Programme

Last course: SECURITY in the ARCTIC

16 – 20 Apr 2018, UiT, Kirkenes Campus, Norway

This PhD course addressed the historic and current relationships between Norway and Russia – and other relevant international actors operating in the region – and how these affect human/security in the Arctic. It was the last course in the programme, after which our funding finished. We thank all our participants, students and professors, for a wonderful time together between 2011 – 2018 and congratulate all our students who did their assignments and got the Uarctic PhD addendum certificate.

Confirmed contributing professors: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv (CPS/UiT), Kari Aga Myklebust (AHR/UiT), Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen (ISV/UiT), Alexandr Sergunin (StPSU), Pavel Baev (PRIO) and Olav Stokke (ISV/UIO)., FLorian Stammler (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland), Aytalina Ivanova (CPS/UiT & NEFU Yakutsk)

The deadline for this course was in February 2018. For any other questions, please email to the organisers  gunhild.hoogensen.gjorv(at)uit.no, or christine.smith-simonsen@uit.no

Students in funding partner countries (Norway, Canada, USA, Russia, China, Denmark, Finland) are eligible for funding – the number of funded participants will be limited to the funding available. All applications will be considered on the basis of previous participation (to complete the certificate program) as well as project/paper proposal.

People who applied had to provide the following

1) letter of motivation (why you want to go there and how is this related to your work)

2) CV

3) abstract of paper / chapter to be presented there, can be a draft article, a draft chapter, a draft research plan.

4) short ouline of your PhD or M.A. topic (surely you have that, just send it along)

5) scan of your passport, home address and telephone, for visa invitation application.

If you send us items 1-5 before the deadline, your application will enter the selection pool for funded participation.

Past courses

• 2017 fall course, University of Akureyri, Iceland, October 16-22 2017.
• 2016 fall course, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, Aug 29-Sep 3
• 2016 spring course, North Eastern Federal University, Mirny, Yakutia, Russia, February,    course report here
• 2015 fall course, University of Alaska Fairbanks,United States
• 2015 spring course, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 3-10
• 2014 Fall course: North Eastern Federal University, Neryungri , Yakutia, Russia, November 9-15, course report here

further past courses

Course title	Course location	Time	Documents
Topical Issues in Resources and Arctic Extractive Industries’ Developments	University of Northern British Columbia, Canada	May 22-26, 2014	Abstract
Arctic city-communities and the extractive industries: urbanisation, industrial livelihoods and sustainability-considerations	University of Lapland, Finland	December 2-6 2013	Abstract+Programme
Cumulative Effects of Arctic Extractive Industrial Development – an interdisciplinary approach	University of Tromsø, Norway	May 27-31 2013	Programme