Urban Wråkberg
Job description
Professor of Northern Studies
Urban Wråkberg,
Peter Haugseth
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Tracks across the Tundra: Making a Living from Nature in the Borderland of the Russian Northwest
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Science as Arbitrator on Arctic Land-Use Issues: а Historical Appraisal
Peter Haugseth,
Urban Wråkberg
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Experience of Norwegian-Russian cooperation in
the field of education at the University of Tromsø - Arctic University of Norway Campus Alta and Kirkenes
2021 ARKIV
Victoria V. Tevlina,
Urban Wråkberg,
Ryzhkova Inna
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Introduction from the editors
2020 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Наука и индустрия на Кольском полуострове после 1917 года (Science and Industry on the Kola Peninsula since 1917)
2020 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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A.E. Nordenskiöld in Swedish memory: the origin and uses of
Arctic heroism
Urban Wråkberg
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Collective memory of the Kirkenes iron mine in
sub-Arctic Norway: Its role in forming the future
Urban Wråkberg
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Oil and gas extraction in the Barents Sea: A Nordic state-industry governance system goes north
Sabine Höhler,
Julia Lajus,
Peder William Chellew Roberts,
Urban Wråkberg
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Troubling the northern seas: The turbulent history of Norwegian and Russian fisheries
Vassily Borovoy,
Niklas Eklund,
Ekaterina Kalemeneva,
Dmitry Lajus,
Julia Lajus,
Daria Stogova
et al.:
Imageries and historical change in the European Russian Arctic
Peter Haugseth,
Urban Wråkberg
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Tourism Experiences in Post-Soviet Arctic Borderlands
2017 ARKIV
Kari Aga Myklebost,
Urban Wråkberg
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Explorations in the North
2016 ARKIV
Victoria V. Tevlina,
Urban Wråkberg,
Ryzhkova Inna
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Russia and Norway. Multidimensional Relations in the Borderland. Essays in Russian and English (Россия и Норвегия. Многогранные взаимоотношения в приграничье.
Сборник научных статей)
Murmansk State Humanities University 2020 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Military-driven innovation of meteorological observation methods during WWII
10. October 2025 ARKIV
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Arctic Science amidst Geopolitical tensions – A Historical Perspective
2025 ARKIV
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg,
Dag Avango
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The roles of cultural heritage in Arctic societies undergoing rapid change
2025 ARKIV
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Research on the Euro-Arctic Borderland under Pressure: A Case and Some Reflections
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Research on the Euro-Arctic Borderland under Shifting Politics
2024 ARKIV
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Studying the Norwegian, Finnish and Russian Subarctic Borderland – Past, Present and Future
Urban Sven Fredrik Wråkberg
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Studying the Euroarctic Green Transition
2024 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg,
Peter Haugseth,
David Alenga
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Arctic Futures Scenarios
2023 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Current research needs and trends in Northern Studies
2022 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Hacia el hielo: La exploración polar en el siglio XIX y comienzos del XX
Desperta ferro Arqueologia 2022 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg,
Victoria V. Tevlina
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Om den nye boka «Russia and Norway. Multidimensional Relations in the Borderland» («Россия и Норвегия. Многогранные взаимоотношения в приграничье»). Redigert av V.V.Tevlina, I.V.Ryzhkova, U.Wråkberg (2020)
2021 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg,
Victoria V. Tevlina
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Norsk-russisk forskningssamarbeid i 2019-2020: Om produksjonen av boken 'Russia and Norway. Multidimensional Relations in the Borderland'
2021 ARKIV
Victoria V. Tevlina,
Urban Wråkberg
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Ny boklansering “Russia and Norway. Multidimensional Relations in the Borderland”. Essays in Russian and English (Victoria V. Tevlina, Inna Ryzhkova & Urban Wråkberg (eds)). Murmansk, Murmansk Arctic State University, 2020
2020 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Färdigställning av forskningsartiklar – med fokus på publikationsprocessen
2020 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Statement at the roundtable 6H: Merging environmental history, business history, and history of science and technology in the study of natural resources
2019 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Research at the Arctic University of Norway in Kirkenes
2018 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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The Development of Russian and Norwegian Northern Towns in Soviet Times
2018 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Nature and Culture Heritage in Arctic Tourism: The Case of Svalbard / Spitsbergen
2018 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Grensekryssende turisme i Europa – inspirert av Barentsmodellen
2018 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Off-shore Industry on the Norwegian Sector of the Seabed of the Barents Sea: Geo-economics, Technoscience and Regional Challenges
2018 ARKIV
Peter Haugseth,
Urban Wråkberg,
Hindertje Hoarau-Heemstra
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Maritime Tourism: Challenges and opportunities of cruising.Parallel Session IV:25/27
2018 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Nature, heritage and geopolitics in the Arctic visitor industry: Some case studies from Svalbard and North-West Russia
2017 ARKIV
Peter Haugseth,
Urban Wråkberg
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Some ideas for joint research and tourism in the borderlands of Europe
2017 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Non-renewable energy resources in the Fennoscandian north:
Technological path-dependence and competing visions of change
2017 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Review of: Johan Schimanski & Ulrike Spring, Passagiere des Eises: Polarhelten und arktische Diskurse 1874 (Wien & Köln, 2015)
Historisk tidsskrift 2017 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Commentator of panel: Slovakia - Ukraine: Border management and cross-border cooperation
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Scientists as Executives: Scandinavian Reflections on the USSR Establishment of Mining on the Kola Peninsula
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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The Norwegian-Finnish-Russian borderland as part of Central Europe
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Tilleggsinnledning om hvordan Barentssamarbeidet kan brukes som plattform i utviklingen av klima- og miljøsamarbeidet i nord
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Tourism Experiences in the post-Soviet Arctic
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Industrial heritage on Svalbard: Cultural site-visits in polar tourism focused on nature & wilderness
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Nordenskiöld, (Nils) Adolf, Erik
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Exclusive Economic Zone
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Nord Stream
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Brundtland Report
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Barents Institute
2016 ARKIV
Urban Wråkberg
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Oligarchs
2016 ARKIV
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Research interests
Urban Wråkberg is professor of Northern Studies – a multidisciplinary and circum-polar research field. He conducts research on social, political and scientific issues of the north, with a focus on the Euroarctic and the borderlands of the Barents Region. He has published in English, Swedish, Norwegian and Russian on the geo-economic drivers of science in the polar regions, on the history and ideology of polar exploration and on the nexus between scientific and indigenous knowledge-formation in the north. He analyses theories and practices of sustainability in northern industrial development.
Teaching
Urban Wråkberg teaches on-line courses in the three year Bachelor of Northern Studies Programme and in the single course package in Northern Studies. He serves as supervisor of master students at the Department of Tourism and Northern Studies.