Dr. Jessica Shadian Political Science and International Relations Senior Researcher

1. Dr. Jessica ShadianPolitical Science and International RelationsSenior Researcher High North Center for Business and Governance Bodø Graduate School for Business U. of Nordland, Norwayjessica.shadian@uin.no

2. Rovaniemi, Finland Bodo, Norway Tromso, Norway Murmansk, Russia

3. Objectives: • To promote and stimulate international cooperationand to increase the participation of social scientists in national and international Arctic research • To promote communication and coordination with other research organizations • To promote the active collection, exchange, dissemination, and archiving of scientific information in the Arctic social sciences • To promote mutual respect, communication, and collaboration between social scientists and northern people • To facilitate culturally, developmentally, and linguistically appropriate education in the North • To follow the IASSA statement of ethical principles for the conduct of research in the Arctic

4. and • Arctic Human Development Report I (AHDR I) • Arctic Human Development Report II (AHDR II) • Arctic Social Indicators I (ASI) • Arctic Social Indicators II (ASI II) • Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) • Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)

6. BOREAS Histories from the North: Environments, Movements, Narratives

7. Trilateral MOU