Mistra Arctic Futures Annual Report 2011 (pdf)

climate change (in review with Palgrave Macmillan, New York).
Sörlin, S. and Lajus, J. “Melting the glacial curtain: Scandinavian-Soviet
networks in the geophysical field sciences between two Polar Years, 1932/33-
1957/58” Journal of Historical Geography (in review).
Presentations
Avango, D., presented by S. Sörlin (22 June 2011) “Heritage in Action:
historical remains in polar conflicts” at the International Congress of Arctic
Social Science, Akureyri, Iceland.
Avango, D. (26 April 2012) “Constructing industrial futures for the Arctic”
presented in session 1.4.3 at From Knowledge to Action: International Polar
Year Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Avango, D. and Lajus, J. (26-27 April 2012) Conveners of session 1.4.3
“The history and archaeology of the Arctic and Antarctic: science, politics,
resources and cultural heritage” at From Knowledge to Action: International
Polar Year Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Avango, D., Lajus, J. and Wormbs, N. (26-27 April 2012) Panel chairs
in session 1.4.3 at From Knowledge to Action: International Polar Year
Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Depledge, D. and Roberts, P. (25 January 2012) “Into the Arctic: the
northward course of global capitalism” presented at Arctic Frontiers: Energies
of the High North, Tromsø, Norway.
Filimonova, N. (25 January 2012) “Russian state and business oil/gas
strategies in the Barents region: challenges and opportunities” presented at
Arctic Frontiers: Energies of the High North, Tromsø, Norway.
Kalemeneva, E. (23 April 2012) “City under the dome: how far from
the reality” presented at the conference Science Fiction Across Media:
Alternative Histories, Alien Futures, Umeå University, Sweden.
Lajus, J. (30 June 2011) “Collective use of common fish resources and the
sustainability of the socio-ecological system in the Russian North” presented
at the 6th Conference of the European Society for Environmental History,
Turku, Finland.
Lajus, J. (13 August 2011) “Warming of the Arctic in 1930s: flow of
thoughts and controversial perception in Russia and Nordic countries”
presented at the 27th Conference of Nordic Historians, Tromsø, Norway.
Lajus, J. (5 November 2011) “From the Arctic seas to the global ocean:
Soviet oceanography from the second IPY to IGY” presented at the History of
Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, USA.
Lajus, J. (30 April 2012) ”Soviet studies of warming of the Arctic in 1930s
and international circulation of environmental knowledge” invited lecture at
the Seminar of Center for Videnskabsstudier, Institut for Fysik & Astronomi,
Aarhus University, Denmark.
Lajus, J. and Sörlin, S. (17 February 2012) “Cryo-connections, political
friendship, and the prospects of an ice–free Arctic, 1928–1955” presented
at the conference “Frost, Ice, and Snow: Cold Climate in Russian History,”
German Historical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Lajus, J. and Sörlin, S. (26April 2012) “Arctic marine resources in Russia
between local users and the state, 1890s-1930s” keynote presentation
in session 1.4.3 at From Knowledge to Action: International Polar Year
Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Nilsson, A.E., Avango, D., Sörlin, S., Wormbs, N. and Lajus, J. (25 June 2011)
“Assessing Arctic futures: Voices, resources, and governance” presentation of
the project idea and theoretical framework at the International Congress of
Arctic Social Science, Akureyri, Iceland.
Nilsson, A.E. (24 June 2011) “Challenges in assessing the Arctic”
presentation at a special session for planning of the Arctic Human
Development report (II) at the International Congress of Arctic Social Science,
Akureyri, Iceland.
Nilsson, A.E. (27 January 2012) “Changing actor landscapes” presented in
the “Landscapes in Change” workshop, Arctic Frontiers: Energies of the High
North, Tromsø, Norway.
Nilsson, A.E. (25 April 2012) Convener of session 3.4.1 “Politics and
practice in environmental management: lessons and new challenges” at
From Knowledge to Action: International Polar Year Conference, Montreal,
Canada.
Nilsson, A.E. and Wormbs, N. (24 April 2012) “When the ice brakes: media
and the science and politics of climate change” presented in session 3.4.1
at From Knowledge to Action: International Polar Year Conference, Montreal,
Canada.
Roberts, P. and van der Watt, L.M. (27 January 2011) “Bouvet Island and the
limits of Cold War science” presented at the conference Exploring Ice and Snow
in the Cold War, Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany.
