Routledge Research in Polar Regions
About the Book Series
To submit a book proposal or to discuss an idea, please contact Faye Leerink, Commissioning Editor: [email protected]
The Routledge series in Polar Regions seeks to include research and policy debates about trends and events taking place in two important world regions, the Arctic and Antarctic. Previously neglected periphery regions, with climate change, resource development, and shifting geopolitics, these regions are becoming increasingly crucial to happenings outside these regions. At the same time, the economies, societies, and natural environments of the Arctic are undergoing rapid change. This new series seeks to draw upon fieldwork, satellite observations, archival studies, and other research methods which inform about crucial developments in the Polar regions. The series is interdisciplinary drawing on the work of anthropologists, geographers, economists, political scientists, botanists, climatologists, GIS and geospatial techniques specialists, oceanographers, earth scientists, biologists, historians, engineers, and many others. Topics within any of these disciplines or multidisciplinary research combining several disciplines are sought. They can focus on one region in the Arctic or Antarctic or all of either Polar region or both. The emphasis in the series is on linking cutting edge research in the Polar regions with the policy implications of the research findings.
The Panacea for Immigrant People in the Arctic: Opportunity or Vulnerability?
1st Edition
Edited
By Nafisa Yeasmin, Juhar Yasin Abamosa, Syed Musa Kajim Nuri
December 01, 2025
This book explores whether the Arctic serves as a true panacea for immigrants, offering opportunity and renewal, or if it reveals deep vulnerabilities, including isolation, harsh conditions, and exploitation. By examining the intersection of migration, socio-economic development, and climate change...
Foreign Policy in Greenland: 20 Years of Development
1st Edition
By Maria Ackrén
May 13, 2025
Foreign Policy in Greenland will shed light on what kind of competences Greenland has in IR and how Greenland undertakes foreign policy, while still being a self-governing territory underneath Danish jurisdiction. Even though Denmark has the ultimate power when it comes to foreign- and security ...
The Significance of Sámi Rights: Law, Justice, and Sustainability for the Indigenous Sámi in the Nordic Countries
1st Edition
Edited
By Dorothée Cambou, Øyvind Ravna
April 14, 2025
This book examines the significance of the rights of the Sámi people and analyses the issues raised by the recognition and implementation of these rights in the Nordic countries. Written together by Sámi and non-Sámi experts, the book adopts a human rights approach to examine the adequacy of law ...
Human Security through the New Traditional Economy in the Arctic
1st Edition
Edited
By Gorm Winther, Ívar Jónsson
December 31, 2024
The book creates an augmented knowledge about human security beyond the warfare concept in the Arctic. It analyzes international political analysis on security issues and their spillovers to the Arctic societies. The multi-contributed book helps to conceptualize and create knowledge on democratic ...
Distance, Equity and Older People’s Experiences in the Nordic Periphery: Centering the Local
1st Edition
Edited
By Shahnaj Begum, Joan R. Harbison, Päivi Naskali, Minna Zechner
November 28, 2024
This book demonstrates how the largely neglected and multifaceted concept of distance can be used as a primary lens to expand and enrich our understandings of what older people say about their lives, needs and wishes in diverse surroundings in the Northern periphery and beyond. It asks how ...
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance: Agencies and Interactions
1st Edition
Edited
By Monica Tennberg, Else Grete Broderstad, Hans-Kristian Hernes
September 25, 2023
This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing relationships between states, indigenous peoples and industries in the Arctic and beyond. It offers insights from Nordic countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia to present different systems of resource governance and ...
Renewable Economies in the Arctic
1st Edition
Edited
By David Natcher, Timo Koivurova
September 25, 2023
This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on renewable economies in the Arctic and how these are being supported scientifically, economically, socially, and politically by Arctic states. The economic development of the Arctic region is witnessing new, innovative trends which hold promise for ...
Greenland's Economy and Labour Markets
1st Edition
Edited
By Laust Høgedahl
May 31, 2023
This book explores structural changes in Greenland’s economy and labour markets due to the transformative effects of climatic changes and growing international attention. It offers multidisciplinary perspectives from economists, sociologists, and political scientists to demonstrate how the ...
Young People, Wellbeing and Sustainable Arctic Communities
1st Edition
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By Florian Stammler, Reetta Toivanen
May 31, 2023
Youth are usually not (yet) decision makers in politics or in business corporations, but the sustainability of Arctic settlements depends on whether or not youth envision such places as offering opportunities for a good future. This is the first multidisciplinary volume presenting original research...
The Future of the Arctic Human Population: Migration in the North
1st Edition
Edited
By Nafisa Yeasmin, Satu Uusiautti, Timo Koivurova, Timothy Heleniak
May 13, 2022
The Future of the Arctic Human Population seeks to explore the challenges of Arctic migration, immigrants, and refugees and how integrated societies can be developed. Moreover, it discusses disparities between regions on policies and their implementation. This book explores how cross-border ...
Collaborative Research Methods in the Arctic: Experiences from Greenland
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne Merrild Hansen, Carina Ren
May 06, 2022
This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic directed at providing relevant insights to tackle local challenges of arctic communities. It examines how arctic research can come to matter in new ways by combining methods and engagement in ...
Food Security in the High North: Contemporary Challenges Across the Circumpolar Region
1st Edition
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By Kamrul Hossain, Lena Maria Nilsson, Thora Martina Herrmann
April 29, 2022
This book explores the challenges facing food security, sustainability, sovereignty, and supply chains in the Arctic, with a specific focus on Indigenous Peoples. Offering multidisciplinary insights and with a particular focus on populations in the European High North region, the book highlights ...