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HuSArctic launches its final publication - Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic Local and Indigenous Communities!

On 26 October 2018, HuSArctic has presented it final publication Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic – a book published by Brill. The attendees in the event include series editor of the Studies in Polar Law from Brill, editors of the book, contributing authors and participants of the HuSArctic final conference held on 24-26 October 2018.
The book addresses a comprehensive understanding of security in the Arctic, with a particular focus on one of its sub-regions – the Barents region. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the Arctic is placed as referent, and special attention is paid to the viewpoint of local and indigenous communities. Overarching topics of human and societal security are touched upon from various angles and disciplinary approaches, The discussions are framed in the broader context of security studies. The volume specifically addresses the challenges facing the Arctic population which are important to be looked at from human security perspectives.
More information about the book can be found at: https://brill.com/view/title/36346

Photo credit: Afroja Khanam

Greetings from the final conference of the Husarctic project. The aim of the conference is to address the human security challenges of the Arctic and to offer recommendations on how to enhance human security in the region. Four-year research project is funded by the Academy of Finland.

A great Panel Session at the Arctic Circle to present our book on Human Security ! Thank you Lassi Heininen, Tahnee Prior, Hanna Lempinen and Mirva Salminen for your very good presentations !

http://www.husarctic.org/en/news/second-workshop-food-insecurity-arctic-was-held-umeå-sweden
The second workshop on Food (in)Security in the Arctic was held in Umeå, Sweden.
Attended participants are from the Arctic Centre (University of Lapland), Arctic Research Centre (Umeå University), University of Helsinki, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, University of Hannover, University of Toulouse, Altai State Technical University Siberia, Murmansk Arctic State University, Rovira i Virgili University, University of Montreal, Västerbotten County Counsel, Northern Arctic Federal University (NArFU) and Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI).

Volume 5 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law is out! - News - Arctic Centre UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law has published the fifth volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law. The annual publication of the Network endeavors to present short updates on matters pertaining to the Arctic law, thereby disseminating information on topical Arctic issues and ongoing pr...

The third issue of the HuSArctic newsletter provides a brief overview over some of the activities that have been carried out in 2017, introduces some new project related publications, and some short articles by some of the project members.

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New blog post:

Pyramiden

Pyramiden, a former mining town on Svalbard, got evacuated in 1998 after the Russian government acknowledged that the coal extraction was no longer economically viable. On very small scale and after years without economic activities, today the settlement experiences first efforts for revitalization.

http://www.husarctic.org/en/blog/pyramiden

Pyramiden

CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
HUMAN SECURITY AND A CYBER MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK IN THE EUROPEAN HIGH NORTH
ECoHuCy Project, NIEM / Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Rovaniemi 24-25 May 2018

www.arcticcentre.org

https://rethink.earth/globalisation-and-global-warming-threaten-inuit-food-security/

Globalisation and global warming threaten Inuit food security Indigenous peoples face twin challenges to their food security: global warming and globalisation. Old ways are threatened. New foods are often unhealthier. Lou Del Bello explores how new ways of self-organisation may help support resilience in the Far North.

Workshop on Food (in)Security in the Arctic

The Nordic Council of Ministers funded project: “The Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North” had its first workshop held at the Council for Baltic Sea States (CBSS) on 13 October 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. The project is hosted at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. The workshop has brought around 16 internationally renowned scholars from all across Europe and North America, including from Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain and Sweden, to discuss on various aspects of food security in relation to traditional and local food contribution to sustainable supply of food chain as it applies to food security in the Arctic. The whole day workshop attracted sixteen academic presentations, interesting lively discussions, and fruitful interactions amongst the scholars present.
Information about the project can be found at: http://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/projects/foodsecurity

https://husarctic.org/en/news/workshop-food-insecurity-arctic

Workshop on Food (in)Security in the Arctic

https://husarctic.org/en/news/dr-dorothée-cambou-presenting-her-research-arctic-energy-summit

Dr. Dorothée Cambou presenting her research at the Arctic Energy Summit