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REXSAC mobility: Lill Rastad Bjørst’s research stay at SPRI
In the beginning of February, I was warmly welcomed to the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) at the University of Cambridge. The visit was a culmination…
REXSAC led discussions at the Annual Impact Assessment Conference (IAIA19) in Brisbane
There is an urgency to improve methods for assessment of cumulative impacts of future resource extraction activities, especially in the Arctic where the pressure from…
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…
Latest Publications
New report: The anthropocenic imaginary: political ecologies of tourism in a geological epoch
This article pushes forward emerging approaches in the political ecology of tourism that recognize the Anthropocene as both a geological epoch and conceptual regime. In…
New book: Arctic Geopolitics, Media and Power
Arctic Geopolitics, Media and Power provides a fresh way of looking at the potential and limitations of regional international governance in the Arctic region. Far-reaching…
Book chapters: The Politics of Arctic Resources
The Arctic has often been seen as a natural area, or even a “wilderness”, where mainly indigenous and subsistence activities have been prominent. Contrary to…