The Arctic Yearbook 2015 contains 19 scientific articles as well as 16 commentaries and seven short articles dealing with Arctic governance and governing.

"Regarding the Arctic region, it would be hard to find a theme more important and topical than this. The articles address governance extensively and highlight new perspectives at the local, international, and global levels," notes Professor Heininen.

The Arctic Yearbook is an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online publication. It comes out once a year, focusing on Arctic politics, geopolitics, security, cooperation, and governance as well as on the development of Northern regions. The book is intended for all types of readers: researchers, students, politicians, and anyone else interested in the topic. It can be obtained online at www.arcticyearbook.com.

Since its first publication in 2012, the Arctic Yearbook has contained peer-reviewed scientific articles and political commentaries. It is published by the joint thematic network of geopolitics and security of the Northern Research Forum and the University of the Arctic.

The members of the international editorial board are Professor Alyson Bailes (Scotland), Professor Lawson W. Brigham (Alaska), Professor Gail Fondahl (Canada), President of the Republic of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, former Ambassador Hannu Halinen (Finland), Dr. Steven E. Miller (United States), and Director Alexander Pelyasov (Russia). The editor-in-chief is Professor Lassi Heininen from the University of Lapland and the managing editors are Heather Exner-Pirot from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and Joël Plouffe from the National School of Public Administration (ENAP) (Canada). The Arctic Yearbook is designed and hosted by the Arctic Portal (Iceland).


More information:

Professor Lassi Heininen
University of Lapland
Tel. +358 40 484 4215
lassi.heininen (at) ulapland.fi

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