Job description

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.

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 conducted research on identification processes, place branding, policymaking, integration and region-building and on joint education initiatives (Barents Arctic Network on Higher Education and Reseach).

I am currently concluding my PhD thesis, and leading the project Arctic-2030 BANHER project (2023-2025(26)) engaged in transatlantic cooperation on research and higher education involving other Nordic, as well as Canadian and US partners.  Arctic-2030 BANHER involves the study of urban Arctic communities in times of geopolitical uncertainty, includes studytrips and fieldwork in the borderland of US and Canada (Alaska/Yukon territories) and Nordic countries. For more info. on Arctic-2030 BANHER activities approach the site: https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=442068.

 

Research interests:

• Arctic governance
• Region building/integration accross Nordic-Russian borders
• Arctic tourism in Norwegian-Russian Arctic Schengen borderland and North America (Alaska, US)
• Cultural heritage/environmental history of Northwest Russia
• Geopolitics of the borderlands
• Arctic networks in higher education: Research- based teaching and fieldwork models