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Indigenous rights to natural resources on their traditional lands are now internationally recognised, yet resource extraction on indigenous lands in the Arctic continues at an unprecedented rate, often without the consent of affected indigneous peoples and with limited knowledge of the impacts on their traditional livelihoods. Moreover, the activities of extractive industries take place in the context of many different uses of the same landscapes, and where a multitude of actors (state, corporate and non-state actors) have an increasingly complex governance role. A critical issue in the governance of extractive industries is therefore to ensure that processes are in place that give voice to diverse rights, interests, and forms of knowledge when decisions are made about resource extraction activities. Moreover, such processes need to consider the cumulative impacts of past, present and anticipated future land use and climate change. In practice, such knowledge generation is circumscribed by existing power relations and conceptions about what knowledge, perspectives and rights claims are considered legitimate. Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and their specific rights to land use often fall short when other interests are at stake. How to guarantee these rights is one important question in this research project. This PhD topic will include analysis of the impacts of resource extraction on indigenous rights and livelihoods with a specific focus on what knowledge and rights claims are considered legitimate in decisions about land use in Sweden. The PhD candidate will also investigate if, and how, new approaches involving broader perspectives such as community-based assessments and participatory scenario exercises can make the decision-making processes more legitimate for affected Sami communities. The analyses of the specific local cases and the Swedish governance landscape will also be placed in context of international debates concerning indigenous rights. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with on-going collaborations with Sámi communities in Sweden. http://www.su.se/om-oss/lediga-anst%C3%A4llningar/lediga-jobb-ny-lista http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list --------------------------------------------------- Karin Bäckstrand Professor in Environmental Social Science Department of Political Science Stockholm University SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Tel. (office): +46 8 16 15 78 Cell: +46 70 565 96 97 Skype: karin_backstrand Website: www.statsvet.su.se<http://www.statsvet.su.se> Room: 720 -------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
