The Centre for Doctoral Studies

Rachael Lorna Johnstone

Research Director
460 8666 She

Location

  • RHA 3. hæð
  • Borgir rannsóknarhús

Office hours

Email rlj@unak.is for appointment.

Specialisation

Research Administration Polar Law International Law Human Rights Rights of Indigenous Peoples Arctic Studies
Research portal - Rachael Lorna Johnstone 

General information

Career

2003
University of Akureyri, Professor of Law
2026
Borgir, Research Director
2016 - 2025
Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland, Professor of Law

Research

2026
International Law and Displaced Archives in Arctic Countries. Book
2026
Gradual Transition: the Greenland Reconciliation Commission in a Legal Context. Journal article
2025
Colonization and colonialism. Book chapter
2024
Decolonising Arctic Archives: a Research Agenda. Journal article
2023
Megaprojects on ice: lessons from the Kárahnjúkar hydropower project for a Just Transition. Journal article
2023
The Routledge Handbook of Polar Law. Book
2023
Free Association and the United Nations. Report
2023
Hydrocarbon activities on indigenous land: Substantive and procedural rights.
2023
Colonisation at the Poles, Incomplete Decolonisation and the Creation of Indigenous Peoples. Book chapter
2023
Colonizzazione, decolonizzazione incompleta e la creazione dei popoli indigeni. I fondamenti dei loro diritti “speciali” in Arctic. Book chapter
2023
Polar Law after the Invasion of Ukraine. Journal article
2023
Polar Law as a Burgeoning Discipline. Book chapter
2023
Polar Legal System. Book chapter
2022
In Finland, Sámi Rights take Central Stage in National Politics. Online resource
2022
Case Comment: Supreme Court Rules Scottish Parliament Can’t Hold INDYREF2 Unilaterally. Online resource
2022
Why this War is Different. Online resource
2022
Colonisation at the Poles: A Story of Ineffective Occupation. Journal article
2022
Colonizzazione, decolonizzazione incompleta e la creazione dei popoli indigeni. I fondamenti dei loro diritti ‘speciali’ (link). Journal article
2022
Global Polar Law? Book chapter
2022
Perspectives on Colonialism in Greenland. Journal article
2022
The Greenland Reconciliation Commission: one more step towards independence? Journal article
2021
Environmental protection in the Antarctic and the Arctic: the role of international law.
2021
Social konsekvensvurdering i en arktisk kontekst. Book chapter
2020
From the Indian Ocean to the Arctic: What the Chagos Archipelago Advisory Opinion Tells Us about Greenland. Journal article
2020
Regulation of Extractive Industries: Community Engagement in the Arctic. Book
2020
Listening to Arctic Voice in Extractive Industries. Online resource
2020
The impact of international law on natural resource governance in Greenland. Journal article
2020
In Memoriam – Ágúst Þór Árnason, 26 May 1954–11 April 2019.
2020
Non-living resources and the Poles. Book
2019
Hydrocarbon Development in the Arctic: Rights and Responsibilities. Book chapter
2019
BRIEFING NOTE #20: FIELDWORK IN ITTOQQORTOORMIIT. Report
2019
Arctic Governance in a Changing World. Book
2019
In the Shadow of the Mountain: Assessing early impacts on community development from two mining prospects in South Greenland. Journal article
2018
BRIEFING NOTE#: 18th JUNE 2018: FIELDWORK IN MANIITSOQ. Journal article
2018
Iceland’s Accession to the Antarctic Treaty. Journal article
2018
Little Fish, Big Pond: Icelandic Interests and Influence in Arctic Governance. Book chapter
2018
Why Iceland is set to resume whaling despite international opposition. Journal article
2018
北極評議会を通じた環境ガバナンス. Book chapter
2017
BRIEFING NOTE# 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCTIC OIL AND GAS RESEARCH CENTRE. Journal article
2017
BRIEFING NOTE# 5: FIELDWORK IN SOUTH GREENLAND. Journal article
2017
BRIEFING NOTE# 6: FIELDWORK IN EAST GREENLAND. Journal article
2017
BRIEFING NOTE# 8: FIVE PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVED PRACTICE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RELATED TO EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN GREENLAND. Journal article
2017
Improving public participation in Greenland extractive industries. Journal article
2017
Indigenous rights in the marine Arctic. Book
2017
Respectful neighbourliness: the United Kingdom’s Arctic approach. Journal article
2016
Introduction to the Arctic Oil and Gas Research Centre. Journal article
2016
Little Italy: Seeking a Niche in International Arctic Relations. Journal article
2016
The principle of 'full reparation' for environmental damage and very small states. Book
2014
Invoking Responsibility for Environmental Injury in the Arctic Ocean. Journal article
2013
Evaluating Espoo: What Protection does the Espoo Convention Offer the Arctic Marine Environment? Journal article
2013
Comment on Rights and Value: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Addresses the Environment. Journal article
2013
Human rights in crisis: securing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in economic downturns. Journal article
2013
Practising what they Preach: Did the IMF and Iceland Exercise Good Governance in their Relations 2008-2011? Journal article
2013
Scotland as an Independent Small State: Where would it seek shelter? Journal article
2012
An Arctic Strategy for Scotland. Journal article
2011
Rights and Value: Construing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Civil Commons. Journal article
2011
Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Iceland’s Financial Crisis. Journal article
2011
Ha ancora una rilevanza la Convenzione sull'eliminazione di ogni forma di discriminazione nei confronti delle donne? Per una sua (ri) considerazione nel tempo presente. Journal article
2011
Mannréttindi ́ı þrengingum: Efnahagsleg og félagsleg réttindi ́ı kreppunni (Akureyri. Book
2010
Mannréttindi ́ı þrengingum. Journal article
2010
When private and public meet: Three CEDAW Committee views on intra-familial violence. Book chapter
2009
Tax is a Feminist Issue. Journal article
2009
Unlikely Bedfellows: feminist theory and the war on terror. Journal article
2009
Who is the State? Visions of State Responsibility in Three United Nations Institutions. Book chapter
2008
International Martial Law: The Security Council’s “Legislative” Response to Terrorism. Journal article
2008
State responsibility: a concerto for court, council and committee. Journal article
2007
Cynical savings or reasonable reform? Reflections on a single unified UN human rights treaty body. Journal article
2007
Genocide in Bosnia: Attributing Responsibility. Book chapter
2006
Feminist influences on the United Nations human rights treaty bodies. Journal article
2003
Human rights working for women. Dissertation
Introduction.