Connecting Energy Transitions Across the Arctic
- Title: Connecting Energy Transitions Across the Arctic
- Researchers: Elena Adasheva, a PhD Candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University, USA; Róisín Kennelly, a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK; and Kaylia Little, a PhD Candidate in Sustainability Management at the University of Waterloo, Canada
- Fieldwork locations: Tiksi (Northern Siberia, Russian Federation), Iqaluit (Nunavut, Canada), and the Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Fieldwork: 2021-2024
- Supported by: UArctic
Academy for Sustainability, Arctic Frontiers 2024
May 22-26, 2023. The collaborative project, titled “Connecting Energy Transitions Across the Arctic, ” was initiated during the UArctic Academy for Sustainability, held at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, in May 2023. The Academy’s 2023 theme focused on “Just Energy Transitions, Indigenous Rights, and Stakeholder Engagement in the Arctic: Canadian Experiences and Perspectives.” This initiative was supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and organized through the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility.
This collaboration brings together three early-career researchers: Elena Adasheva, a PhD Candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology at Yale University, USA; Róisín Kennelly, a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK; and Kaylia Little, a PhD Candidate in Sustainability Management at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Based on fieldwork in three Arctic regions—Tiksi (Northern Siberia), Iqaluit (Nunavut), and the Faroe Islands—this project provides a fertile ground for collaborative thinking on the challenges and opportunities within the Arctic energy transition.
October 11, 2023. The UArctic Academy for Sustainability shared some initial ideas about our collaborative project on their blog.
January 29, 2024. Kaylia Little presented the progress of our project at the Arctic Frontiers 2024 conference, within Session 5: Smart Artic Cities: Health, Wellbeing, Air Quality and Energy Needs.
March 11, 2024. Dr. Giuseppe Amatulli, a Postdoctoral Fellow at at the School of Public Policy & Administration at Carleton University in Canada, has invited our team of three PhD researchers to present as guest lecturers for his undergraduate course CDNS 2302/INDG 2302 Land, Water, Capitalism. We conducted a 45-minute presentation for undergraduate students. Our talk was centered around the anthropology and ethnography of energy. We shared insights from our three research projects in three field sites, focusing on energy transitions in the Arctic. The lecture was followed by an engaging Q& A session, featuring insightful questions from the students.
