed.), Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Techniques (339-366). Springer Verlag
• Island or Continent?
  Steinberg, P. (2013). Island or Continent?. In G. Baldacchino (Ed.), The Political Economy of Divided Islands: Unified Geographies, Multiple Polities. Palgrave Macmillan
• A Middle Route Through the Northwest Passage: Resolving a Controversy in the Context of International Law.
  Steinberg, P. (2012). A Middle Route Through the Northwest Passage: Resolving a Controversy in the Context of International Law. In World Geography: Understanding a Changing World. ABC-CLIO
• Free Sea.
  Steinberg, P. (2011). Free Sea. In S. Legg (Ed.), Sovereignty, Spatiality, and Carl Schmitt: Geographies of the Nomos (268-275). Routledge
• Liquid Urbanity: Re-Engineering the City in a Post-Terrestrial World.
  Steinberg, P. (2011). Liquid Urbanity: Re-Engineering the City in a Post-Terrestrial World. In S. Brunn (Ed.), Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Mega-Engineering Projects (2113-2122). Springer Verlag
• Entries on "Oceans," "Peet, Richard," and "Portolan Charts"
  Steinberg, P. E. (2010). Entries on "Oceans," "Peet, Richard," and "Portolan Charts". In B. Warf (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography. SAGE Publications
• Power and Space in Electronic Communications
  Steinberg, P. E., & Purcell, D. (2010). Power and Space in Electronic Communications. In R. A. Denemark (Ed.), The International Studies Encyclopedia (5893-5906). Wiley
• Oceans
  Steinberg, P. E. (2009). Oceans. In R. Kitchin, & N. Thrift (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (21-26). Elsevier
• What is a City? Katrina's Answers
  Steinberg, P. E. (2008). What is a City? Katrina's Answers. In P. E. Steinberg, & R. Shields (Eds.), What Is a City? Rethinking the Urban after Hurricane Katrina (3-29). University of Georgia Press
• Entries for "Law of the Sea" and "Oceans"
  Steinberg, P. E. (2007). Entries for "Law of the Sea" and "Oceans". In P. Robbins (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. SAGE Publications
• Scale in Cyberspace
  Steinberg, P. E. (2007). Scale in Cyberspace. AP Human Geography 2007-2008 Professional Development Handbook; Special Focus - Scale (28-34). The College Board
• Bridging the Florida Keys
  Steinberg, P. E. (2007). Bridging the Florida Keys. In G. Baldacchino (Ed.), Bridging Islands: The Impact of Fixed Links (123-138). Acorn Press
• Coastal and Marine Geography
  Psuty, N., Steinberg, P. E., & Dawn, W. (2004). Coastal and Marine Geography. In G. Gaile, & C. Willmott (Eds.), Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century (314-325). Oxford University Press
• Transportation Space: A Fourth Spatial Category for the World-Systems Perspective?
  Steinberg, P. E. (1998). Transportation Space: A Fourth Spatial Category for the World-Systems Perspective?. In P. Ciccantell, & S. Bunker (Eds.), Space and Transport in the World System (19-35). Greenwood Press

Edited book

• The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space
  Peters, K., Anderson, J., Davies, A., & Steinberg, P. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Ocean Space. Routledge
• Territory Beyond Terra.
  Peters, K., Steinberg, P., & Stratford, E. (Eds.). (2018). Territory Beyond Terra. Rowman & Littlefield International
• What Is a City? Rethinking the Urban after Hurricane Katrina
  Steinberg, P. E., & Shields, R. (Eds.). (2008). What Is a City? Rethinking the Urban after Hurricane Katrina. University of Georgia Press

Journal Article

• Thinking from multiple oceans: historical and elemental lineages and futures of ocean geography(s)
  Steinberg, P. (online). Thinking from multiple oceans: historical and elemental lineages and futures of ocean geography(s). Social and Cultural Geography, https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2025.2476507
• Technoscientific imaging and the territorialization of ocean depth
  Steinberg, P., & Palermo, G. (online). Technoscientific imaging and the territorialization of ocean depth. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544241302929
• ‘It Is Not Down on Any Map’: Sovereignty, Territory, and Jurisdiction on an Arctic Ice Island
  Steinberg, P. (online). ‘It Is Not Down on Any Map’: Sovereignty, Territory, and Jurisdiction on an Arctic Ice Island. Geopolitics, https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2025.2458528
• Film Review: The Forgotten Space by Allan Sekula & Noel Burch.
