Lill Rastad Bjørst
Aalborg University
Lill Rastad Bjørst is associate professor at Aalborg University and holds a PhD in Arctic Studies from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her recent research focuses on the climate change debate in Greenland and, since 2012, the political debate about Greenland’s uranium. She is head of the research center CIRCLA, platform coordinator for AAU Arctic and academic coordinator for Arctic Studies, a Master’s programme specialization at Aalborg University. Her research interests include Inuit culture and society; climate change and sustainability; mining and industrialization; and postcolonialism and tourism.
Publications
- Article - Challenging Tourism Landscapes of Southwest Greenland: Identifying Social and Cultural Capital for Sustainable Tourism Development
- REXSAC researchers interviewed in Danwatch about Greenlandic elections(in Danish)
- New Publication: Stories, emotions, partnerships and the quest for stable relationships in the Greenlandic mining sector
- Book Chapter - Branding on the Nordic margins: Greenland Brand Configurations
- Book chapter: Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region
- Heritage and change in the Arctic
- Composing Greenlandic tourism futures: An Integrated Political Ecology and Actor-Network Theory Approach
- Saving or destroying the local community? Conflicting spatial storylines in the Greenlandic debate on uranium
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