Doctor Nadezhda Filimonova, Postdoctoral Researcher at Arctic Center, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi (Finland) is curently visiting scholar within the framework of the Franco-Finnish mobility Programme Maupertuis at MIARC.
Filimonova completed her PhD in Global Governance and Human Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She also graduated from Uppsala University with a master’s in international relations and political science. Filimonova has received numerous fellowships and grants and is an author of multiple publications. She has taught international relations, Arctic studies, and public communication classes. Her current research explores environmental governance and urban sustainability in the Arctic.
Description of her project:
How can France and Finland contribute to bridging knowledge gaps in Arctic studies through bilateral efforts, especially now that international collaboration has been disrupted following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? The disruption of international cooperative research in the Arctic is highly concerning, given that climate change is impacting the Arctic at a rate four times faster than in other parts of the world. Meanwhile, Arctic residents and Indigenous communities are already facing the impacts of climate change on their livelihoods and critical infrastructure, compounded by socio-economic difficulties resulting from political and economic shifts occurring both globally and nationally. France and Finland have released Arctic strategies highlighting the pressing impacts of climate change on the region. Countries have also acknowledged that global issues like climate change cross national borders, affecting everyone, and require collaborative actions to address them. Given the urgency of the problem and present constraints on pan-Arctic cooperation, the question of alternative ways to foster collaboration in the polar region becomes increasingly important. This project addresses the question by promoting research cooperation between emerging scholars in France and Finland. In particular, the mobility project lays a foundation for research projects funded and joint peer-reviewed publications produced by emerging scholars, focusing on the complexities of sustainable development in the Arctic. By generating new scientific data and knowledge, this project supports the collaborative research initiatives between France and Finland aimed at tackling the impacts of climate change in the Arctic, which may also be relevant to environmentally sensitive regions globally.
Filimonova will give a lecture: “Pathways to Urban Sustainability in the Arctic” within the Erasmus + BIP: “Knowledge from the Arctic in the past and present - collecting and (co)-constructing cultural continuity and change” at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