  Steinberg, P. (online). Film Review: The Forgotten Space by Allan Sekula & Noel Burch. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space,
• A Wet World: Rethinking Place, Territory, and Time
  Peters, K., & Steinberg, P. (online). A Wet World: Rethinking Place, Territory, and Time
• Listening to/in the Field: Polyphony in the Exploring Arctic Soundscapes Project
  Steinberg, P., Baxter, R., Egan, E., Kramvig, B., Lehman, J., Winderen, J., & Winterling, S. (2025). Listening to/in the Field: Polyphony in the Exploring Arctic Soundscapes Project. Geohumanities, 11(1), 94-115
• Neither private nor new: unpacking narratives of ‘ocean privatisation’
  Ceglia, C., Peters, K., & Steinberg, P. (2025). Neither private nor new: unpacking narratives of ‘ocean privatisation’. Maritime Studies, 24, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-025-00416-1
• Five commentaries on ‘Waves Dangerous, Domesticated and Diagnostic’ plus Stefan Helmreich’s response
  Colenbrander, D., Driessen, C., Fisch, M., Mizukawa, J., Steinberg, P., Taddei, R., & Helmreich, S. (2025). Five commentaries on ‘Waves Dangerous, Domesticated and Diagnostic’ plus Stefan Helmreich’s response. Maritime Studies, 24, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-025-00401-8
• Oceans, islands, closets and smells: decolonization through spatial metaphors
  Steinberg, P. (2023). Oceans, islands, closets and smells: decolonization through spatial metaphors. Postcolonial Studies, 26(2), 323-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688790.2021.1986945
• Mining questions of ‘what’ and ‘who’: deepening discussions of the seabed for future policy and governance
  Conde, M., Mondré, A., Peters, K., & Steinberg, P. (2022). Mining questions of ‘what’ and ‘who’: deepening discussions of the seabed for future policy and governance. Maritime Studies, 21(3), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-022-00273-2
• Blue Planet, Black Lives: Matter, Memory, and the Temporalities of Political Geography
  Steinberg, P. (2022). Blue Planet, Black Lives: Matter, Memory, and the Temporalities of Political Geography. Political Geography, 96, Article 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102524
• Turbulent waters in three parts
  Lehman, J., Steinberg, P., & Johnson, E. (2021). Turbulent waters in three parts. Theory and Event, 24(1), 192-219
• A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan
  Carver, R., Childs, J., Steinberg, P., Mabon, L., Matsuda, H., Squire, R., McLellan, B., & Esteban, M. (2020). A critical social perspective on deep sea mining: Lessons from the emergent industry in Japan. Ocean & Coastal Management, 193, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105242
• The ocean in excess: Towards a more-than-wet ontology
  Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2019). The ocean in excess: Towards a more-than-wet ontology. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(3), 293-307. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820619872886
• Cross-currents and undertows: A response
  Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2019). Cross-currents and undertows: A response. Dialogues in Human Geography, 9(3), 333-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820619879521
• Beyond bibliometrics
  Benjaminsen, T. A., Costalli, S., Grove, K., McConnell, F., Menga, F., Steinberg, P. E., & Vradis, A. (2019). Beyond bibliometrics. Political Geography, 68, A1-A2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2018.12.004
• Editorial: The Ocean as Frontier
  Steinberg, P. (2018). Editorial: The Ocean as Frontier. International Social Science Journal, 68(229-230), 237-240. https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12152
• Views
  Steinberg, P. (2018). Views. Cultural Anthropology,
• (Un)frozen spaces: Exploring the role of sea ice in the marine socio-legal spaces of the Bering and Beaufort Seas
  Shake, K., Frey, K., Martin, D., & Steinberg, P. (2018). (Un)frozen spaces: Exploring the role of sea ice in the marine socio-legal spaces of the Bering and Beaufort Seas. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 33(2), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2017.1340847
• Scientific rationale and international obligations for protection of active hydrothermal vent ecosystems from deep-sea mining
