Vision
The Faculty of Law will be a visible and key contributor to the advancement of the rule of law and legal competence in society. The faculty will be a hub for legal knowledge, with a comprehensive professional network at the regional, national and international level.
- Through research, education and dissemination, the faculty will develop and share legal knowledge of high international quality and with special focus on the High North.
- The faculty will contribute to fulfilling UiT The Arctic University of Norway’s strategy Developing the High North.
- The faculty will ensure that legal research contributes to value creation and sustainable development in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Areas of priority
The Faculty will be at the international forefront in the Law of the Sea, Environmental Law, Sami and Indigenous Peoples’ Law and educational quality.
The faculty’s research activities are mainly organised in six research groups; Sami- and indigenous peoples law, Child law, Constitutional law (only in Norwegian), Administrative law (only in Norwegian), Law on Property rights (only in Norwegian) and Crime Control and Security law. It is also home to the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), a world leading research environment on the Law of the Sea.
The faculty publishes the Arctic Review, an interdisciplinary journal that publishes articles in law and politics, related to resource issues, administration, indigenous peoples’ and the environment in the Arctic.
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Doktorgradsavhandlinger:
Hauglid, Mathias Karlsen : Bias and Discrimination in Clinical Decision Support Systems Based on Artificial Intelligence Elvestad, Eivind : Luftkvalitet i kommunal arealplanlegging; En EØS-rettslig studie Alteren, Kristine Nerdal : Styreleders plikter og erstatningsansvar i aksje- og allmennaksjeselskapMasteroppgaver:
Pataki, Apostolia Margarita : The Roles of Cities, Industries, and Public as Stakeholders in Combating Marine Plastic Pollution within the Framework of the Emerging Plastic Regime (Plastic treaty) Why are these stakeholders relevant and how should they be included in the plastic regime Aron, Christine : Climate change law and law of the sea through the lens of regime interaction: A regime interaction study Kich, Dustin : The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: Transforming Corporate Reporting LandscapesArtikler og rapporter:
Henriksen, Tore : The Dispute over the Geographical Application of the Svalbard Treaty: Into a New Phase, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman Klerk, Bastiaan Ewoud / Heinrich, Katharina / Primicerio, Raul : Beyond equilibrium thinking: dynamic area-based management tools in a changing ocean Pataki, Apostolia Margarita : The Roles of Cities, Industries, and Public as Stakeholders in Combating Marine Plastic Pollution within the Framework of the Emerging Plastic Regime (Plastic treaty) Why are these stakeholders relevant and how should they be included in the plastic regimeSe alle oppføringer i Munin – Open research archive