BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Arctic transportation corridors: governance, indigenous rights and cross-border coordination in preparedness
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Center for Crisis Management and Collaboration, Nord University
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This brown bag seminar addresses Arctic land transportation corridors through governance, indigenous rights, community impacts, and cross-border coordination.
Programme
Drawing on comparative perspectives from Northern Europe and Canada, the session discusses how corridor planning and hinterland connections are shaped by legal frameworks, institutional arrangements, and local and indigenous concerns.
The seminar emphasizes interdisciplinary dialogue across law, geography, planning and political economy, with particular attention to coordination challenges in the High North.
The brown bag seminar is free and open to all, you can bring your own lunch. Coffee and light snacks will be served.
Coordinator:
Professor Roberto Rivas Hermann, Nord University Business School
Speakers:
Kamrul Hossain, Director of NIEM, University of Lapland
Frédéric Lasserre, Professor of geography, Université Laval
Nadezhda Filimonova, Postdoctoral researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Medy Dervovic, PhD candidate, Reykjavik University
Hosting framework
Nord University, Nordlab, Arctic Six Chair on transportation corridors, in collaboration with the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.
Intended outcome
Strengthen cross-chair dialogue, identify joint research opportunities, and support coordinated Arctic corridor research across institutions.
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