Open lectures at Future Leaders of the Arctic

Future Leaders of the Arctic Summer School, scheduled at UiT from June 23 to July 2, have recruited excellent lecturers and students from Asia, Europe, and North America. Major support given by the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (under the Nippon Foundation umbrella).

Speakers include, among others, Lanxin Xiang (fmr Henry Kissinger Chair of Foreign Policy, US Library of Congress), Ethan Corbin (Director of Defense and Security, NATO Parliamentary Assembly) and Commander Rachael Gosnell (George C. Marshall Center).

All lectures will be streamed, more information to come.

FULL PROGRAM OF OPEN LECTURES:

24 June at 09:30 - Topic: NATO Parliamentary Governance
Ethan Corbin, Director of Defense and Security, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Harvard Belfer Center Fellow, Fellow, Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism (NATO)

24 June at 12:15 - Topic: Arctic Geopolitics and Security
Tormod Heier, Professor of Military Strategy and Operations, Norwegian Defense University College (Nordic Countries)

24 June at 14:00 - Topic: Introduction and Background of Arctic Climate and Assessments
Hiroyuki Enomoto, Professor, Japanese National Institute of Polar Research (Environment, East Asia)

25 June at 09:30 - Topic: History of Arctic Governance
Matthias Finger, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne / European University Institute (Global Arctic)

25 June at 12:15 - Topic: North American and European Arctic Security. Different Areas, Same Problems?
Commander Rachael Gosnell, George C. Marshall Center / former Naval Attache, US Embassy Moscow (US)

25 June at 14:00 - Topic: Sea Ice and Modelling
Satoshi Kimura, Japan Agency for Marine‑Earth Science and Technology

26 June at 09:30 - Topic: Mining in the Arctic (and Greenland)
Florian Vidal, UiT, fmr Associate Research Fellow, Russia-Eurasia Center (Energy, Mining, Strategic Materials)

26 June at 12:15 - Topic: The Greenland Case
Mikkel Runge Olesen, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (NATO and Transatlantic Relations)

26 June at 14:00 - Topic: Arctic Ocean Environment and Observation Activities (Canada, US, Japan)
Michiyo Kawai-Yamamoto, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

27 June at 09:30 - Topic: Reconceptualizing Arctic Governance
Christopher Rossi, UiT professor, fmr director, White House National Security Council (Governance)

27 June at 12:15 - Topic: Trust and Distrust in the Nordic Arctic
Gunnar Rekvig, Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation & Deputy Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy (Global Arctic)

27 June at 14:00 - Topic: European Research Activities, Current and Future Needs
Jeremy Wilkinson, British Antarctic Survey

28 June at 12:15 - Topic: China in the Arctic
Lanxin Xiang, fmr Henry Kissinger Chair of Foreign Policy, US Library of Congress, Distinguished Chair, Fudan University, Harvard Belfer Center, Yale Uni. Olin Fellow, Stimson Center & Founding Director, Center for One Belt, One Road Studies, Shanghai (China)

Michael Paul, Senior Fellow and Director of Maritime Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German federal think tank)) (Greenland book forthcoming)