Towards Arctic Security: Northern Aspects of Human Security

« Takaisin25.2.2016 10:00–12:30

On behalf of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, the Arctic Centre and HuSArctic we would like to welcome you to join us on February 25th, 2016 a fun-filled seminar Towards Arctic Security: Northern Aspects of Human Security.

Our speakers, with a very multidisciplinary background, will get together in order to share their views and expertise on different aspects of human security perspectives within communities in the Arctic.

Speakers:
- Sandra Cassotta (Denmark),
- Alexander Sergunin (Russia),
- Jingzheng Ren (Denmark)
- Mirva Salminen (Finland)

The seminar is open for the public – we welcome scholars, PhD and graduate students, as well as others interested. There is no participation fee for the seminar.


Where: Thule meeting room, Arktikum house, Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi 96200
When: 10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. February 25th, 2016.

Seminar Program


10.00 – 10.05 Kamrul Hossain: Welcoming words and Introduction

10.05 – 10.35 Alexander Sergunin: The concept of human security in Russia's Arctic studies: contending views

10.35 – 11.05 Sandra Cassotta: Climate Change and Human Security in a Multilevel and Multidisciplinary Dimension: The Case of the Arctic Environmental Ocean

11.05 – 11.35 Jingzheng Ren: Integrated Analysis, Assessment and Modeling of the Potential Attitudes-Aspirations, Possible Policies-Strategies, and Political Dynamics of Some Countries towards Arctic Security and Climate Change: An Initial Framework

11.35 – 12.05 Mirva Salminen: Enablement besides Constraints - Cyber Security in the North

More information:
In case you would like to get further information, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Dr. Kamrul Hossain
Tel. +358 40 484 4281
kamrul.hossain(at)ulapland.fi

Anna Petrétei
Tel. +358 40 484 4427
anna.petretei(at)gmail.com