• Experience of Norwegian-Russian cooperation in the field of education at the University of Tromsø - Arctic University of Norway Campus Alta and Kirkenes 

      Haugseth, Peter; Wråkberg, Urban (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2021)
      The leader and a developer of the Bachelor of Northern Studies (BNS) present this English language, online, interdisciplinary university course program in social sciences and the humanities. BNS is today part of the multi-campus UiT Arctic University of Norway output of higher education. An overview of BNS is given, noticing its 2010 origin in the University of the Arctic initiative, and the challenges ...
    • High North scenarios and subnational realities: policies and practices in the Norwegian/Russian border zone 

      Haugseth, Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      As the world was becoming more interdependent, with increased global awareness of the north-ernmost parts of the world, both the Norwegian and Russian governments showed more political commit-ment to and interest in new forms of region-building and development in the High North from 2006 and onwards. Today, more than ten years later, many regional changes are evident in the Norwegian-Russian border ...
    • Tracks across the Tundra: Making a Living from Nature in the Borderland of the Russian Northwest 

      Wråkberg, Urban; Haugseth, Peter (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-07-12)
      By drawing on our experiences from living in this part of the world and by comparing developments on each side of the Norwegian-Russian border, we apply a broad contextual and place-oriented approach to study this subarctic borderland. We ask what characterizes the differences found when comparing Soviet industrialization and contemporary developments to akin or related processes elsewhere in the ...