2505.17 - Arctic Circle Science Diplomacy in Practice

2505.17

Arctic Circle Science Diplomacy in Practice

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At the end of the course the students will be able to: • Describe, analyse and discuss different approaches to science diplomacy in theory and practice specifically in relation to the Arctic. • Describe, discuss, and apply an engaged scholarship methodology. • Demonstrate skills in taking field notes presented as a field diary. • Present academic reflections about own dialogue with other Arctic Circle participants.

This course will offer Faroese, Greenlandic, and Danish students a reflexive, critical, and practical understanding of science diplomacy in the Arctic. The course takes place in connection with Arctic Circle (Reykjavik, Iceland) and will focus on current Arctic challenges from Faroese, Greenlandic, and Danish perspectives. Students (master and PhD) will engage with Arctic Circle participants to discuss these challenges and together with course organisers students will discuss and reflect upon science diplomacy in practice.

This course will offer Faroese, Greenlandic, and Danish students a reflexive, critical, and practical understanding of science diplomacy in the Arctic. The course takes place in connection with Arctic Circle (Reykjavik, Iceland) and will focus on current Arctic challenges from Faroese, Greenlandic, and Danish perspectives. Students (master and PhD) will engage with Arctic Circle participants to discuss these challenges and together with course organisers students will discuss and reflect upon science diplomacy in practice.

Students are expected to have read all course material and have prepared a short presentation (with or without poster) before the course (workload 50 hours). The course is based on 6 hours of teaching and discussions, and 20 hours of active participation. Teaching will introduce different theories and approaches to science diplomacy and engaged scholarship, and will be used to reflect upon and engage participants Arctic Circle. Engaged scholarship is an approach, where the scholar(s) and stakeholders through dialogue co-produce new knowledge about problems and solutions and thus driving new types of research questions and policy analyses. Students will write a field diary (workload 6 hours) during the workshop and an essay (workload 56 hours) following the workshop.

At the end of the course the students will be able to: • Describe, analyse and discuss different approaches to science diplomacy in theory and practice specifically in relation to the Arctic. • Describe, discuss, and apply an engaged scholarship methodology. • Demonstrate skills in taking field notes presented as a field diary. • Present academic reflections about own dialogue with other Arctic Circle participants.

Students will be assessed based on two products: 1) a field diary (25 %), and 2) an essay about science diplomacy in the Arctic, up to 5.000 words (75 %). Both should reflect active participation in Arctic Circle.

Internal

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500 pages research literature in English. Empirical material presented and discussed at Arctic Circle.

Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær