Book “Unconventional aspects of human security in the Arctic: Cases from the Barents Region” is now published
As part of the HuSArctic project, a book consisting of contributions from its mid-term conference held in the year 2017, has now been published by the University of Lapland, within Juridica Lapponica series. The book is edited by Kamrul Hossain (Lead of UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law) and Anna Petretei from the Northern Institute of Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland. This volume constitutes a supplement to the main contribution of the HuSArctic research project, book titled “Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic“.
The book “Unconventional aspects of human security in the Arctic” elaborates on the multiple vulnerabilities and threads facing the Arctic population, with a specific reference to the Barents region from the viewpoint of human and social security. The topics expressed in the volume are of those of the individual authors of each chapter. The topics cover: the analysis of legal pluralism in relation to indigenous peoples’ rights; risks of small and mid-sized entrepreneurs in the Russian North; digitalization and information sharing within the human security framework and finally the last chapter of the book addresses the food security challenges in the Komi Republic in the Russian North.
More information about the book can be found at: https://lacris.ulapland.fi/en/publications/unconventional-aspects-of-human-security-in-the-arctic(b0461c87-8855-4f47-ab32-e009aad4a352).html