CAA icebreaker seminar series
The Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic provides a platform for research, collaborations, and scholarly activities connected to the Arctic and Antarctic regions at Luleå University of Technology. As one of the Centre's communication channels, the Centre organises a seminar series aimed at presenting ongoing research and open up for discussion on important matters concerning the Arctic and Antarctic.
How to increase the international recognition of Swedish Polar science?
Speaker: Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director General of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
As a government agency, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is mandated to co-ordinate and promote Swedish polar research. The agency’s primary mission is to organise and support research expeditions to the polar regions and manage research infrastructure. The Secretariat also helps to create favourable conditions for polar research that does not involve fieldwork.
During my presentation I will present the agency's research infrastructure, ongoing activities, and strategy on national and international polar collaborations.
Canada and the New World Order: The Nation-Building Imperative
- 13 april 12:00–13:00
- LKAB-salen
Speaker: Professor Greg Poelzer, University of Saskatchewan
The international system as we have known it since 1945 has come to an end. This is true for both international trade and geopolitics. Canada faces difficult challenges as the United States trade policy is undoing more than 60 years of continental economic integration in North America and future security arrangements are unclear. In response, Canada is pursuing a nation-building strategy, as well as realigning Canada's trade and external relations. What will the future look like for Canada? And, what are the opportunities for Nordic-Canadian cooperation? This talk offers a Canadian perspective on the rapidly unfolding world events.
Organizing a ‘green’ transition in the Swedish Arctic
Speaker: Johan Sandström, Professor of Accounting and Control
Location: A117
Time: 4 May, 12–13
In the Swedish Arctic, massive investments are underway in 'green' steel with the promise of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The investments also promise economic development and attractive communities in a depopulating county. But the investments make great demands on places and people expected to make them possible. Against this background, different organizations have been created solely with the aim of mobilizing actors around the investments. Two such organizations, Bodenxt and AGON, are in focus in this presentation based on an on-going research project. How are they organized, whose interests do they represent, what influence do they have, and how are they held accountable? By studying how such initiatives function and exert influence, we learn more about how democratic and inclusive the investments are, whose interests are captured, and how accountability for possibly broken promises can be demanded.
Urban Development in a Changing Arctic
Speaker: Robert W. Orttung, Professor of Sustainability and International Affairs , Director, Sustainability Research Institute, GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, George Washington University
Location: A117
Time: 4 June, kl.12-13
Arctic cities are facing major challenges from climate change and an evolving global economy. They are having to respond to new pressures for mining, changing energy systems, and demands for greater tourism. How will small, remote, and under-resourced local governments meet these new demands and find ways to thrive? Recent research in Alaska, Canada, and northern Europe suggests that active community participation is likely the most productive path forward. Please join us for a wide-ranging tour of the current landscape and discussion of the main drivers shaping the future of the Arctic.
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