Research Centre Centre for Arctic Studies at 真人线上娱乐 University
The Centre for Arctic Studies at 真人线上娱乐 University (CAS) focuses on developing a practice-oriented, interdisciplinary and engaged research that can play a key role in addressing challenges in the modern Greenlandic society as well as in other parts of the Arctic region. The centre prioritises synergies between research and educational development, as an extension of the ongoing collaboration on study structures and problem-oriented project work. CAS gathers and promotes RUC's research on Arctic conditions internally and profiles RUC externally. 真人线上娱乐 do this by continuously developing relationships across the university and with relevant partners in the Arctic.
This is done by:
- developing and visualising the research that is already taking place on the Arctic
- supporting interdisciplinary research activities through network meetings, etc.
- planning relevant conferences
- develop bachelor's courses on the Arctic at RUC

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The Centre for Arctic Studies at 真人线上娱乐 University participate in a number of research projects. Among them are:
Politics of Green Investments: The Green Transition and Recognition of Colonial Relations in Greenland and Sápmi
The project investigates how the clash between the moral imperative to extract for the green transition and the moral imperative of a reckoning with past and ongoing colonial injustices is negotiated in extractive investments in Greenland and Swedish Sápmi.VALUE: Value Creation in Critical Raw Mineral and Green Energy Transition Projects
The project explores a core dilemma of the green transition: 真人线上娱乐 need large investments in green energy and mining of critical minerals to combat climate change, but these investments often encroach on land belonging to indigenous and local communities and threaten their livelihoods and identities. Through a study of four very different cases in Greenland and South Africa the research will unpack how, why and by whom social and corporate value is defined and distributed in large green transition investment projects.Management in Greenland
The research project aims to strengthen leadership practice in Greenland by developing empirical descriptions that analytically get close to the collective practices leaders engage in.Sustainable value chains in Nordic coastal communities
The NORVALUE project investigates how people in Nordic Atlantic local communities are involved in connections and linkages crucial to their livelihoods and survival as a part of the Nordic Atlantic societies of Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Northern Norway.You can find a list of research projects on the 真人线上娱乐 University Research Portal.
Publications
Designed for success or failure: Differences in funding and rejection in the space of applications to the Danish Art Foundation among craftsmen and designers
M?rk, S. D. & Larsen, A. G., Jan 2025, In: Poetics. 108, 13 p., 101959.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Journal article ? Research ? peer-review
Dokumentanalyse
Lynggaard, K., 2025, Kvalitative metoder: En grundbog. Brinkmann, S. & Tanggaard, L. (eds.). 4. udgave ed. K?benhavn: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 162-181 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Book chapter ? Research ? peer-review
Dying or Departing? uphemism Detection for Death Discourse in Historical Texts
Al-Laith , A., Conroy, A., Bjerring-Hansen, J., Sandford Pedersen, B., Levisen, C. & Hershcovich, D., Jan 2025, Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Rambow, O., Wanner, L., Apidianaki, M., Al-Khalifa, H., Eugenio, B. D. & Schockaert, S. (eds.). Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 1353–1364Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Article in proceedings ? Research ? peer-review
Activities
Kirkegaards Sprachkunst: Zwischen lebendigem Wort und Geschw?tz
Levisen, C. (Participant)
2 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event ? Participation in workshop, seminar, course
"K?rlighed"
Levisen, C. (Participant)
2 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event ? Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Royal Danish Academy
Andersen, J. (Visiting researcher)
18 Feb 2025Activity: Visiting an external institution ? Visiting an external academic institution
Press-media
Han fremst?r lige nu som sejrherre – men Putins plan er ikke lykkedes, siger eksperter
16/02/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Tysk ?konomi skranter og skaber frustration
13/02/2025
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Skrantende tysk ?konomi skaber frustration hos borgere og erhvervsliv
12/02/2025
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Insights

Base p? RUC
The centre is based at Department of Social Sciences and Business
Participating research units: Globalization and Europeanization research group// Intercultural Studies research group // Management and organization research group // Mobility, Space, Place and Urban Studies (MOSPUS) research group // Centre for Action Research and Democratic Societal Change research center
PhD Programme: Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Business and Doctoral School of People and Technology
Relevant degree programmes: Business Studies // Global and Development Studies // International Studies // International 真人线上娱乐 in Social Sciences // Cultural Encounters // Global Humanities // International 真人线上娱乐 in Social Sciences
Research from 真人线上娱乐 University

More about the research centre
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Contact
Malin Nystrand,
Assistant professor
Phone +45 4674 2507
malinn@ruc.dk