Legal issues

Thematic group "On legal issues in the Arctic" is an ad hoc group of international legal experts and practitioners, international relations and political science scholars, politicians, indigenous activists, early career researchers and others interested in sharing information, knowledge and establishing a multi and inter disciplinary dialogue within the NRF and related activities. The group's objective is to enhance the "legal voice" at the open bi-annual meetings of the Northern Research Forum by promoting knowledge and info about the most recent legal developments in the North (with reference to the Antarctic if possible). The group also aims to strengthen the collaboration, the dissemination of legal knowledge and values, education, and greater partnership among legal scholars and representatives of social sciences, humanities, Northerners and other participants of the NRF activities who are engaged in Northern developments and are interested in the intersection between law, politics, international relations and other sciences.

NRF: Theme Project Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic

Chairnatalia: Natalia Loukacheva Ph.D., S.J.D.  
Natalia.Loukacheva@unbc.ca
Canada Research Chair/Associate Professor,
University of Northern British Columbia,
Prince George, Canada www.unbc.ca/loukacheva-natalia

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Thorsteinn Gunnarsson Ph.D.
Thorsteinn.Gunnarsson@rannis.is
Head of Arctic Matters,
Icelandic Center for Research,
Akureyri, Iceland


Activities

The 7th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, Akureyri, Iceland, August 22-23, 2013
NRF: Thematic Network Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic
Session: Climate Change Governance and Law in the Arctic
Chair and organizer: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, the First Visiting Nansen Professor of Arctic Studies and Polar Law Program, University of Akureyri, Iceland

The 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, Hveragerdi, Iceland, September 3-6, 2011
NRF: Thematic Network Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic
Session: Legal Perspectives in the Arctic – a Dialogue in Times of Change
(included reports by students of the Polar Law Program)
Chair and organizer: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and Polar Law Program, University of Akureyri, Iceland

NRF: Thematic Network Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic
International workshop on: Legal Issues in the Arctic
, Akureyri, September 12, 2009
Chair and organizer: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and Polar Law Program, University of Akureyri, Iceland

The 5th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, Anchorage, Alaska (USA), September 24-28, 2008
NRF: Thematic Network Group on Legal Issues in the Arctic
Round Table Discussion on: Future of Northern Cooperation: Legal and Political Issues.
Chair and organizer: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto and Polar Law Program, University of Akureyri, Iceland