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Arctic Centre studies food security in the Arctic

The new project of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland will explore the concept of human security as it applies to food security in the Arctic. The central aim in the project is to develop a network of scholars in order to promote new knowledge concerning the effect of climate change in the circumpolar Arctic on its vulnerable groups of population in regard to promoting overall food security.

NIEM Director, Prof. Kamrul Hossain spoke at a Seminar in Barcelona, Spain!

Prof. Kamrul Hossain has been invited to give a key note lecture at the seminar entitled “Geopolitical changes: New global political and economic reality”, held in Barcelona, Spain on 11 May 2017.

Dr. Dorothee Cambou gave a lecture for the Winter School on Energy Transition in the North!

On 14 March 2017, Dorothee Cambou gave a lecture at Luleå University of Technology as part of the PhD course on transition energy in the North.

Dr. Dorothee Cambou was present at Arctic Frontiers !

On 26 January 2017, Dr. Dorothée Cambou has given a talk during the Expert Meeting on Good Governance and the Arctic organized by K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) as a side event of Arctic Frontiers.

NIEM delegation at the workshop on “Societal security: a discipline in the making!” at St. Petersburg State University!

A delegation from NIEM has actively participated at the workshop - Societal security: a discipline in the making!

Prof. Kamrul Hossain gave a talk at the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development!

The Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) Prof. Hossain has given a talk at the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) held at the International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia from 19-23 April, 2017.

Prof. Kamrul Hossain speaks at the Arctic Research Centre in Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan

The Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) Prof. Hossain has given a keynote speech at the seminar organized by the Arctic Research Centre (ARC) of Hokkaido University in Japan.

Prof. Kamrul Hossain speaks at Slavic-Eurasian’s Northern Tier: Finland, Russia, Japan

The Director of Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) Prof. Hossain has been invited at the seminar organized jointly by Hokkaido University and Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki.

New project to initiate cross-border co-operation in the field of societal security

The project entitled “The Discipline of Societal Security in the Making: Let’s Make It Together!” is one of the successful applications, which has received funding from Nordic Council of Ministers to build a network amongst the participating institutions within the discipline of societal security. The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland participates as a consortium partner.