The Russian Federation recently assumed lea
dership of the Arctic Council, which it will chair from
2021 to 2023.
The Arctic agenda is enormous and world interest in the region is great, s
o Russia will
be engaged with issues ranging from natural resource ma
nagement, trade, and commerce to climate
change, ecology, and sustain
able development. The impact of climate change on natural development
and human activity in the Arctic region is of critical and global scale im
portance and is worthy of
international cooperative effort to address
. Yet, the attention this issue receives is affected by
competition b
etween states and multinational corporations, with negative outcomes reflec
ted upon
indigenous culture, languages, and quality of life across th
e region.
In this context, U.S. Embassy Moscow, the Fulbright Program in Russia, and Institute of
International Educati
on in Moscow will organize a two-day international Seminar focusin
g on
ecological, social, economic, and political development in the A
rctic with the intention of furthering
international collaborative re
search for improving quality of life and furthering international
coo
peration, while supporting a sustainable ecological environment in the regi
on.
The main aim of the Fulbright International Arctic
Seminar will be to share research and provide
a forum for di
scussion to enhance international scientific and educational projects and t
o consolidate
research in the Arctic countries. Within this Seminar,
we intend to establish new scientific contacts
and strengthen existin
g cooperation in the field of the Arctic development.
We cordially invite you to attend the Fu
lbright International Arctic Seminar to be held on March <
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19-20, 2021 (online) in Moscow at the Fulbri
ght Program in Russia.
The main items to be discussed d
uring the Seminar at the thematic round tables are as
• Climate Change, Ecology, an
d the Arctic Environment
• Social Development and Human Health in the
Arctic Environment
• Economics and Politics of Arctic Resource Distr
ibution
Call for applications and abstracts:
Recom
mended length of each presentation is 10-15 minutes.
Applicants are i
nvited to submit an abstract in English with a brief C.V. (MS word, 12 poin
ts; abstract
limited to 500 words) while submitting the registration form
or fill in the form and send it together
with
the abstract by e-mail to Ksenia Shomnikova (This email address is being protected from spambots. Yo
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