Mistra Arctic Futures in a Global Context
Mistra invites Swedish research groups to submit project proposals for research on the Arctic, with specific reference to geopolitical, economic and technological conditions in an environmental perspective.
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VisionThe vision is to contribute to sustainable development in the Arctic by providing essential scientific information to institutions, decision-makers and people in the North.Scientific issues
The Arctic is rapidly emerging as a major hub of world politics. Sweden is one of the Arctic Council’s eight Member States (but not in the group of five Arctic coastal nations), a Spitsbergen Treaty signatory, and in the EU (with its interest in the Northern Dimension). Sweden thus has a special position, and it calls for a solid knowledge base and ample support for political decision.
Today, we face major challenges. From a global perspective, we must ensure that the process of change is politically and ecologically viable. Several fundamental trends can be observed, all pointing at increased accessibility and allowing expanded human activity in the Arctic. Such a future scenario will include:
- An ice-free Arctic global warming
- Technological advances in resource extraction, communication and transportation
- Increasing global scarcity of vital natural resources
- Legal and geopolitical conditions.
The present call focuses on the socioeconomic and political aspects of the work and on its global linkages. These areas lie in relatively uncharted research territory.
The Mistra background paper “the Arctic Futures in a Global Context” gives a more detailed account of the scope of this call and the Arctic research required.
Mistra’s way
This call is for project proposals within the Mistra Arctic Futures in a Global Context research programme. Three to five projects are expected to be supported for three years with a programme budget of up to SEK 30 million. Project proposals must be received by Mistra not later than 4.00 pm on 9 August 2010. Read more in the “How to apply for Arctic Futures projects”.
