Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics are headlines in the publication from the science comminutes in northern Norway, Russia and Finland. The journal presents reviewed scientific articles about social issues, Sàmi culture, and ecological questions. Book reviews and articles from young researchers in the Barents Region are included.
Aileen Espiritu with the Barents Institute, a Kirkenes based branch of Norway’s Arctic University in Tromsø, believes the journal can get high scores internationally. “We will promote the Barents Studies at the Eighth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VIII) to take place in Canada in May,” she says to BarentsObserver.
The journal is based on empirical research in the Barents Region but with strong connections to social science theories and methodologies in general. The journal is meant for researchers, students, and readers interested in current issues and developments in the Barents Region.
In addition to the Barents Institute in Norway, science partners to the journal are the Univeristy of Lapland’s Arctic Centre in Rovaniemi and Luzin Institute for Economic Studies, a branch of the Russian Academy of Science’s Kola Science Centre in Apatity.
Professor Monica Tennberg with the Arctic Centre is editor of the first issue.
“The journal wants to offer its readers new research based information about the Barents region, and find topics that are interesting and informative for both people in the region and beyond”, says Research Professor Monica Tennberg.
The journal is available free of charge online. Another three issues are planned to be published this year.
