Ms. Anna Aðalsteinsdóttir (Iceland)
ha040205@unak.is
2008. University of Akureyri (Háskólinn á Akureyri). BA honors in Modern Studies/Social studies.
2007. University of the Arctic/University College Bodø, Norway. Bachelor in Circumpolar Studies.
Mr. Brynjar Helgi Ásgeirsson (Iceland)
Mr. Harry Borlase (Canada)
BA Hons. Canadian Studies, Mt. Allison University, Sackville New Brunsw., Canada; 2007;
Thesis: Inuit Regional Governments in Canada's North: Towards a Culturally Sustainable Future
Arctic Studies Program, University of Lapland, Finland; 2006
Research interests: region-building; international cooperation and good governance
Mr. Yichao Chen (China)
ha080011@unak.is
2002-2006: B.A. from Faculty of Law,China University of Political Science and Law,Beijing,China
2006-now: Master in Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law,China University of Political Science and Law,Beijing,China
Master Thesis:Parliamentary Human Rights Mechanism
Ms. Hildur Sólveig Elvarsdóttir (Iceland/USA)
ha040256@unak.is
Univeristy of Akureyri - LL.M Degree in Polar Law- will graduate December 2009
University of Akureyri - BA Degree in Law 2007
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð - International Baccalaureate Diploma 2004
Research interests- International Environmental Law and Human Rights
Mr. Guðmundur Egill Erlendsson (Iceland)
Mr. Húni Heiðar Hallsson (Iceland)
Ms. Alena Ingvarsdóttir (Russia/Iceland)
ha050102@unak.is
I earned a Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies degree from the University College Bodø in 2008. Simultaneously
I’ve been doing a BA in law at the University of Akureyri (HA), about to graduate in June 2009. In August 2008, I started the LLM in Polar Law at the HA.
My primary research area is energy and environmental law. Other interests include law of the sea; international private law; company law; corporate governance and corporate social responsibility;
international public law and sovereignty of states; and alternative dispute settlement.
Mr. Georg Friðgeir
Ísaksson (Iceland)
Mr. Kári Fannar Lárusson (Iceland)
Univeristy of Akureyri - Ongoing MA Degree in Polar Law-
University of Akureyri - BA Degree in Social & Economic development
Ms. Antje Neumann (Germany)
ha080002@unak.is
Lawyer - specialized in International Environmental Law
First (1992) and Second (1995) Judicial State Examination, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany;
Legal Adviser at the Federal Environmental Agency, Section I 2.4 "Protection of Antarctica“(2001-2006) Berlin/Dessau, Germany;
LL.M Candidate in
Polar Law (2008 - )
Thesis Project: Area Protection and Management in the Circumpolar North
First Supervisor: Dr. Kees Bastmeijer, Associate Professor of Environmental Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Second Supervisor: Tom Barry, CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)
Executive Secretary, Akureyri, Iceland
Ms. Embla Eir Oddsdóttir (Iceland)
BA Socio-Economic Development, 2003-2006, with a focus on Africa and the Arctic Region at the University of Akureyri; Final project: Gender and Colonial Relations in Greenland
University of Northern British Columbia, 2006-2007, North to North Mobility Grant
M.sc. Law, Anthropology and Society, 2007-2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Thesis: Indigenous Resistance: Systemic Clustering and the Protection of Communicative Processes
MA Polar Law 2008-2010
Current research interests: Legal pluralism; Social Systems; Indigenous Rights; Cross-regional networking; Traditional knowledge and IPL; Climate Change & Security
Ms. Leena - Kaisa Viitanen (Finland)
ha030419@unak.is
2008-2009 LL.M in Polar Law University of Akureyri
2007-2009 M.L. in Icelandic Law University of Akureyri
2003-2007 B.A. in Law with emphasize in Comparative Law and Human Rights University of Akureyri
Current reserach interests: Environmental Law and Policy and the interlinkages of different branches of international law
