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But it also provides an opportunity to harness the political, economic, and social benefits of globalization to build a sustainable, more secure region.
What is the Arctic? Global connectivity brings complex, multifaceted challenges to the region, its communities, and its governance structures. Our workshops, seminars, and schools, partnered with local organizations, enhance a global Arctic knowledge networks, promote debate on emerging non-Arctic country policies, and foster a dialogue between policy makers, researchers, and northern stakeholders. The teachers and academic supervisors at Arctic Studies are researchers who represent various disciplines such as Cultural Studies, Political Science, Anthropology and History. This data will be updated every 24 hours. MISSION To understand what the unprecedented connectivity created by global markets, communication systems, and environmental cooperation mean for local communities and regional security.
The North has always been connected to the rest of the world through trade networks and migratory routes. Our team works with organizations in the United Kingdom, European Union, Korea, Japan, and others to create a global network of people to study, communicate, and implement political, economic, and environmental projects.
Working together, we explore how non-Arctic countries are contributing to blue growth, sustainable development, and environmental security at the top of the world.
Our events break down the national borders and academic disciplines that often silo Arctic research into compartmentalized working groups, projects, and databases. Our workshops, seminars, and schools, partnered with local organizations, enhance a global Arctic knowledge networks, promote debate on emerging non-Arctic country policies, and foster a dialogue between policy makers, researchers, and northern stakeholders.
MISSION To understand what the unprecedented connectivity created by global markets, communication systems, and environmental cooperation mean for local communities and regional security. Be part of the dialogue.
Latest publications Prospects of Arctic Shipping. Maritime Shipping Part IV.
The Complexities of Arctic Maritime Traffic. The specialization in Arctic Studies provides an advanced understanding of the Arctic region and its relationship with the rest of world, seen in historical, social, political and cultural dimensions.
Arctic Studies contribute with new problem-based research and teaching that engages the real-life problems which Arctic communities are facing today. This specialization gives particular attention to studies in the human sciences within the areas of social, cultural and political analysis, inter-cultural communication, nation-building, post-colonialism, geo-politics, international relations, globalization, governance and sustainable development including tourism and the management of the natural and cultural heritage.
Students acquire strong analytical skills, the ability to conduct independent research, and an opportunity to gain practical experience in relevant professional fields internships facilitated in a broad range of institutions across and beyond the Arctic. However, special attention is paid to global connections, well-established and emerging, in Europe, Asia, Russia, and North America. The Arctic is indeed a global region, and it is important to be attentive to these transregional connections.
An internal, written examination: An internship in Denmark or abroad documented by a host institution statement and an internal written examination in: Internship Project, graded according to the 7-point grading scale. A project oriented course internship with an emphasis on a minimum of one of the dimensions of Arctic Studies.
An external combined oral and written examination in: This course introduces historical and contemporary inter-cultural encounters and exchanges in the Arctic, including colonial histories, nation-building and migration. The course is based on theories of identity-building and inter-cultural representation and negotiations.
This course introduces the international relations and sustainable development of the Arctic.