Mistra Arctic Futures Annual Report 2011 (pdf)

ARCTIC GAMES
Interactive development and application of a transdisciplinary framework
for sustainable governance options of Arctic natural resources
The aim of the Arctic Games project is to support
decision-making by developing an analytical framework
for identifying sustainable options for governing
the utilization of natural resources in the Arctic.
The framework integrates game theory, studies of
environmental governance, economic valuation of
ecosystem services and cost-benefit analysis.
CONTACT:
Tore Söderqvist, Enveco, project leader:
tore@enveco.se
Scott Cole, EnviroEconomics Sweden, deputy project leader:
scott@eesweden.com
1. Introduction
This report forms the basis for the mid-term evaluation of
the research programme Mistra Arctic Futures in a Global
Context regarding Arctic Games, one of the five projects in the
programme running from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013.
Arctic Games research is being carried out by an international
team possessing expertise in different social-science specialities,
including economics, game theory and sociology. The aim is to
develop and apply a transdisciplinary framework for identifying
sustainable options for governing the utilization of natural
resources in the Arctic. The project contributes to building
capacity to perform social-science research on Arctic issues, by
co-funding four PhD students and a number of researchers for
which the Arctic has not previously been in focus. The research
team is presented in Table 1, and can be seen on page 8 at
windy Unstad in Lofoten, Norway, 8 March 2012. Detailed
presentations of each team member are found in the Project
Plan that was approved by Mistra in May 2011 (deliverable #0;
see Table 2 for all deliverables indicated by “#”).
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