Arctic Politics
Since 2014, the Arctic Politics Research Seminars have engaged a broad range of scholars from the social sciences and humanities in discussions on themes ranging from geopolitics via negotiations in the Danish 'community of the realm' to Greenlandic nation building
Papers for the seminars are circulated one week in advance, so that the seminars may proceed on the assumption that all participants have read the papers. Hence, the papers are not presented as such - only a brief contextualization is given. The seminars are now co-convened by CIRCLA (Aalborg University) and the Arctic Politics research group (University of Copenhagen). Venues alternate between Aalborg University Campus Copenhagen in Sydhavnen and University of Copenhagen City Campus at Kommunehospitalet
The seminars are open for all scholars, but please sign up here to receive papers in advance or to join the mailing list.
Current and recent courses on the Arctic and Greenland at University of Copenhagen can be found in the University Course Catalog.
Examples on previous courses on the Arctic in the Department of Political Science:
- Greenland at the Crossroads: Climate Change, Emerging Security Issues and Developing Power Relations in the Arctic
- An interdisciplinary seminar on the Greenlandic labour market and central administration for the MSc programmes in Political Science, Psychology and Economics
- Greenland at the Crossroads: Climate change, Asian interests in the Arctic and developments in Greenland
- New threats in the Arctic: Climate change and security risk management of increasing maritime activity in the Arctic
Ideas for BSc and MSc theses:
- Personal votes in Greenlandic parliamentary elections
- Chinese as Others in Greenlandic identity discourse
- Making markets in the Greenlandic micro-economy
- Ejerskabsroller til offentlige A/S'er i Grønland og Danmark
- The extension of democracy to Ittoqqortoormiit (1953-1963)
- Hermod Lannung og imperialismen - Eurafrica og afkoloniseringen af Grønland
- Holdninger til selvstændighed i Grønland, surveydesign
- 'Free association' - rigsfællesskabets fremtid?
- Politiske og neutrale embedsmænd i Grønland
- Genealogi over grønlandiseringsbegrebet
- Karriereveje i den grønlandske elite
- Sovereignty games in Nunavut, Alaska and Greenland compared
- The employment of lawyers and consultants in micro-state diplomacy
- Patterns in prioritization of micro-state diplomatic representation
Academic competitions and awards:
- Academicus Arcticus – Arktisk Instituts Formidlingspris
Arctic Research at the Faculty of the Social Sciences, UCPH
- Waterworlds, Dept. of Anthropology, UCPH
- NOW-project, Dept. of Anthropology, UPCH
- Centre for Military Studies (CMS), Dept. of Political Science, UCPH
- Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), UCPH
Arctic Research at UCPH
- The Committee for Greenlandic Mineral Resources to Benefit of Society (Til gavn for Grønland)
- Eskimology and Artic Studies, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and regional Studies, UCPH
- Denmark and the new North Atlantic: Identity Positions, Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage, Dept. of Cross-Cultural and regional Studies, UCPH
- Colonial Policing, Law and Penal Practices: Rationalities, Technics and Subjects, The SAXO Institute, UCPH
- Polar Science Centre, Faculty of Science, UCPH
Collaborators, network and ressources
- International Arctic Social Sciences Assosiation
- CIRCLA
- Ilisimatusarfik
- Grønlands statistik
- The Arctic Institute- Center for Circumpolar Security Studies
- Martin Breum
- Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier (DIIS)
- Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt (NUPI)
- Greenland Climate Research Center (GCRC)
- Copenhagen Business School, Department of Business and Politics
- Isaaffik Arctic Gateway
- Greenland Perspective
- The Ice Law Project
- Maritime Preparedness and International Partnership in the High North (MARPART)
- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Forskere/gruppemedlemmer
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corry, Olaf | Associate Professor | +4535332112 | |
| Jakobsen, Uffe | Associate Professor | +4535323404 | |
| Kristensen, Kristian Søby | Head of Centre, Senior Researcher | +4535324084 |
Contact
Coordinator:
Associate Professor Uffe Jakobsen
Department of Political Science
University of Copenhagen
Mail: uj@ifs.ku.dk
Phone: +45 32 32 34 04
Research Seminars
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15 December 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard (DIIS) and Lise Wiederholt Christensen (UCPH)
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17 November 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Astrid Nonbo Andersen (DIIS) and Malin Arvidsson Linköping University
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5 May 2022: Arctic Politics Seminar with Lill Rastad Bjørst (AAU), Frank Sejersen (UCPH) and Kirsten Thisted (UCPH)