  Van Dover, C., Arnaud-Haond, S., Gianni, M., Helmreich, S., Huber, J., Jaecke, A., Metaxas, A., Pendleton, L., Petersen, S., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Steinberg, P., Tunnicliffe, V., & Yamamoto, H. (2018). Scientific rationale and international obligations for protection of active hydrothermal vent ecosystems from deep-sea mining. Marine Policy, 90, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.01.020
• Political geography in the impasse
  Benjaminsen, T., Buhaug, H., Grove, K., McConnell, F., & Steinberg, P. (2018). Political geography in the impasse. Political Geography, 62, A1-A2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.10.007
• Reassessing the Trump presidency, one year on
  Steinberg, P., Page, S., Ditmer, J., Gökariksel, B., Smith, S., Ingram, A., & Koch, N. (2018). Reassessing the Trump presidency, one year on. Political Geography, 62, 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.10.010
• ‘The ice edge is lost … nature moved it’: mapping ice as state practice in the Canadian and Norwegian North
  Steinberg, P., & Kristoffersen, B. (2017). ‘The ice edge is lost … nature moved it’: mapping ice as state practice in the Canadian and Norwegian North. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 42(4), 625-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12184
• Governing the Global Commons: Antarctica, the Arctic, and Outer Space
  Steinberg, P. (2017). Governing the Global Commons: Antarctica, the Arctic, and Outer Space
• Political Geography and the Environment
  Benjaminsen, T., Buhaug, H., McConnell, F., Sharp, J., & Steinberg, P. (2017). Political Geography and the Environment. Political Geography, 56(1), A1-A2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.11.008
• Europe's ‘Others’ in the Polar Mediterranean
  Steinberg, P. (2016). Europe's ‘Others’ in the Polar Mediterranean. Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 107(2), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12176
• Changes at Political Geography
  Buhaug, H., McConnell, F., Sharp, J., Sidaway, J., & Steinberg, P. (2016). Changes at Political Geography. Political Geography, 50(1), A1-A2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.10.001
• Reclaiming Society Publishing
  Steinberg, P. (2015). Reclaiming Society Publishing. Publications, 3(3), 150-154. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications3030150
• Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking
  Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2015). Wet Ontologies, Fluid Spaces: Giving Depth to Volume through Oceanic Thinking. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 33(2), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1068/d14148p
• The Condition of Premodernity
  Steinberg, P. (2015). The Condition of Premodernity. Dialogues in Human Geography, 5(1), 95-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820614565877
• Data ethics: Pluralism, replication, conflicts of interest, and standards in Political Geography
  O'Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sharp, J., Sidaway, J., & Steinberg, P. (2015). Data ethics: Pluralism, replication, conflicts of interest, and standards in Political Geography. Political Geography, 44, A1-A3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.11.001
• The Arctic Council after Kiruna
  Steinberg, P. E., & Dodds, K. (2015). The Arctic Council after Kiruna. Polar Record, 51(01), 108-110. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247413000557
• Covering Kiruna: a natural experiment in Arctic awareness
  Steinberg, P., Bruun, J., & Medby, I. (2014). Covering Kiruna: a natural experiment in Arctic awareness. Polar Geography, 37(4), 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937x.2014.978409
• Steering between Scylla and Charybdis: The Northwest Passage as Territorial Sea
  Steinberg, P. (2014). Steering between Scylla and Charybdis: The Northwest Passage as Territorial Sea. Ocean Development and International Law, 45(1), 84-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/00908320.2014.867193
• Volume and Vision: Toward a Wet Ontology
  Steinberg, P., & Peters, K. (2014). Volume and Vision: Toward a Wet Ontology. Harvard design magazine, 39, 124-129
• Predators, Sanctions and Political Geography.
