Call for abstracts
The organizers invite papers that address the key question of the Workshop: How do small States engage with international law and governance to address sustainability challenges in the Arctic? Papers could be related (but not restricted to) the following sub-themes: geopolitics, technology, and climate change - three major challenges for sustainability in the Arctic. Please refer to the flyer for more information.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be emailed to lawandsustainability@smu.edu.sg by 15 July 2024. Selected speakers will be notified by 31 July 2024. Speakers are required to submit a working paper before the Workshop by 15 November 2024. It is anticipated that at least one special issue from the Workshop will be published by a prominent journal.
Practicalities
The Workshop will be held at SMU’s state of the art Kwa Geok Choo Law Library as a hybrid event
(in person + zoom). It is free of charge, though selected speakers and participants will cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Keynote Panellists (confirmed, in person)
- Professor Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland
- Professor Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Faculty of Law, University of Akureyri, Iceland
- Professor Vito De Lucia, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, Arctic University of Norway/UiT
- Professor Nilüfer Oral, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
- Professor Baldur Þórhallsson, Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland (TBC)
Conference Chair
Associate Professor LIU Nengye, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University