Northern Political Economy Symposium järjestetään Rovaniemellä 12.-13. lokakuuta 2021. Esitelmäkutsu on nyt auki ja abstrakteja voi lähettää 24. syyskuuta 2021 saakka. Tapahtuman kieli on englanti.

ESITELMÄKUTSU:

”Arctic change” is a popular way to frame current developments and to discuss the
future of the region as a complex set of interconnected environmental, social
and economic changes taking place in the region and leading to its fundamental
transformation. Different forms of governance to guide and govern these changes
is yet another topical but a complex set of issues connecting different levels
of societal actors, forms of action, and concerns, such as sustainability and
equity. Also, the question remains whether these transformations are in anyway
governable, and what are the possible unintended and unwanted effects of any
efforts of governance. Consequently, it becomes evident that governance in
Arctic regions goes far beyond the schemes of regional authorities and the
policies of few supranational bodies (e.g. Arctic Council). This topical
diversity will be addressed at the symposium. 

In recent years, social science-based research has produced a myriad of concepts,
approaches and methodologies to understand societal transformations and their
governability, such as collaborative governance, interactive governance,
metagovernance, governmentality and global governance, to name just a few. In
order to understand better (un)governability of Arctic change, we invite
critically oriented presentations to the Northern Political Economy Symposium
2021 to discuss governance of Arctic transformations as well as examples of
empirical research into different processes of societal transformations and
their governability. 

The event is one of the activities of the UArctic thematic network “Critical
Arctic Studies” (CAS). The keynote speaker will be announced in the second call
for papers (to be published mid-August). Doctoral candidates should consult
their supervisors about receiving credits for presenting and participating in
the event.  

Instructions for submission of papers:

 The deadline for abstracts is 24.9.2021. 

The abstract should include 200-300 words with the name(s) of the presenter(s),
affiliation(s) and contact information for the presenter(s). 

Abstracts should be sent to Monica Tennberg, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
monica.tennberg(at)ulapland.fi

The accepted abstracts and symposium program will be announced by
1.10.2021. 

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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