PhD Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Anders Christoffer Edstrøm

PhD Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Anders Christoffer Edstrøm
Anders Christoffer Edstrøm will defend his thesis for the degree of PhD in Business on thursday 27 november 2025.
Anders Edstrøm

Title of PhD thesis:

Understanding Chinese investments in relation to Arctic governance:  
The case of Norway 

Title of trial lecture:

How to strike a balance between increasing China’s global influence (and immense financial capacity and boundless need for commodities and energy), national-level securitization drive, and regional development motives? What theoretical and practical approaches could be used to analyze this predicament?

Trial lecture: 10.00
Public defence: 12.00

Assessment committee:

Professor Matti Nojonen, University of Lapland, Finland 
Senior Researcher Svein Vigeland Rottem, FNI, Norway
Associate Professor Olga Iermolenko, Nord University Business School (coordinator) 

Supervisors:

Main supervisor: Professor emeritus Frode Mellemvik, Nord University Business School

Co-supervisors: Professor Timo Koivurova, Artic Centre, University of Lapland 

Associate Professor Evgenii Alekandrov, Nord University Business School

The trial lecture and defense are open to all interested attendees. The dissertation is available upon request by contacting Grete Knudsen, email: grete.i.knudsen@nord.no, Tel. +47 75 51 76 77.

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