Hear about Charlotta Hilli's experience doing research on distance education in Sweden and the effort to make quality education accessible to people in rural and isolated locations.
WiAA Blog
Sophie Watson
I am a postdoctoral researcher Researcher at Cardiff University in the UK. Throughout my PhD I worked closely with the Fondazione Edmund Mach, the USGS, McGill University and Université de Moncton. My project investigated how the gut microbiota diversity and composition of Arctic species such as polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and wolverines (Gulo gulo) are … Continue reading Sophie Watson
Corine Wood-Donnelly
I am an interdisciplinary researcher in social sciences. My research is at the intersection of political geography and international relations theory. My research is motivated by questions of sovereignty and how legitimacy in territorial order evolves over time. I am especially interested in issues of vertical sovereignty, resource sovereignty and the mechanisms used by states … Continue reading Corine Wood-Donnelly
Alla Pozdnakova
I am a Professor of Law at the University of Oslo, Norway. I come from Latvia where I took law degree at the University of Latvia (1994-1999) and LLM in European and International Law at the Riga Graduate School of Law (1999-2001). I am member of the multi-disciplinary Northern Areas Committee at the University of … Continue reading Alla Pozdnakova
A Conversation with Maria Ackrén
I have had the pleasure to know Maria Ackrén for a number of years. While in Nuuk, Greenland for the Royal Danish Defence College Conference, I had an opportunity observe her fantastic conference presentation on the Arctic Council. Afterward, we had a chance to sit down in her office and briefly talk about her research, … Continue reading A Conversation with Maria Ackrén

