“Environmental Organisations in the Arctic: Audiences, Stigma and the Nuances of Regional Engagement in the 21st Century”, Danita Catherine Burke (6 abril, 14h, virtual)
On April 6, at 2:00 pm, the event on the theme “Environmental Organizations in the Arctic: Audiences, Stigma and the Nuances of Regional Engagement in the 21st Century” will take place via zoom, within the scope of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. The speaker will be Dr. Danita Catherine Burke, Research Fellow at the University of Southern Denmark and founder of Women in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Below are the Zoom details, as well as a brief description of the topic and the speaker's biography.
Zoom Details:
https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/88088015044?pwd=SlJ6VjdmR2hYMm9Yd2JOL2xTYmZmdz09
Meeting ID: 880 8801 5044
Access password: 797770
“Environmental Organizations in the Arctic: Audiences, Stigma and the Nuances of Regional Engagement in the 21st Century”
The term 'environmental non-governmental organisations' is deceptive; it gives the impression of a monolithic group of actors. In reality, the individual organizations that fall under the classification range considerably in what they do and believe in, why they do what they do, how they conduct themselves, where they focus their resources and attention and whom they prioritize in terms of audiences for their messaging and advocacy work. This presentation will introduce listeners to some of the nuances and history of environmental advocacy in the Arctic, particularly the North American North. Dr. Danita Catherine Burke will take the audience on a journey to raise awareness of what she argues are foundational pillars of how environmental organizations are perceived in the Arctic: legacy, networks, scientific engagement and communication style. Dr. Burke will unpack the broad implications of these pillars on the appeal of organizations to key regional audiences, namely Arctic state governments and their representatives and local and Indigenous peoples of the North. Dr. Burke's presentation will draw upon her research in her forthcoming monograph with Manchester University Press titled 'WWF and its Path to Success in the Arctic', as well as her broader research on the legacy of the anti-sealing movement, Arctic Council observer membership and selection Greenpeace's complex legacy in the Arctic/North.
Dr. Danita Catherine Burke is a research fellow at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark and the founder of the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic. Dr. Burke has a PhD in International Politics from Aberystywyth University and her research focuses on Arctic and northern politics and history, particularly in the areas of diplomacy dynamics, the relationship between environmental protection and sustainable development, policy and dispute implications of national identification with the North and Arctic, environmental organizations as political actors, and conceptualizing security actors and concerns. Dr. Burke's work includes three monographs: WWF and its Path to Success in the Arctic (Under contract, Manchester University Press), Diplomacy and the Arctic Council (2019, McGill-Queens University Press), International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic: Arctic Sovereignty in the National Consciousness (2018, Palgrave Macmillan). Her work also includes numerous journal publications including: “The Case for a Greenpeace Apology to Newfoundland and Labrador” (2021, The Northern Review), “Re-establishing Legitimacy after Stigmatization: Greenpeace in the North American North” (2020, Polar Record) , “WWF and Trust in the Arctic” (2020, Routledge: In Non-Human Nature in World Politics edited by Joana Castro Pereira and André Saramago), and “Bridging Troubled Waters: History as Political Opportunity Structure” (2014, Journal of Civil Society). You can learn more about Dr. Burke on her WiAA website profile.
The Jean Monnet Center of Excellence is one of the Jean Monnet Programs created by the European Commission and aimed at promoting higher education and high-level scientific research in the field of European integration anywhere in the world. Among the Jean Monnet Programs, it is the most demanding and, therefore, the most difficult to obtain. It is awarded by public tender of worldwide scope. It is awarded to a University as a whole, although the application may be submitted by one or more Faculties or by one or more holders of a Jean Monnet Chair. As a result of this level of demand, the Center of Excellence is only awarded to Universities of proven merit in terms of European integration and which, in their application, demonstrate that they have the capacity and conditions, namely in terms of human and scientific resources, to merit this distinction. In its attribution, the multidisciplinary character of the Center is privileged.
The University of Coimbra Center of Excellence was awarded through an application under the general theme PRONE - Peace Relations, Ontologies and Narratives in Europe: EU and its Eastern Neighbors, presented by the Faculty of Economics and having as its Academic Coordinator Professor Maria Raquel Freire, Full Professor at FEUC and holder of a Jean Monnet Chair. The Center of Excellence will also involve Professors from the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra.