Past Activities

  • Planning and creation of a multi-disciplinary PhD Summer School, 2021.
  • Publication of a collection of articles on Regional Development in the Arctic in Asia and Asia in the Arctic in a peer-reviewed journal or an anthology in a NSD-ranked publishing house. 2021.
  • A Seminar on The Arctic in Asia and Asian in the Arctic: China in Focus with the Barentsspektakel Festival on “Chinatown”, 13 February 2019
  • Application for funding to establish an UArctic Thematic Network on The Arctic in Asia and Asian in the Arctic, April 2019
  • Application to the UArctic to establish an UArctic Thematic Network on The Arctic in Asia and Asian in the Arctic, April 2019
  • Presented the application to to establish a Thematic Network on The Arctic in Asia and Asian in the Arctic to the UArctic 2019 meeting, September 2019
  • Organised an international conference on The Arctic in Asia and Asia in the Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges, in Kirkenes, 2-3 October 2019.
  • Planning meeting towards the creation of a PhD course on The Arctic in Asia and Asia in the Arctic with partners from the Republic of Korea, Japan, Finland, and Norway.
  • International Water Association (IWA) – Asia Pacific Regional Group (ASPIRE) Conference, Hong Kong. Espiritu presented a coference paper entitled “Negotiating water as a resource: the benefit-sharing dynamics of managing hydropower in a triborder region in the European Arctic.”, 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2019