  O'Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sharp, J., Sidaway, J., & Steinberg, P. (2014). Predators, Sanctions and Political Geography. Political Geography, 38, A1-A3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.11.003
• Political Geography in the Age of Electronic Information.
  O'Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sidaway, J., Sharp, J., & Steinberg, P. (2013). Political Geography in the Age of Electronic Information. Political Geography, 32(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.11.004
• Of Other Seas: Metaphors and Materialities in Maritime Regions.
  Steinberg, P. (2013). Of Other Seas: Metaphors and Materialities in Maritime Regions. Atlantic Studies, 10(2), 156-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2013.785192
• Kansainvälinen näkökulma tieteellisten seurojen julkaisutoimintaan = An International Perspective on Society Publishing.
  Steinberg, P. (2013). Kansainvälinen näkökulma tieteellisten seurojen julkaisutoimintaan = An International Perspective on Society Publishing. Terra, 125(2), 73-75
• Atlas Swam: Freedom, Capital, and Floating Sovereignties in the Seasteading Vision.
  Steinberg, P., Nyman, E., & Caraccioli, M. (2012). Atlas Swam: Freedom, Capital, and Floating Sovereignties in the Seasteading Vision. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 44(4), 1532-1550. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00963.x
• Celebrating Thirty Years of Political Geography.
  O’Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sidaway, J., & Steinberg, P. (2012). Celebrating Thirty Years of Political Geography. Political Geography, 31(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.10.002
• The Arctic Model: Collaborative Governance in a Rapidly Changing Region.
  Steinberg, P., Gerhardt, H., & Tasch, J. (2012). The Arctic Model: Collaborative Governance in a Rapidly Changing Region
• Book Review: The Sea, a Cultural History, by John Mack.
  Steinberg, P. (2012). Book Review: The Sea, a Cultural History, by John Mack. Journal of Historical Geography, 38(3), 349-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2012.05.005
• Openness, Accessibility, and the Political Geography of Academic Communication.
  Steinberg, P. (2012). Openness, Accessibility, and the Political Geography of Academic Communication. Political Geography, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.05.009
• Academic Re-Territorializations: Gate-Keeping, Power, and Responsibility
  O’Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sidaway, J., & Steinberg, P. (2011). Academic Re-Territorializations: Gate-Keeping, Power, and Responsibility. Political Geography, 30(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.12.004
• Book Review: Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom, by David Harvey.
  Steinberg, P. (2011). Book Review: Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom, by David Harvey. Dialogues in Human Geography, 1(1), 114-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/204382061100100109
• Lay Activism and Activist Intentions in a Faculty Union: An Exploratory Study.
  Fiorito, J., Tope, D., Steinberg, P., Padavic, I., & Murphy, C. (2011). Lay Activism and Activist Intentions in a Faculty Union: An Exploratory Study. Labor Studies Journal, 36(4), 483-507. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449x11422609
• Professional Ethics and the Politics of Geographic Knowledge: The Bowman Expeditions
  Steinberg, P. E. (2010). Professional Ethics and the Politics of Geographic Knowledge: The Bowman Expeditions. Political Geography, 29(8), 413-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.08.001
• Contested Sovereignty in a Changing Arctic.
