The articles of the new issue touch upon social sustainability in the Barents Region from different viewpoints.

– An emphasis on social sustainability is the only way to realize sustainable development. Increasing interest in social sustainability is a trend of the last decade, in contrast to the times when more attention was paid to the environmental or economic aspects of sustainable development, says editor-in-chief for the issue Larissa Riabova. She is the Head of Department of Social Policy in the North, the Luzin Institute for Economic Studies of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The journal has circulating editorship. First issue was under the responsibility of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and Barents Institute. UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, will be in charge of the third issue. In addition to the academic issues of the journal, there will be one popularized supplement issue published this year.

The journal was established in a cooperation project by three research institutions and it is funded by the EU Kolarctic ENPI CBC Programme which promotes cross-border cooperation between the countries in the North Calotte and northwest Russia.

The new issue is published in printed as well as in electronic format and it is free of charge. Access to the electronic version of the journal: www.barentsinfo.org/barentsstudies

More information:
Monica Tennberg
Research Professor, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
+358 400 192 005
Monica.Tennberg(at)ulapland.fi

Marjo Lindroth
Project coordinator, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
+358 40 484 4028
marjo.lindroth(at)ulapland.fi

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