Event Type
Webinars and Virtual Events

Responsible Investments in Arctic Mining: Implications of Chinese Policies

ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series
Event Dates
2018-10-30
Location
Washington D.C. and Online: 8:00-9:00 am AKDT, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Karin Buhmann, Professor of Business and Human Rights at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C.

This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person. Registration is required for this event.

This seminar, titled Responsible Investments in Arctic Mining: Implications of Chinese Policies, will be presented by Karin Buhmann, Copenhagen Business School. Karin’s Arctic-related research interests focus on potential beneficial and adverse social impacts of natural resource exploration and extraction, and on citizen involvement in impact assessment processes. Karin is the deputy representative at the University of the Arctic (UArctic) for CBS, a founding member and lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility, and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.