  Gerhardt, H., Steinberg, P. E., Tasch, J., Fabiano, S. J., & Shields, R. (2010). Contested Sovereignty in a Changing Arctic. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 100(4), 992-1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.500560
• You Are (Not) Here: On the Ambiguity of Flag Planting and Finger Pointing
  Steinberg, P. E. (2010). You Are (Not) Here: On the Ambiguity of Flag Planting and Finger Pointing. Political Geography, 29(2), 81-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.02.003
• Re-Presenting Information: Reviews, Interventions, and Guest Editorials
  O'Loughlin, J., Raento, P., Sidaway, J. D., & Steinberg, P. E. (2010). Re-Presenting Information: Reviews, Interventions, and Guest Editorials. Political Geography, 29(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.10.008
• The Deepwater Horizon, The Mavi Marmara, and the Dynamic Zonation of Ocean-Space
  Steinberg, P. E. (2010). The Deepwater Horizon, The Mavi Marmara, and the Dynamic Zonation of Ocean-Space. The Geographical Journal, 177(1), 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00383.x
• Sovereignty, Territory, and the Mapping of Mobility: A View from the Outside
  Steinberg, P. E. (2009). Sovereignty, Territory, and the Mapping of Mobility: A View from the Outside. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99(3), 467-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045600902931702
• Book Review: The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies, by Nicolas Wey Gómez
  Steinberg, P. E. (2009). Book Review: The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies, by Nicolas Wey Gómez. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 30(3), 404-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9493.2009.00377_1.x
• Key West's Conch Republic: Building Sovereignties of Connection
  Steinberg, P. E., & Chapman, T. E. (2009). Key West's Conch Republic: Building Sovereignties of Connection. Political Geography, 28(5), 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.08.001
• Reterritorializing Canada: Arctic Ice's Liquid Modernity and the Imagining of a Canadian Archipelago
  Vannini, P., Baldacchino, G., Guay, L., Royle, S., & Steinberg, P. E. (2009). Reterritorializing Canada: Arctic Ice's Liquid Modernity and the Imagining of a Canadian Archipelago
• Internationalism, Hegemony, Community, and the Megaconference: A Response to Lawrence Berg
  Steinberg, P. E. (2009). Internationalism, Hegemony, Community, and the Megaconference: A Response to Lawrence Berg. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 8(3), 552-558
• It's So Easy Being Green: Overuse, Underexposure, and the Marine Environmentalist Consensus
  Steinberg, P. E. (2008). It's So Easy Being Green: Overuse, Underexposure, and the Marine Environmentalist Consensus. Geography Compass, 2(6), 2080-2096. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00173.x
• Book Review: Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World, by John R. Gillis
  Steinberg, P. E. (2007). Book Review: Islands of the Mind: How the Human Imagination Created the Atlantic World, by John R. Gillis. Geographical Review, 97(2), 302-304
• Book Review: Atlantic History: Concept and Contours, by Bernard Bailyn
  Steinberg, P. E. (2006). Book Review: Atlantic History: Concept and Contours, by Bernard Bailyn. Journal of Historical Geography, 32(3), 655-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.04.004
• Book Review: Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World, by Brian W. Richardson
  Steinberg, P. E. (2006). Book Review: Longitude and Empire: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World, by Brian W. Richardson
• Geopolitical Seduction
  Steinberg, P. E. (2006). Geopolitical Seduction. Geopolitics, 11(3), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650040600767974
• Calculating Similitude and Difference: John Seller and the 'Placing' of English Subjects in the Global Community of Nations
  Steinberg, P. E. (2006). Calculating Similitude and Difference: John Seller and the 'Placing' of English Subjects in the Global Community of Nations. Social and Cultural Geography, 7(5), 687-707. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360600971242
• Insularity, Sovereignty, and Statehood: The Representation of Islands on Portolan Charts and the Construction of the Territorial State
  Steinberg, P. E. (2005). Insularity, Sovereignty, and Statehood: The Representation of Islands on Portolan Charts and the Construction of the Territorial State. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 87(4), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.2005.00197.x
• Book Review: The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science under ICES, by Helen M. Rozwadowski
  Steinberg, P. E. (2004). Book Review: The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science under ICES, by Helen M. Rozwadowski. Area, 36(3), 329-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00233.x
• Global Communication and the Post-Statism of Cyberspace: A Spatial Constructivist View
