Latest Blog
Guest Blog: Mapping different forms of knowledge to understand the impacts of mining
A new Formas-funded project aims to combine both indigenous and scientific knowledge in a synthesis of evidence on how Arctic and boreal landscapes and communities…
New Blog for World Policy Institute: Why should we care about the Arctic?
REXSAC researcher, Annika E. Nilsson, kicks off new bi-monthly series about the Arctic as guest blogger with two other colleagues on the World Policy website. Answering…
Poison and profit: mining on traditional lands
In the underground depths of northern Canada lies a monster. That’s how Mary Rose Sundberg of the Goyatiko Language Society describes the 237,000 tons of…
Latest Publications
Book chapter: Heritage, Conservation, and the Geopolitics of Svalbard: Writing the History of Arctic Environments
This chapter argues that the writing of environmental history is never separate from politics or societal and culturally inscribed power structures by which spaces construed as…
Book chapter: Opp og ned i 100 år: Sveagruva 1917-2017
D. Avango and P. Brugmans, Opp og ned i 100 år: Sveagruva 1917-2017. Longyearbyen : Svalbard Museum, 2018.
Resilient Destinations and Tourism: Governance Strategies in the Transition towards Sustainability in Tourism, 1st Edition
Sustainability is one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector. Recently, the role of resilience thinking has been highlighted in sustainable development…