The seminar will also explore how institutions coping with Arctic challenges have evolved, how changes in Arctic law and governance influence Arctic residents’ life and Arctic societies as collectives, and whether these developments and Arctic governance experiences could provide lessons for other regions.

Distinguished Prof. J.B. Ruhl from Vanderbilt University Law School, will share his experience on adaptive law and governance.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 17th August
Arctica meeting room

Morning chair: Jukka Similä

8.30 – 9.30: Coffee

9.00 – 9.20 Timo Koivurova (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland): ‘Introduction to Arctic Legal Issues’

9.20– 10.50: J.B. Ruhl (Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, USA): ‘Adaptive Governance of Adapting Social-Ecological Systems’

10.50 – 11.15: Coffee

11.15 – 12.00: Tahnee Prior (The Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada): ‘Engaging Complexity: Legalizing Arctic Environmental Governance’

12.00 – 13.00: Lunch, Arktikum Café


Afternoon chair: Timo Koivurova

13.00 – 13.30: Soili Nysten-Haarala (Law Faculty, University of Lapland): ‘Law and flexibility in the governance of the Arctic?’

13.30 – 14.00: Niko Soininen (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland): ‘Interplay of certainty and uncertainty in adaptive law – illustrations from the governance of marine resources’

14.00 - 14.45: Katharine L. Ricke, Holly Buck & Ilona Mettiäinen (University of California, University of Lapland): ‘What is climate intervention and what could it mean for the Arctic?’

14.45 - 15.15: Coffee

15.15 - 15.45: Jukka Similä (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland) ‘Adaptive governance of mining – is it possible?’

15.45 – 16.15: Maria Pettersson (Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden): ‘Design Principles For Legitimate Flood Risk Governance In Europe’

16.15 – 16.45: Johanna Söderasp (Luleå University of Technology): ‘Adaptive Water Management and the case of the European Union Water Framework Directive in Sweden’

19.30 – 21.30: Dinner, Aitta Deli&Dine, Rovakatu 26


Thursday 18th August
Thule meeting room

Morning Chair: Soili Nysten-Haarala

9.00 – 9.30: Florian Stammler (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland) and Aytalina Ivanova (North Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia): ‘Adaptive governance in negotiating human-resource relations in the North’

9.30 - 10.00: Britcyna Ekaterina (Law Faculty, University of Lapland): Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Projectы in Komi Republic, Russia: Compensations and Benefit Sharing Agreements

10.00 – 10.30: Svetlana Tulaeva (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration): ‘The Impact of Global Standards and National Law on the Interaction of Oil Companies and Indigenous People in Russia’

10.30 – 11.00: Coffee

11.00 – 11.30: Yulia Yamineva and Kati Kulovesi (University of Eastern Finland): ‘Keeping the Arctic White: The Current Legal Landscape for Reducing Short-lived Climate Pollutants in the Arctic Region and Opportunities for Future Development’

11.30 – 12.00: Anniina Oksanen (Faculty of Law, University of Lapland): ‘Legal Safeguards for Sustainable Use of Mineral Resources’

12.00 – 12.30: Alina Lehtonen (Faculty of Law, University of Lapland): ‘Opportunities and challenges to promote material efficiency by means of law’

12.30 – 13.30: Lunch, Arktikum Café

Afternoon chair: Florian Stammler

13.30 – 14.00: Anne Nuorgam (Law Faculty, University of Lapland,): Deatnu (Teno/Tana) Fishing Administration - Saami Participation in Finland and Norway

14.00 – 14.30: Adam Stepien (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland): ‘Making Arctic sustainable and resilient from outside? The EU’s external governance towards an unwilling neighbourhood’

14.30 – 15.00: Seija Tuulentie (Natural Resources Institute Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland): ‘Community Liaison Committee’

15.00 – 15.30: Coffee

15.30 – 16.00: Monica Tennberg and Ilona Mettiäinen (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland,): ’Knowledge and adaptation governance in the Barents Region’

16.00 – 16.30: J.B. Ruhl: Talk on US cases related to adaptive governance and law

16.30: Closing


Registration:
Registration by 17th of  June. To register, send email to Raija.Kivilahti@ulapland.fi

Expenses:
Thanks to the support from Academy of Finland Strategic profiling funding, there are no seminar fees and the Center will pay for participant's lunch, coffee and dinner in seminar days. Participants are responsible for travel expenses and accommodation.

More information:
Jukka Similä
Research Professor in Natural Resources Law
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
tel +358 (0)40 484 4161, jukka.simila(at)ulapland.fi