Date
10.11.2006

Time
11:45

“Nedre lysthus” auditorium

Crossing borders - creating new knowledge in the Barents Region

11:45-12:15 Light lunch
12:15-12:30 Opening by State Secretary Liv Monica Bargem Stubholt, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

12:30-13:15 Building academic cooperation and competence in the Barents region - a historical survey and some future considerations. Ingvild Broch, Special Advisor, The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions

13:15-13:45 Norway chairing the Arctic Council: Research potential and political challenges. Alf Håkon Hoel, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø

14:00-14:30 Trust in the High North. May Britt Ellingsen, Senior Researcher, Norut

14:30-15:00 The oil industry and reindeer herding: Problems implementing indigenous rights in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Anna Degteva Master of indigenous studies, University of Tromsø

15:00-15:30 To Russia with love: Public intervention under asymmetric information: The Petsjenganikel case on the Kola Peninsula. Margrethe Aanesen, Senior Researcher, Norut.

15:30-16:00 Local democracy and social development in the High North - a research project in the making. Hilde Bjørnå, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø

Chair: Gerd Bjørhovde, Pro Rector, University of Tromsø

Kontaktperson
Yngve Antonsen

Epost
yngve.antonsen@uvett.uit.no

Tlf/mobil
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