HA á Arctic Circle 2026

Organized by: Royal Danish Defence College; Newcastle University, UK 

Speakers:

• Valur Ingimundarson Professor, University of Iceland: Iceland's Arctic Identity
• Charlotte Gehrke Post.doc., Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, University of Oldenburg, Germany; Managing Editor & Researcher, Arctic Relations Blog, Germany: Germany’s Polar Politics: Navigating Science Diplomacy, Collaborative Governance, and Geopoliticization
• Romain Chuffart President & Managing Director, The Arctic Institute, USA; Nansen Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland: Becoming Arctic From Outside: Does the Non-Arctic Also Make the Arctic?
• Gabriella Gricius Associate Professor, Norwegian Military Academy; Post.doc., North American & Arctic Defence & Security Network: US Identity in the Arctic

Moderator

Marc Jacobsen Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence Co-llege: Denmark's, Greenland's and the Faroe Islands' Arctic Identities
Ingrid Agnete Medby Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University, UK: Norway's Arctic Identity