Climate Arctic Governance (CArGo)
CArGo is a research network seeking to advance interdisciplinary research on Arctic governance to meet current climate and sustainability challenges.
CArGo’s subject areas and activities will focus on Arctic socio-economic systems and the different legal, political, geographical and cultural regimes at play. The network incorporates scholars from law, political science, geoscience and humanities to explore research synergies on this topic.
CArGo draws together researchers from different disciplines working on Arctic climate governance with the aim to explore research synergies in this area.
While CArGo’s founding partners represent law, political science, humanities and science, the network is open to all disciplines and researchers, and it is the goal of CArGo to incorporate more scholars over time to broaden views, approaches and funding opportunities.
The network brings together the following research environments:
- The Center for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA), an international research center at the Faculty of Law that studies international law in the context of contemporary challenges, including climate change, sustainable development and the green transition.
- The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, which focuses on developing knowledge and understandings of cultural history and social relations in a world whose regions are at the same time both closely interlinked and far away from each other.
- The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at the Faculty of Science, which provides scientific knowledge and education to help solve big societal challenges, such as climate change and increased pressure on natural resources. The department has a long tradition in Arctic research, including a scientific viewpoint of the physical geography and the impact of climate change in Arctic environments.
- The Centre for Military Studies at the Department of Political Science, which carries out work on the Arctic, Global Commons and Maritime Strategy.
- CArGo Kick-off workshop - 26 November 2021
- CArGo Seminar Trip - 17-18 February 2022
- Open roundtable: 19 May 2022
- CarGo Conference: Transitions in Climate Arctic Governance, 16 September 2022
- Cargo Writing Retreat: 17-19 April 2023
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Current Challenges in Climate Arctic Governance: Expert Roundtable and Students Lab 12 september 2023
- Panel: The governance of green transition, KU Green Solutions Centre Conference 9 October 2023
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Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Arctic Special Edition, 8. December 2023
Researchers
Founding members
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| Kristensen, Kristian Søby | Head of Centre, Senior Researcher |
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| Martinez Romera, Beatriz | Associate Professor |
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| Sejersen, Frank | Associate Professor |
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Additional members
| PhD Fellow, Johanna Sophie Bürkert, CILG |
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| PhD Fellow Federica Catonini, CILG
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PhD Student Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer, CILG |
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Assistant Professor Linnéa Nordlander, CILG |
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Assistant Professor Alessandro Monti, CILG |
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| Postdoc Viktor Weber, CILG
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Funding
Climate Arctic Governance (CArGo) has received a three year funding from University of Copenhagen.
Period: September 2021 – December 2024.
Contact
PI Associate Professor
Beatriz Martinez Romera
South Campus, Building 6A.4.09
DK 2300 Copenhagen S
Phone: +45 35 32 31 80
beatriz.martinez.romera@jur.ku.dk