About the project
While there is increasing interest in the social sciences in understanding how global space ambitions and commercial interests shape local environments or environmental geopolitics, there is little understanding of how the development of space infrastructures in the High North affect security and environmental politics and practices today, and what will be the consequences for the Arctic region. Located at the intersection of International Relations (IR), Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Social Anthropology, NordSpace aims to understand the ramifications of space infrastructures in the High North by systematically studying the intersection of space activities with environmental and security politics in the case of Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. The project will innovatively combine qualitative network analysis with ethnographic, visual methods, and discourse analysis.
Objectives
The results of the project will advance scientific knowledge on space activities of three Nordic countries and the implications of space infrastructures for the High North to build critical expertise across Nordic countries on a new and rapidly developing phenomenon.
Background
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) coordinates this project. Refer to the project's main website for more information.
