Organized: Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center, Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) III – Arctic Governance Research Group, Asia Arctic Network for Research and Education, UArctic Thematic Network for Asia in the Arctic, Arctic in Asia.

Date and time: (Fri) 4 July 2025, 12:00-14:00

Venue: Hokkaido University, Institute for Integrated Innovations (next to Arctic Research Center) Seminar room C, 4th floor

Format and Language: Hybrid (Google Meet), English
(https://meet.google.com/sax sax-yohryohr-ocx)

Fee & registration: Free of charge, no registration

Seminar poster

Program:

12:00-12:10 Juha Saunavaara (Hokkaido University): Asia and the Arctic: A brief overview of recent developments, new projects and research collaboration frameworks

12:10-12:30 Kamrul Hossain (University of Lapland): Relationship between the Arctic and the Third Pole

12:30-12:50 Martin Kossa (Nord University): China and the Arctic

12:50-13:10 Marina Lomaeva, Artem Suslov (Hokkaido University): Russia's turn to Asia in the Arctic after starting the invasion of Ukraine

13:10-13:30 Edward Rhys Jones (University of Oxford): Framing Japan's Arctic Science Diplomacy as Foreign Policy Practice

13:30-14:00 Discussion