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Expert list: Greenland and the Arctic

Greenland and the Arctic are entering a defining moment, shaped by melting ice, rising geopolitical tension and accelerating global interest. This expert list brings together Aalborg University researchers who offer sharp insight into the social, economic and cultural developments transforming the region today

Expert list: Greenland and the Arctic

Greenland and the Arctic are entering a defining moment, shaped by melting ice, rising geopolitical tension and accelerating global interest. This expert list brings together Aalborg University researchers who offer sharp insight into the social, economic and cultural developments transforming the region today

Laust Høgedahl

Greenland's economy and labor markets in the context of the transformative impacts of climate change and increased international attention; the functions and dynamics of Greenland's labor economy; challenges related to melting ice and internationalization

Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Society
Email: hogedahl@dps.aau.dk 
Phone: +45 9940 8178 
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Jesper Willaing Zeuthen

China-Greenland relations, Greenland's natural resources, security policy concerning China-Denmark-Greenland-USA relations

Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Society
Email: zeuthen@dps.aau.dk   
Phone: +45 9940 9202
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Carina Ren

Greenland, Nordic Arctic, Arctic tourism, innovation and entrepreneurship, climate change, Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, sustainable development in the Arctic

Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Email: ren@ikl.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 8445, +45 3028 2797
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Mette Simonsen Abildgaard

Culture, technology, infrastructure, telecommunications, technological history, media history

Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Email: msab@ikl.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 9955
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Julia Zhukova Klausen

Arctic affairs and relations, national identity, intercultural relations, discourse, media and social media, political communication

Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Email: juliazk@ikl.aau.dk    
Phone: +45 9940 9802
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Anne Merrild Hansen

Extractive industries, social and environmental impact assessments

Professor and Head of Department, Department of Sustainability and Planning
Email: merrild@plan.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 3737
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Robert C. Thomsen

Politics, Culture, and Social Issues in Greenland, National Identity, Inuit, and Independence Movements in Greenland and Canada, Arctic Winter Games

Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Learning
Email: thomsen@ikl.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 9131
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Birgit Feldtmann

Greenlandic criminal law, law enforcement in Greenlandic waters

Professor, Department of Law
Email: bfe@law.aau.dk   
Phone: +45 2437 7806
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Rikke Becker Jacobsen

Sustainability policy, fisheries, climate change, coastal communities, Greenland and Arctic studies

Associate Professor, Department of Sustainability and Planning
Email: rbj@plan.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9356 2348
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Mette Rømer

Social work

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work
Email: romer@socsci.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 8125
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Lars Stig Andersen

Health and well-being among the Greenlandic population


Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine
Email: stiga@dcm.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9766 4182, +45 2720 6016
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Poul Alberg Østergaard

Renewable energy planning

Professor, Department of Sustainability and Planning
Email: poul@plan.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 9940 8424, +45 9356 2370
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Simon Bahrndorff


Biology, physiology, ecology, adaptation, global change biology


Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience
Email: sba@bio.aau.dk   
Phone: +45 9940 3615
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Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen


Climate change, sustainability, resource use and management, human-environment relations, Greenlandic culture and society (including technology and infrastructure)


Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Learning
Email: aoan@ikl.aau.dk  
Phone: +45 6196 7282, +45 9940 7440
Research profile

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