Job description

Program koordinator Bachelor of Northern studies.

Prosjektleder Arctic- 2030 BANHER Sustainable approaches to Urban Arctic Places in times of Geopolitical Uncertainty (2023-2025 (26)) 

 

I have in the last decade contributed to the internationalization of higher education and the development of the Bachelor of Northern (BNS) studies degree program at UiT. BNS is a teaching program designed for students who want to develop a multidisciplinary competence in the circumpolar North.

In the past I have been involved in several research and development projects connected, in particular, to the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAR), Norwegian - Russian Arctic Schengen borderland development and have conducted research on identification processes, place branding, policymaking, integration and region-building and on joint education initiatives (Barents Arctic Network on Higher Education and Research).

 I am currently leading the project Arctic-2030 BANHER project (2023-2025) which is engaged in transatlantic cooperation on research and higher education involving other Nordic, as well as Canadian and US partners.  Arctic-2030 BANHER involves fieldowork in in the borderland of US and Canada: Alaska/Yukon territories. For more information on Arctic-2030 BANHER activities approach the site: https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=442068.

 

Reserach interests:

Arctic governance
Region building/integration across Nordic-Russian borders
Arctic tourism in Norwegian-Russian Arctic Schengen borderland 

Regenerative tourism in North Norway, Finnmark

Arctic tourism in North America (Alaska (USA) and Yukon Territory (Canada))
Cultural heritage/environmental history of Northwest Russia

Geopolitics of the borderlands
Arctic networks in higher education: Research- based teaching and fieldwork models  

I have conducted fieldwork in North Norway, Norwegian-Russian Arctic borderland, Vanuatu (Melanesia) and more recently in the borderland of US (Alaska) and Canada (Yukon territory).