  Steinberg, P. E., & McDowell, S. D. (2003). Global Communication and the Post-Statism of Cyberspace: A Spatial Constructivist View. Review of International Political Economy, 10(2), 196-221. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969229032000063207
• Mutiny on the Bandwidth: The Semiotics of Statehood in the Internet Domain Name Registries of Pitcairn Island and Niue
  Steinberg, P. E., & McDowell, S. D. (2003). Mutiny on the Bandwidth: The Semiotics of Statehood in the Internet Domain Name Registries of Pitcairn Island and Niue. New Media and Society, 5(1), 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444803005001907
• Hegemony, Identity, the Particular, and the Universal
  Steinberg, P. E. (2003). Hegemony, Identity, the Particular, and the Universal. Geopolitics, 8(2), 166-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/714001036
• Using the Internet to Integrate Thematic and Regional Approaches to Geographic Education
  Steinberg, P. E., Walter, A., & Sherman-Morris, K. (2002). Using the Internet to Integrate Thematic and Regional Approaches to Geographic Education. Professional Geographer, 54(3), 332-348. https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00334
• Book Review: Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry, 1795-2000, by Amy K. Glasmeier
  Steinberg, P. E. (2002). Book Review: Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry, 1795-2000, by Amy K. Glasmeier. Historical geography, 30, 221-223
• Book Review: Global Communications Since 1844: Geopolitics and Technology, by Peter Hugill
  Steinberg, P. E. (2001). Book Review: Global Communications Since 1844: Geopolitics and Technology, by Peter Hugill. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 91(1), 219-220. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8306.t01-1-00240
• Non-State Governance and the Internet: Civil Society and the ICANN
  McDowell, S. D., & Steinberg, P. E. (2001). Non-State Governance and the Internet: Civil Society and the ICANN. Info (Cambridge. Print), 3(4), 279-298
• Place, Power, and Paternalism: Imagined Histories and Welfare Capitalism in Burrillville, Rhode Island, 1912-1951
  Steinberg, P. E. (2000). Place, Power, and Paternalism: Imagined Histories and Welfare Capitalism in Burrillville, Rhode Island, 1912-1951. Urban Geography, 21(3), 237-260. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.21.3.237
• Review Essay: Fish Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature, by Rik Scarce, and Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis, by Joseph Taylor
  Steinberg, P. E. (2000). Review Essay: Fish Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature, by Rik Scarce, and Making Salmon: An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis, by Joseph Taylor. Environment and Planning A, 32(10), 1889-1890. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3210rvw
• Troubled Water: Acquiescence, Conflict, and the Politics of Place in Watershed Management
  Steinberg, P. E., & Clark, G. E. (1999). Troubled Water: Acquiescence, Conflict, and the Politics of Place in Watershed Management. Political Geography, 18(4), 477-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0962-6298%2898%2900111-5
• Book Review: A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development, by Philip Porter and Eric Sheppard
  Steinberg, P. E. (1999). Book Review: A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development, by Philip Porter and Eric Sheppard. Economic Geography, 75(3), 302-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-8287.1999.tb00081.x
• The Maritime Mystique: Sustainable Development, Capital Mobility, and Nostalgia in the World-Ocean
  Steinberg, P. E. (1999). The Maritime Mystique: Sustainable Development, Capital Mobility, and Nostalgia in the World-Ocean. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 17(4), 403-426. https://doi.org/10.1068/d170403
• Navigating to Multiple Horizons: Toward a Geography of Ocean-Space
  Steinberg, P. E. (1999). Navigating to Multiple Horizons: Toward a Geography of Ocean-Space. Professional Geographer, 51(3), 366-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00172
• Lines of Division, Lines of Connection: Stewardship in the World-Ocean
  Steinberg, P. E. (1999). Lines of Division, Lines of Connection: Stewardship in the World-Ocean. Geographical Review, 89(2), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.1999.tb00217.x
• Book Review: Power and Development, by Jonathan Crush
  Steinberg, P. E. (1997). Book Review: Power and Development, by Jonathan Crush. Professional Geographer, 49(2), 258-259. https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.t01-1-00075
• Political Geography and the Environment
  Steinberg, P. E. (1997). Political Geography and the Environment. Journal of Geography, 96(2), 113-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221349708978769
• Book Review: The Way the Modern World Works: World Hegemony to World Impasse, by Peter Taylor
  Steinberg, P. E. (1997). Book Review: The Way the Modern World Works: World Hegemony to World Impasse, by Peter Taylor. Economic Geography, 73(4), 453-455. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-8287.1997.tb00099.x
• Book Review: The True Costs of Road Transport, by David Maddison et al.
