Fall 2014: Get a 'sneak preview' of the Arctic Human Development Report II

by Michelle Saport  |   

Friday, Sept. 19, 7-9 p.m. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

UAA presents a symposium on the Arctic Human Development Report II, featuring a panel of several report authors, including prominent international scholars.

The purpose of the AHDR-II project (Arctic Human Development Report II: Regional Processes and Global Linkages) is to move the study of human development in the Arctic beyond the Arctic Human Development Report I (2004) baseline, and provide an update by which policymakers and researchers can evaluate trends that affect sustainable human development among residents of the circumpolar world. Report authors compare and contrast cultural, economic, political and social conditions among the eight Arctic countries and in the world at large, and contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the consequences and interplay of physical and social global change processes for human living conditions and adaptability.

Symposium agenda:

  • Reception
  • Welcome by Dr. Helena Wisniewski, vice provost for Research and Graduate Studies at UAA
  • Overview of the report by AHDR-II Project Co-Leader Gail Fondahl, professor of geography at the University of Northern British Columbia
  • Highlights from four chapters, presented by chapter co-authors:
    • Peter Schweitzer (UAF) will present "Cultures and Identities," authored by Peter Schweitzer (US), Peter Sköld (SE) and Olga Ultargasheva (RU)
    • Lee Huskey (UAA) will present "Economic Systems," authored by Lee Huskey (US), Alexander Pelyasov (RU) and Ilmo Maaenpaa (FI)
    • Gary Kofinas (UAF) will present "Resource Governance," authored by Bruce Forbes (FI) and Gary Kofinas (US)
    • Diane Hirshberg (UAA) and Andrey Petrov (University of Northern Iowa) will present "Education & Human Capital," authored by Diana Hirshberg (US) and Andrey Petrov (US, RU)
  • Discussion and reflections by Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell

Douglas Causey, Ph.D., professor of Biological Sciences at UAA, will facilitate.

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