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  • Arctic Frontiers 2014 coming soon

    Arctic Frontiers 2014 coming soon

    Zhao Jun during Arctic Frontiers 2013

    Arctic Frontiers 2014 will be held at the University of Tromsø, Norway from Sunday 19 to Friday 24 January 2014. The theme of the conference is ‘Humans in the Arctic’.

    As with previous years the policy section will run for the first two days (Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2014) followed by three days of science (Wednesday 22 January to Friday 24 January).

    Click here to register for the conference. To see the detailed programs for the policy and science sections, please access the conference website.

  • Ocean Law Center opens in Tromso

    Ocean Law Center opens in Tromso

    University of Tromsø

    After having participated in a competition between the three law faculties in Norway, the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø was proclaimed as the winner, and during the next six years the university will receive a total of 36 million NOK from the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen foundation.

    With additional funding from the University of Tromsø and the Norwegian Research Council, a total amount of 130 million NOK is planned to be used to establish the world’s largest Ocean Law Centre in Tromsø.

    “In our view, our ocean law centre will be the largest of its kind in the world today. China may have something of equal size, but unfortunately, if so, we do not know much about it,” says professor Tore Henriksen. As Principal Investigator, he will be in charge of establishing the centre during the next years. Through different subprojects, organized as work packages, the aim are to build knowledge, do research, and enhance international cooperation within the field of ocean law. Rector Jarle Aarbakke compared the process leading to the establishment of the centre with the Champions League, indicating the competition the University and the Faculty of Law met when submitting their application. According to the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, the leader of the foundation, Kåre Rommetveit, stated that the applications were evaluated by three independent international experts and that Tromsø clearly stood out in comparison to the other applicants.

    The changes in the Arctic, such as the loss of ice, mean that there are several judicial problems to be addressed. Fishing, shipping, oil and ocean floor activities all include possible future problems not yet investigated. “Many socially important questions remain unanswered. As for the environmental, political and economic issue, there is still insufficient legal clarification,” Henriksen concludes.

    The centre will be situated as part of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tromsø. During the project period, the university expects to build unique expertise as well as award several new PhD degrees within the field of ocean law.

    Source

    University of the Arctic

  • New center established in Tromsø

    New center established in Tromsø

    Tromsø port during the winter

    University of Tromsø in northern Norway has now announced the establishment of new Law of the Sea center.

    Global climate change and melting sea ice, offers more and more opportunities for international transportation networks.

    Notably, the trend of receding ice cap around the North Pole could possibly make the Arctic more reliable for scheduled navigation, at least during the summer months.

    Asia’s and EU’s increased interest in the Arctic will likely enlarge the group of the Arctic Council Observers at the upcoming meeting in Kiruna, northern Sweden on May 15th.

    Last Friday, the representatives of Tromso University announced the establishment of a dedicated center for research on questions related to the law of the sea and other juridical topics regarding the role of international and national jurisdictions in the Arctic.

    Fifteen experts on Arctic issues and Law of the Seas will be working with the new center. The Fridtjof Nansen Institute is a partner. Funding comes from the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation, also branding the name of the new initiative; KG Jebsen Center for Ocean Law.

    Professor Tore Henriksen with the Law faculty at the University of Tromsø will be the head of the new canter.

    Source

    University of Tromsø