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dc.contributor.advisorRogatchevski, Andrei
dc.contributor.authorWæhler, Turid Austin
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:25:28Z
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-26
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this thesis is to explore Norwegian and Russian approaches to healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness on Svalbard and to examine potential effects from a closer cooperation. The methods were interdisciplinary. A systematic review was performed to assess studies about health on Svalbard (article 1). Thereafter, a literary analysis explored concepts of health and illness in Norwegian and Russian fiction (article 2). Finally, through a semi-structured interview study, Norwegian and Russian stakeholders were questioned about approaches to and potential for cooperation in healthcare and emergency preparedness (article 3). Overall, the findings show no evidence of an increased risk for specific diseases on Svalbard but indicate particular challenges in terms of local fauna and occupational health. Examples include a small possibility of being attacked by polar bears and an increased risk of mining- and snowmobile accidents. The health challenges on Svalbard are otherwise comparable to mainland Norway. Furthermore, the findings show that Norway and Russia experience roughly the same challenges related to healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness, and that there is a certain level of cooperation between the countries in these fields. Factors such as existing relations and communication systems facilitate further cooperation, while different systems for healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness and differences in language and culture are potential obstacles. Expanding cooperation between the countries is considered to entail positive effects. However, the war in Ukraine and consequent EU sanctions against Russia are substantial obstacles to extended cooperation between Norway and Russia on Svalbard.en_US
dc.description.abstractMålet med denne avhandlingen er å utforske norsk og russisk tilnærming til helsetjenester og beredskap på Svalbard, og å undersøke mulige effekter av tettere transnasjonalt samarbeid på disse områdene. For å oppnå dette målet, er tverrfaglige metoder benyttet. En systematisk litteraturgjennomgang ble utført for å kartlegge vitenskapelige studier om helse på Svalbard (artikkel 1). En litteraturanalyse utforsket begrepene helse og sykdom i fiksjonsskildringer med handling lagt til Svalbard (artikkel 2). I en semistrukturert intervjustudie ble norske og russiske aktører utspurt om tilnærminger til og muligheter for samarbeid innen helse og beredskap på Svalbard (artikkel 3). Resultatene viser samlet sett at det ikke er økt risiko for spesifikke sykdommer på Svalbard. Samtidig medfører Svalbards geografiske beliggenhet enkelte helseutfordringer knyttet til fauna og yrkesliv. Det er for eksempel en liten mulighet for å bli angrepet av isbjørn og risiko for gruve- og snøscooterulykker. Helseutfordringene på Svalbard er ellers sammenlignbare med fastlands-Norge. Videre viser funnene at Norge og Russland opplever omtrent de samme utfordringene knyttet til helse og beredskap på Svalbard, og at det finnes endel samarbeid mellom landene på disse områdene. Faktorer som eksisterende relasjoner og systemer for kommunikasjon fasiliterer videre samarbeid, mens ulike helse- og beredskapssystemer og forskjeller i språk og kultur kan være til hinder. Utvidelse av samarbeid på tvers av nasjonene kan gi positive effekter. Imidlertid er krigen i Ukraina og medfølgende EU-sanksjoner mot Russland substansielle hindringer for helse- og beredskapssamarbeid mellom Norge og Russland.en_US
dc.description.abstractЦель данной диссертации – исследовать норвежские и российские подходы к оказанию медицинской помощи и обеспечению готовности к чрезвычайным ситуациям на Шпицбергене, а также обсудить возможные последствия более близкого сотрудничества. Методы были междисциплинарными. Осуществлен систематический обзор научных статей о здравоохранении на Шпицбергене (статья 1). Историко-литературный анализ был сосредоточен на освещении представлений о здоровье и болезни в норвежской и советской художественной литературе о Шпицбергене (статья 2). Проведены полуструктурированные интервью c норвежскими и российскими респондентами, чтобы осветить возможности сотрудничества в сферах здравоохранения и обеспечения готовности к чрезвычайным ситуациям (статья 3). Систематический обзор не выявил доказательств повышенного риска или распространенности определенных заболеваний на Шпицбергене. Историко-литературный анализ показал, что практически одни и те же проблемы со здоровьем были актуальны как для советских, так и для норвежских жителей Шпицбергена в 1950-е годы и что географическое положение Шпицбергена оказывает известное влияние на здоровье жителей архипелага. Результаты последней статьи демонстрируют, что существуют и предпосылки, и препятствия для дальнейшего сотрудничества в области оказания медицинской помощи и обеспечения готовности к чрезвычайным ситуациям, и что такое сотрудничество может принести дополнительные преимущества, если оно будет расширено. Риски для здоровья на Шпицбергене представляются такими же, как и в материковой части Норвегии. Есть как сходства, так и различия в том, как Норвегия и Россия подходят к этим рискам. Сотрудничество двух стран в оказании медицинской помощи и обеспечении готовности к чрезвычайным ситуациям работает достаточно хорошо, но может принести дополнительные преимущества, если его развивать. Война в Украине и международные санкции против России являются главными препятствиями для любого сотрудничества на Шпицбергене в ближайшем обозримом будущем.en_US
