25/01/2024
Finally, it is with great pleasure that we welcome Ramsus Gjedssø Bertelsen, professor of Northern Studies and Barents Chair in Politics at the UiT Arctic University of Norway, to our seminar on Security and Defence in the High North.
Rasmus will be presenting on the topic:
"A NATO/BRICS-Divided Arctic in a NATO/BRICS-Divided World - Or why the Arctic was Never Exceptional."
This event is co-organized by Varðberg ATA and the University of Akureyri, and is co-hosted by the Norwegian Embassy in Iceland 🇳🇴 and the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs 🇮🇸
📍 University of Akureyri, Lecture Hall M101
📅 TOMORROW, Thursday, 25th of January, 13:00-16:00 GMT
👇 Register to participate at the link below:
https://www.shareyournorth.is/events/security-and-defence-in-the-high-north
Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor of Northern Studies and the inaugural Barents Chair in Politics at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø). He was the 2022-2023 Nansen Professor of Arctic Studies, University of Akureyri (Iceland). He is a Danish national, who grew up in Reykjavik and has a deep personal and professional commitment to the North Atlantic and Arctic. Rasmus studied in Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Geneva, Lausanne and Amsterdam. His PhD is from the University of Cambridge with a year at Sciences Po. Rasmus was post doc at Harvard, United Nations University (Yokohama) and Aalborg University. His research interests include international and Arctic order, transnational flows of knowledge between the West and East. Rasmus directed the work package developing European science diplomacy theory and strategy in H2020 InsSciDE. He coordinates the Norwegian-Russian PhD course Society and Advanced Technology in the Arctic (paused) and the Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network.
