Andreas Raspotnik Appointed as New Director for High North Center Raspotnik will take over as director from April 1.
EU President Expedites EU’s Arctic Policy President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker now takes a personal initiative to push the Arctic to the frontline through initiating a policy paper about the EU’s Arctic priorities at a time where it definitely was not expected.
Can Smart Societies Support Innovation In the Arctic? The Norwegian city of Tromsø annually hosts the Arctic Frontiers conference, with the 2019 edition having focused on a ‘Smart Arctic’. This focus is timely, given present interest in Smart Innovation. But what does ‘smart’ mean in Arctic contexts? And how can Northern peoples and organizations benefit from it?
Commentary: The Arctic's Economic Future is Digital "Believe it or not, the Arctic’s economic future will be driven by global digitalisation. In this context, cold temperatures are one of the Arctic’s most valuable natural resources," HNN-correspondent Andreas Raspotnik and Fellow Stefan Steinicke write in this commentary.
HNN-Analysis: Is The EU Eventually “Integrating” The Arctic? Today, almost 4 years after their last policy update on Arctic matters, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) have published their new Joint Communication. -"What is the next step on the EU’s way up north?", High North News asks in this analysis.
The EU’s Arctic Policy: Eventually Getting Somewhere? "2015 could become a seminal year for the EU’s Arctic engagement", The Arctic Institute's Andreas Østhagen and Andreas Raspotnik writes in this op-ed.
