TAI Bookshelf Podcast - Building a Pan-Arctic Fisheries Regime with Ekatarina Uryupova

Dr. Ekaterina Uryupova during a field trip in the Russian Arctic. Photo: Ekaterina Uryupova

The Arctic Institute’s Bookshelf Podcast is back with its second series! This season, your favorite hosts Liubov Timonina and Romain Chuffart are joined by a new host, Saga Helgason. Together they chat with scholars and experts to make the Arctic easy and accessible to everyone. Tune in every other week and join our in-depth conversations that take you beyond the headlines and right into the latest ideas, challenges, and experiences from the Arctic.

This week, Romain and Saga had a conversation with Dr. Ekatarina Uryupova about fisheries governance and the Central Arctic Ocean. They talked about the importance of rethinking the legal framework for Arctic fisheries management in light of climate change and the need for a more dynamic and flexible regime that works globally.

Ekaterina (Katya) Uryupova is a Visiting Fellow at The Arctic Institute. Her areas of expertise revolve around climate change, science, fishery, and environmental policy. Also, her research is focused on Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic engagement. Ekaterina has been working in the polar regions for more than 10 years. She is a PYRN (Permafrost Young Research Network) and an APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) Council Member. She has published research papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Polar Record, Polar Biology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, etc. Ekaterina has previously interned at the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat in Buenos Aires and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. She was appointed to serve as a rapporteur for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings and a few sessions of the Scientific Steering Group of the World Climate Research Programme. Ekaterina has received a Doctoral Degree in Environmental Sciences from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. She holds an MA in International Journalism from University of Salford in Manchester, UK.

References in this episode:

• Why do we need a shared Pan-Arctic Fisheries Governance Complex? The Arctic Institute, 26 April 2021

This episode was recorded in January 2021.