Job description

I have in the last decade contributed to 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 multi-disciplinary competence on 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, policy making, 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 reserach 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 fieldworks 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.

 

Reserach 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