Sarah Rose Bieszczad is PhD candidate at Leiden University, currently investigating how shifts towards societal relevance shape deep sea research and its (dis)engagement with deep sea mining research.|Guus Dix is assistant professor sociology of science at the University of Twente and climate activist for Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion.|Jorrit Smit is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he works on the political economy of knowledge ecosystems, circular (electro) chemistry and the energy transition.