Past Activities

  • Nord University Summer School & Course "Sustainable Blue Growth in the High North".
    • The one-week intensive course uncovers a sustainable blue economy in the context of Northern Norway. The course is activity-based with company visits and field trips to provide insights into how regional marine and maritime-related industries achieve blue growth in balance with environmental sustainability and for the benefit of local communities.
      In 2025, the course gathered 19 students from different countries such as China, Japan, the US, Germany, Poland, Turkey and many others. Read the news about the summer school & course here.
  • Navigating the Blue Economy Concept: Lessons from Fisheries and Aquaculture Governance in Alaska and Northern Norway
    • Tsiouvalas, A., Raspotnik, A., & Rottem, S. V. (2025). Navigating the blue economy concept: Lessons from fisheries and aquaculture governance in Alaska and Northern Norway. In W. L. Filho et al. (Eds.), Handbook of sustainable blue economy (pp. 1–18). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32671-4_33-1
  • Discussing the Arctic's Value: The Blue Economy and the Arctic
    • Dr. Andreas Raspotnik's academic presentation at the 11th Korea Arctic Academy,  Discussing the Arctic's Value: The Blue Economy and the Arctic, Busan (online).
  • BlueConnect: An Ocean Economy Collaboration Platform for Arctic Communities
    • Project proposal "BlueConnect: An Ocean Economy Collaboration Platform for Arctic Communities" for the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council. This project was endorsed by the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group. This initiative will bring Arctic communities together to share knowledge and promote sustainable ocean economy development across borders.
  • The Blue Economy and the Arctic, a side-event at High North Dialogue 2023 conference, 18 April 2023;
  • From AlaskaNor to ArcBlue - Fisheries and Aquaculture from Alaska via North Norway to Northwest Russia,  a side-event at the High North Dialogue 2022 conference;
  • From Blue to Smart Research Collaboration between Norway and the United States, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC, 26 September 2022;
  • Diverse blue economies in the Arctic - how to define and discuss? break-out session on the Blue Economy concept at the Arctic Circle Conference 2022.

 

Back to main Thematic Network Page

Related