Roberts, P. (5 November 2011) “Hans Pettersson and the politics of Cold
War patronage” presented at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting,
Cleveland, USA.
Roberts, P. (26 January 2012) “Assessing Arctic futures: voices, resources, and
governance” presented in “Arctic futures: workshop on future studies related to
the Arctic” at Arctic Frontiers: Energies of the High North, Tromsø, Norway.
Roberts, P., Strey-Mellema, S. et al. (22-27 April 2012) “Interdisciplinary
assessment of the near-term future Arctic through 2030” poster presentation
at From Knowledge to Action: International Polar Year Conference, Montreal,
Canada.
Sörlin, S. (27 January 2011) Keynote address “The science of ice and snow
during the Cold War” presented at the conference Exploring Ice and Snow in
the Cold War, Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany.
Sörlin, S. (30 June 2011) “Governance of common pool resources,” session
chair at the 6th Conference of the European Society for Environmental
History, Turku, Finland.
Sörlin, S. (11 August 2011) “Finns det en svensk politik för Arktis” [Is
there a Swedish Arctic policy], presented in a special session on Nordic
nations and the Arctic at the 27th Conference of Nordic Historians, Tromsø,
Norway.
Wormbs N. (5 November 2011) session chair for the panel “All at sea
Oceanography and geopolitics in the twentieth century” at the History of
Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, USA.
Upcoming presentations
Avango, D., Lajus, J., Nilsson, A.E., Roberts, P. and Wormbs, N. (4-7 October
2012) Round-table panel: “The history of technology and Arctic futures”
submission (in review) for the annual meeting of the Society for the History of
Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lajus, J. and Sörlin, S. (4-7 October 2012) “Technologies of Observation
and Exploration of Icy Waters and Lands in the Context of ”Arctic Warming”
in the 1930s” to be presented in the session ”Technology on Ice: Geopolitics,
Environmental Knowledge, and Northern Ambitions, 1900-2012” at the annual
meeting of the Society for the History of Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Roberts, P. (27-29 June 2012) “Nordic oceanographers in a time of change:
Hans Pettersson and Anton Bruun” to be presented at the conference Cold War/
Blue Planet: the rise of the environmental sciences in an age of geopolitical
tensions, University of Manchester, UK.
Roberts, P. and Senatore, X. (14-19 July 2012) Conveners of the session
“Voicing silences in Antarctic history” to be held at the Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research Open Science Conference, Portland, USA.
Roberts, P. (14-19 July 2012) “Who discovered Antarctica: Antarctic history
as geopolitics” to be presented at the session ”Voicing silences in Antarctic
history” Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference,
Portland USA.
Sörlin, S. (27-29 June 2012) “The construction of the Kiruna observatory for the
International Geophysical Year, 1957-58” to be presented at the conference
Cold War/Blue Planet: the rise of the environmental sciences in an age of
geopolitical tensions, University of Manchester, UK.
Arctic Futures: Managing Competition
and Promoting Cooperation
Publications
Peng, J. (2011) “What is China doing in the Arctic,” Baltic Rim Economies,
No. 4, p.28. http://www.tse.fi/FI/yksikot/erillislaitokset/pei/Documents/BRE2011/
BREArctic%2030.11.2011.pdf
Wezeman, S. (2012) “Military Capabilities in the Arctic,” SIPRI Background
Paper, March.
Bergh, K. and Oldberg, I. (2011) “The New Arctic: Building Cooperation in the
Face of Emerging Challenges,” SIPRI Conference Report, 26 April. http://www.
sipri.org/research/security/arctic/arcticpublications/conference-paper-26-april
Bergh, K. (2011) ”Arktis Kräver Brett Samarbete,” Folk och Försvar, 14
June. http://www.folkochforsvar.se/index.php/debatt_reader/items/kristoferbergh-pa-sipri-arktis-kraever-brett-samarbete.html
Bergh, K. (2011) “Arctic cooperation must become more inclusive,” Essay
(published in July-August issue of SIPRI Newsletter). http://www.sipri.org/
media/newsletter/essay/julyaugust11
Bergh, K. (2011) ”Sveriges Exkluderande Attityd Ökar Spänningarna i
Arktis,” SVT Debatt, 10 November.