The High North in World Politics and Economics

The main theme of the Calotte Academy 2010 "The High North in World Politics and Economics" includes on one hand, two main fields, Politics and Economics, and on the other hand, two main geographical contexts and dimensions, the High North and the World.

The twenty-first century's High North is a stable and peaceful area without either armed conflicts or an uncontrolled race on natural resources, which enjoys considerable international, mostly multi-national, cooperation. Furthermore, the northernmost regions of the globe are not isolated, but closely integrated into the international community, and indeed, there is a manifold growth in its geo-strategic importance in world politics and economics. There is also a growing global interest toward the region and its resources, and options for either to be, or become, actively present in the region.

The 2010 Academy will act as a sub-forum for the 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) "Our Ice Dependent World", which will take place in October 24-27, 2010 in Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway (see NRF website - www.nrf.is).

Route and program

The Calotte Academy 2010 will start in Apatity, where it will be organized back-to-back to the 5th international scientific conference, "The North and the Arctic in the New World Development Paradigm - Luzin Readings 2010" in April 8-10, 2010 organized by the Institute of Economic Studies and the Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (see First Call for Papers).

Here "back-to-back" means on one hand, that all the participants of the Academy will attend, and some of them will be among the speakers of, the Plenary Session and Reception of the Conference on the 8th of April, and correspondingly, those participants of the Conference, who are interested in, will attend the sessions of the Calotte Academy on the 9th of April. On the other hand, it means that the main theme of the CA2010 supports well the conference theme by giving additional points of view.

After Apatity the Academy 2010 will continue the route and stop first in Murmansk, where will be Youth Conference, a session with students on the 10th of April. Sunday, the 11th of April will be a travelling day from Murmansk to Kirkenes, Norway. In Kirkenes there will be two sessions on Monday, the 12th April. The last stop and final sessions will be in Inari, Finland on Tuesday, the 13th of April, and the final destination (for most of the speakers) will be Rovaniemi on Tuesday-evening.

When travelling from Rovaniemi, Finland to Apatity on the 7th of April there is a stop in Salla (a Finnish town located just beside the Russian border) for a lunch and short discussion with local policy-makers on northern economies and economic development of East Lapland hosted by the Municipality of Salla.

Further information and detailed program and schedule

About the Calotte Academy

The Calotte Academy 2010 is an annual travelling symposium for a dialogue among members of the research community and students, and a wide range of other northern stakeholders. Further, the Academy is structured so that in each location there will be a working session with academic presentations and / or a public session with expert presentations.