  Steinberg, P. E. (1997). Book Review: The True Costs of Road Transport, by David Maddison et al. Local Environment, 2(1), 99-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839708725516
• And are the Anti-Statist Movements our Friends?
  Steinberg, P. E. (1997). And are the Anti-Statist Movements our Friends?. Political Geography, 16(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0962-6298%2896%2900066-2
• Three Historical Systems of Ocean Governance: A Framework for Analyzing the Law of the Sea
  Steinberg, P. E. (1996). Three Historical Systems of Ocean Governance: A Framework for Analyzing the Law of the Sea
• Environment, Development, Crisis, and Crusade: The Imprint of Single Geographies on Separate Realities in Ukambani, Kenya, 1890-1990
  Rocheleau, D. E., Steinberg, P. E., & Benjamin, P. A. (1995). Environment, Development, Crisis, and Crusade: The Imprint of Single Geographies on Separate Realities in Ukambani, Kenya, 1890-1990. World Development, 23(6), 1037-1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750x%2895%2900016-6
• Book Review: Political Geography of the 20th Century: A Global Analysis
  Steinberg, P. E. (1994). Book Review: Political Geography of the 20th Century: A Global Analysis. Economic Geography, 70(1), 88-91
• Territory, Territoriality, and the New Industrial Geography
  Steinberg, P. E. (1994). Territory, Territoriality, and the New Industrial Geography. Political Geography, 13(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/0962-6298%2894%2990007-8
• Territorial Formation on the Margin: Urban Anti-Planning in Brooklyn
  Steinberg, P. E. (1994). Territorial Formation on the Margin: Urban Anti-Planning in Brooklyn. Political Geography, 13(5), 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/0962-6298%2894%2990051-5

Manual

• Crystal Park Urban Ecology Resource Guide
  Steinberg, P. E., & Nichols, K. N. (1996). Crystal Park Urban Ecology Resource Guide

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• How Does the World Rein in Stateless Terrorists?
  Steinberg, P. E. (2001). How Does the World Rein in Stateless Terrorists?

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Learn World Geography (DVD)
  Steinberg, P. E. (2001). Learn World Geography (DVD)

Other (Print)

• Cartomanzie polari
  Steinberg, P., & Kristoffersen, B. (2019). Cartomanzie polari
• Canadian Sovereignty in the High Arctic
  Steinberg, P. (2017). Canadian Sovereignty in the High Arctic
• Back to Basics in Brooklyn
  Steinberg, P. E., & Cohen, R. (1990). Back to Basics in Brooklyn

Report

• The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement
  Siegert, M., Bacon, S., Brooks, I., Burgess, H., Cottier, F., Depledge, D., Dodds, K., Edwards, M., Essery, R., Heywood, K., Hendry, K., Jones, V., Lea, J., Medby, I., Meredith, M., Screen, J., Steinberg, P., Tarling, G., Warner ., J., & Young, G. (2020). The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement. Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
• Home Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Florida
  Arpan, L., Lu, J., Opel, A., & Steinberg, P. E. (2010). Home Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Florida. [No known commissioning body]
• Trends in Environmental Issues and Regulations Affecting Telecommunications: The United States, with a Special Focus on California
  Bridge, G., & Steinberg, P. E. (1996). Trends in Environmental Issues and Regulations Affecting Telecommunications: The United States, with a Special Focus on California. [No known commissioning body]
• Wachusett Reservoir Recreation Survey: Report of Findings
  Steinberg, P. E., & Clark, G. E. (1996). Wachusett Reservoir Recreation Survey: Report of Findings. [No known commissioning body]
• Blackstone Heritage Corridor Boundary Adjustment Study
  Johnson, D., Beard, C., Bridge, G., Steinberg, P. E., & Bowden, M. (1995). Blackstone Heritage Corridor Boundary Adjustment Study. [No known commissioning body]
• A Hundred Years of Crisis? Environment and Development Narratives in Ukambani, Kenya
  Rocheleau, D. E., Steinberg, P. E., & Benjamin, P. A. (1994). A Hundred Years of Crisis? Environment and Development Narratives in Ukambani, Kenya. [No known commissioning body]