TAI Bookshelf Podcast - EU-Arctic Geopolitics with Andreas Raspotnik

Andreas Raspotnik meeting and talking Arctic with some penguins near Ushuaia, Argentina in December 2016. (They were not impressed). Photo: Andreas Raspotnik

The Arctic Institute is launching a new series of podcasts! In this series, TAI Research Associates Liubov Timonina and Romain Chuffart talk to scholars and experts about different ways to understand and know the Arctic to make the region easy and accessible to everybody.

In this third podcast of the TAI Bookshelf Podcast, Romain and Liuba had a conversation with TAI Senior Fellow and Leadership Group member Andreas Raspotnik about Arctic geopolitics, the role of the European Union as an Arctic actor, and some of his more recent publications. The three of them also talked about the ins and outs of engaging with policy-makers and pushing for change as an academic researcher. Andreas shared his experience about the publishing process and what it is like to get your research out in the world as well as how to promote your work as an early-career researcher. They also talked about Andreas’s 2018 book on The European Union and the Geopolitics of the Arctic (Edward Elgar). This episode was recorded in June 2020.

Andreas Raspotnik is one of the leading experts on the European Union and the Arctic. He is a Senior Fellow and Leadership Group member at The Arctic Institute. Andreas is also a Senior Researcher at the High North Center for Business and Govnernace at Nord University, Bødo in Northern Norway and works as a Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo. His research focuses on European Union Arctic policies, maritime transportation, international law, and new technologies’ introduction to the North, smart cities in particular. He holds a joint PhD in Political Science from the University of Cologne (Germany) and the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). You can also download/access the full transcript (PDF) here.