International Seminars on Arctic Governance
*February 14, 2023: Registration due date for the seminar on March 2, 2023 has been extended, and the outline for the seminar on March 13, 2023 has been updated.
Under the support of ArCS II Research Program on International Law, two international seminars on Arctic and polar governance, organized by Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) Kobe University, will be held in early March, 2023. These seminars will be held in in-person format, back-to-back with the high profile international events held in Tokyo (March 4-6: Arctic Circle Japan Forum , March 6-10: ISAR-7).
March 2, 2023 “United States Policy in the Arctic and Antarctic and the Future of International Governance in the Polar Regions”
The Keynote speaker, Mr. Evan Bloom (Senior Fellow, Wilson Centre, USA and former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State) will discuss the recent US Arctic Strategy and the future of polar governance in light of geopolitical challenges, as well as the role of US, Japan, China and Russia. Dr. Timo Koivurova, Visiting Professor at Kobe University, will act as a discussant.
- Date and Time: March 2, 2023 (Thu), 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Kobe University GSICS
- Main target: researchers, graduate students
- For details, please see the flyer .
Registration due date: February 28, 2023 (Tue)
* (February 14, 2023) The registration due date has been extended.
Videos of the lectures are available on this page (Kobe University) .
March 13, 2023 “Governance and Global Challenges: The Future of International Law in the Polar Regions”
Inviting Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, the Rector of the University of Akureyri, Iceland, as one of the presenters, the international seminars on Arctic and polar governance, organized by Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) Kobe University, on Monday 13 March at 14:00. The seminar, entitled ‘ Governance and Global Challenges: The Future of International Law in the Polar Regions’, will discuss the role of international law in polar governance. Other presenters will include early-career scholars from Denmark and the United Kingdom.
- Date: March 13, 2023 (Mon), 14:00-16:30
- Venue: Kobe University GSICS
- Main target: researchers, graduate students
- For details, please see the flyer .
Registration due date: February 28, 2023 (Tue)
* (February 14, 2023) The registration due date has been added.
* (February 10, 2023) The call for abstract was closed.