Uffe Jakobsen

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Possible conflicts of interest

Professor with special responsibilities, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland

Teaching

Office hours: Fridays 10-12. Unfortunately, office hours are cancelled on 8  September 2023.

Teachings

• The politics of maritime security in the Arctic
• 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
• Nation-building and state-formation in the Arctic and Greenland
• Security and foreign policy in the Arctic and beyound

Supervision:

• Climate change and society in Greenland: Asian interests in the Arctic, security and governance, Arctic Council, relations between Greenland and Denmark
• Theories and processes of democratisation: Europe, Scandinavia, Greenland and the Arctic 
• Political theory, conceptual history and conceptual change
• Political development, state formation, nation building and modernization

Current research

• Developments in Greenland and the Arctic: Climate Change, Asian Interests, Governance, Foreign Policy and Securit. History of Parliamentary Democracy in Greenland. Governance relations between Greenland and Denmark and the concept of 'the unity of the realm'
• Politics of Sutainability in the Arctic (POSUSA)
• Maritime Preparedness and International Partnership in the High North (MARPART)
• Capacity-building and best practices for environmental monitoring in the Arctic (CAPARDUS)

Networks

• Arctic Politics Research Group
• Greenland Perspective: Nation building and state formation
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Safety and Security

Positions

• 2018- Professor with special responsibilities, Department of Social Sciences, University of Greenland
• 2016- Affilate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Greenland
• 2013- Associate Professor,  Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen
• 2010-2013 Vice Rector, University of Greenland
• 2005-2010 Director, Centre for Baltic Sea Region Studies, University of Copenhagen
• 2003-2004 Guest Professor, Baltic Sea School, Department of Northern European Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
• 2002-2005 Director, Centre for Baltic Studies, Øresund University
• 1997-1999 Director of Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (part time)
• 1997-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

Selected publications

1. Published

   The formation of parliamentarism in the Nordic countries from the Napoleonic Wars to the First World War

   Jakobsen, Uffe & Kurunmäki, J., 2016, Parliament and Parliamentarism : A Comparative History of a European Concept. Ihalainen, P., Ilie, C. & Palonen, K. (eds.). Oxford; N.Y.: Berghahn Books, p. 97-114 (European Conceptual History, Vol. 2).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   Maritime emergency management capabilities in the Arctic

   Roud, E. K. P., Borch, O. J., Jakobsen, Uffe & Marchenko, N., 2016, In: Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. p. 1241-1248

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

3. Published

   The Greenlandic sea areas and activity level up to 2025

   Jakobsen, Uffe & í Dali, B., 2016, Maritime activity in the High North - current and estimated level up to 2025: MARPART Project Report 1. Borch, O. J. & et al. (eds.). Bodø: NORD Universitet, p. 86-111 (Nord universitet Utredning, Vol. 7).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

4. Published

   Maritime activity risk patterns and types of unwanted incidents: The Greenlandic sea areas

   Jakobsen, Uffe & Kern, B., 2016, Maritime activity in the High North: Activity risk patterns and types of unwanted incidents. : MARPART Project Report 2. Borch, O. J. & Andreassen, N. (eds.). Bodø: NORD Universitet, p. 87-106 (MARPART Project Reports, Vol. 2). (FoU-Rapport; No. 4, Vol. 2016).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

5. Published

   Greenland (Denmark)

   Jakobsen, Uffe, 2018, Maritime preparedness systems in the Arctic - institutional arrangements and potential for collaboration. Elgsaas, I. & Offerdal, K. (eds.). Bodø: Nord University, p. 109-102 (MARPART Project Reports, Vol. 3). (R & D-Report; No. 27, Vol. 2018).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

6. Published

   Climate Change and Risk Management Challenges in the Arctic

   Jakobsen, Uffe, 2015. 29 p.

   Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

7. Published

   Politics of sustainability in the Arctic - a research agenda

   Gad, U. P., Jakobsen, Uffe & Strandsbjerg, J., 2017, Northern sustainabilities: Understanding and adressing change in the circumpolar world. Fondahl, G. & Wilson, G. N. (eds.). Springer, p. 13-23 (Springer Polar Sciences).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

8. Published

   Greenland as a self-governing sub-national territory in international relations: past, current and future perspectives

   Ackrén, M. & Jakobsen, Uffe, 2015, In: Polar Record. 51, 4, p. 404-412

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

9. Published

   China and Greenland

   Jakobsen, Uffe, 2014, Conference report: China's Arctic aspirations. Heurlin, B. & Jorem, M. (eds.). Copenhagen: ThinkChina.dk, p. 10-11

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Communication

10. Published

    Etableringen af Ilisimatusarfik (Inuit Instituttet): Politiske diskussioner forud for dannelsen af Grønlands Universitet/Ilisimatusarfiup (Inuit Instituttip) pilersinneqarnera: Kalaallit Nunaanni Ilisimatusarfiup pilersinneqarnissaa sioqqullugu politikkikkut oqallinnerit

    Jakobsen, Uffe, 2014, In: Grønlandsk kultur- og samfundsforskning. 2013-14. Bind 2 , Ilisimatusarfik 1984-2014, p. 11-25

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Selected activities

1. Bæredygtige statsinstitutioner i Grønland?

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   4 Dec 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

2. Self-determination, Inuit Sovereignty and Nation-State Building in the Arctic: Making Greenland Understandable

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   13 Nov 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

3. Transnational cooperation and volunteers as alternatives/supplements to existing Search and Rescue and Oil Spill Response organization in Greenland

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   13 Nov 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

4. Multilevel democracy in complex societies: The entanglement of indigenous and modern values inthe struggle for parliamentary democracy in Greenland

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   18 Sep 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

5. Asessing the Participatory Turn and 'New Democracy'. Superdemocracy Conference

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Participant)

   11 Dec 2014

   Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course

6. Ensuring Maritime Stability and Security and International Collaboration in a Changing Arctic: From Strategy to Implementation in Denmark/Greenland

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   16 Jul 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

7. Climate change risks, human security and governance in the Arctic

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   29 May 2015

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

8. Making Greenland understandable: Indigenous rights, Asian interests and independence from Denmark

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   7 Nov 2014

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

9. Building regional governance capacity in the Arctic: Asian impact on the development of the Arctic Council into a strong regional decision-baking organisation?

   Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

   5 Jun 2014

   Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

10. Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic (POSUSA)

    Jakobsen, Uffe (Speaker)

    25 May 2014

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

11. Grønland ved en korsvej

    Jakobsen, Uffe (Lecturer)

    24 Apr 2014

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution

12. Ph.d.-bedømmelsesudvalg for Anne Madeleine Botslangen: "Den psykiatriske pasient. En begrepshistorisk studie", Universitetet i Bergen/Høgskolen i Molde. (External organisation)

    Jakobsen, Uffe (Member)

    3 May 2015 → 3 Sep 2015

    Activity: Membership types › Membership in review committee

13. International Poitical Science Association (External organisation)

    Jakobsen, Uffe (Chair)

    15 Jul 2011 → 15 Jul 2018

    Activity: Membership types › Membership in research network