This PhD project examines how local actors understand and relate to national security issues and policies at a time of heightened security attention in the North.
Decades of heightened international interest in the Arctic, coupled with growing geopolitical tensions in recent years, have increased both the region’s strategic importance and the security-related attention directed towards it.
However, this attention is not evenly distributed across the Arctic states, but is primarily concentrated in their northern regions. While studies of traditional security in the Arctic tend to focus on states, less attention has been paid to how local actors perceive and relate to national security issues and policies.
This PhD project seeks to deepen our understanding of security challenges in the High North and the Arctic by examining local perspectives on security.
Time frame:
2026–2029
