Northern Political Economy Symposium järjestetään Rovaniemellä 14.-15. marraskuuta 2019. Esitelmäkutsu on nyt käynnissä ja abstrakteja voi lähettää 15. syyskuuta 2019 saakka.

What is left of development in the Arctic? Is sustainable development a utopia in
the Arctic? Is development in the Arctic more unsustainable than sustainable?

Sustainable development, a popular idea of balanced, equal and participatory
development, dominates the debates about the region. Even research about the
region often takes sustainable development as a starting point. However, the
progress towards reaching this goal seems slow and sustainable development
unreachable. These observations make us ask: What makes development sustainable
in the Arctic in different political, economic and social contexts? What kind of
social and political imaginaries we have and should have for the Arctic? Do our
imaginaries match our means and practices? Are there any attractive, viable
alternatives for sustainable development? How do different imaginaries motivate
or improve current policies and strategies? What kinds of missed voices and
ideas there are about development in the Arctic? How do emotions of hope, fear
and uncertainty relate to the Arctic future?

The symposium is organized by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.
Symposium is the side event for the Rovaniemi
Arctic Spirit Conference 2019, which will take place on 12-13 November 2019.

Call for papers

Papers and presentations covering different aspects of Arctic developments
critically are welcome.

Deadline for proposals
Please send your abstract (max. 250-words) with your name, title, affiliation
and contact information before September 15, 2019 by email to
Monica Tennberg: monica.tennberg(at)ulapland.fi.

Programme

The programme will include a keynote talk, presentations by the participants and
discussions on the basis of presentations. A symposium dinner will be organized.

The accepted papers and programme will be announced by October 1, 2019.

Keynote
speakers

To be announced later in the spring.

Deadline for registration

If you prefer to participate to the symposium without presenting a paper, please
register your participation before 31 October 2019 by sending
an email to Monica Tennberg: monica.tennberg(at)ulapland.fi.

Travel and accommodation

Please note that the symposium
participants will to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. There is no
participation fee. Let us know if you have any wishes about the diet.

More
information:

Symposium organizer, research professor Monica
Tennberg
Northern political economy research group, Arctic Centre,
University of Lapland
monica.tennberg(at)ulapland.fi

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