The Calotte Academy 2009 will take place in May 28 - June 1, 2009 in three locations in Finland, Norway and Russia. Public sessions with expert presentations and open discussions will take place in Inari, Finland in May 28th, in Kirkenes, Norway in May 29th and 30th and in Murmansk, Russia in May 31st and June 1st. The Kolari-Pajala session was cancelled.

The main theme of the Calotte Academy 2009 (CA2009) is “Environmental Politics and Industrial Development (in the Eurasian North)”. The main theme consists of the sub-themes and discourses on the ‘politicization’ of the environment and environmental politics, environmental degradation and conflicts, environmental security and environmental protection, and on the other hand, the utilization of natural resources, transportation and industrialization, such as mining, and their socioeconomic / societal impacts.

As usually the Calotte Academy 2009 will be a travelling symposium with about 30 speakers (scholars, civil servants and other experts) in four different locations and four countries and regions. In each location there will both a public session with expert presentations and open discussion and an academic workshop for researchers, and graduate and post-graduate students. The Calotte Academy 2009 also acts as a workshop for the Nordic Russian research project on Northern Eurasian Geopolitics (NEG project) and the book project Climate Change and Human Security - From a Northern Point of View. And, there will be workshop sessions for academic discussion in Inari on the 28th of May, in Kirkenes on the 30th of May and in Murmansk on the 31st of May.

To view the final program of the Calotte Academy 2009, please click here.