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dc.description.popularabstractCold cooperation in colder climates – How Norway and Russia still cooperates on Svalbard - and why it matters While relations between the West and Russia are the worst since the cold war - one place cooperation between Russia and the West still exist, namely on Svalbard. Halfway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole, lies the archipelago where Norway and Russia cooperate in emergency preparedness and healthcare delivery. A new doctoral thesis from UiT The Arctic University of Norway explores: • In what way further cooperation between Norway and Russia about healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness could be beneficial for the population of Svalbard. • How the war in Ukraine and subsequent EU sanctions against Russia are substantial obstacles for development of cooperation between Norway and Russia. • How cooperation between Norway and Russia on practical issues might contribute to peace between Russia and the West. Doctoral candidate Turid Austin Wæhler has interviewed both Norwegian and Russian stakeholders: “Both Norwegian and Russian stakeholders agree that cooperation about healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness is beneficial for people on Svalbard.”, Turid says. She continues: “Although cooperation between East and West for obvious reasons is touchy these days, it is important to keep in mind that the benefits from developing structures and relations within healthcare and emergency preparedness are too imperative to bypass without further discussion. Also, it is important to remember that Russia and the West at one point, when the war is over, will need to resume cooperation. This cooperation will be much more solid and faster to resume if certain relations and structures are already in place. Cooperating on practical matters, such as healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness, may thus be a small but important piece of the puzzle to secure a framework for peace between Russia and the West.”, she ends. Turid Austin Wæhler (b. 1985) holds two master’s degrees. One in Russian and East European Studies from Glasgow University and one master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation from UiT - the Arctic University of Norway. Before starting this PhD project, she has worked with international cooperation between Norway and the former Soviet Union countries Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, both through academic work at UiT, the Norwegian Seafood Council and for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs She is also engaged as a global health advisor in the Norwegian Research School of Global Health and has been a guest researcher at School of Global Health at Copenhagen University and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. Supervisors are professor Andrei Rogatchevski and professor Tor Ingebrigtsen, both from UiT.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorges forskningsråd, tildelingsnummer 284395.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32312
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.relation.haspart<p>Paper 1: Wæhler, T.A. & Ingebrigtsen, T. (2022). Health risks, emergency preparedness and Norwegian-Russian cooperation on Svalbard. A systematic review. <i>International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81</i>(1), 2049055. Also available in Munin at <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26745>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26745</a>. <p>Paper 2: Wæhler, T.A. (2022). Health Through the Space Lens: Fictional Representations of Health and Illness in Svalbard’s Mining Towns in the 1950s. <i>Poljarnyj vestnik: Norwegian Journal of Slavic Studies, 25</i>(1), 51-71. Also available in Munin at <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26746> https://hdl.handle.net/10037/26746</a>. <p>Paper 3: Wæhler, T.A. (2023). Arctic cooperation between Norway and Russia in healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness on Svalbard: Barriers and facilitators. <i>Polar Geography, 46</i>(4), 171-189. Also available in Munin at <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32311>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32311</a>.en_US
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dc.subjectSlavisk kulturvitenskapen_US
dc.titleHealthcare Delivery and Emergency Preparedness on Svalbard: A Study of Norwegian and Russian Practices and Cooperationen_US
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen_US
dc.typeDoktorgradsavhandlingen_US


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