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Lill Rastad Bjørst is associate professor at Aalborg University. Her academic career has focused on enhancing the role of social and human sciences in Arctic research. One particular strength of her research profile is her 15 years’ experience researching climate change as a scholar within the human and social sciences as well as her many years of experience with research management both as a principal investigator (PI) and work package leader (WPL) and as the head of CIRCLA—Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and Living in the Arctic and as a research coordinator of the cross-faculty interdisciplinary platform AAU Arctic (2016-19)
Scientific focus areas
- Inuit culture, society
- Climate change, sustainability
- Mining, industrialization, extractivism, resources, postcolonialism
- Tourism studies
- Reginal development, history, media, identity, museology
- Cultural studies
- Communication, storylines, discourse analysis
- STS, Actor–network theory (ANT),
- Arctic, Greenland, Nordic countries
PhD Supervision
2020 - 2022 Supervisor (secondary supervisor) for PhD fellow Aviaq Fleischer. PhD project: Arkivskatte – kulturarv fra Grønland og om Grønland: medier, arkiv og formidling. University of Greenland
2017-2020: Supervisor (secondary supervisor) for PhD fellow Daniela Chimirri PhD project: Community collaboration as potential resource for developing tourism in and for Greenland. Aalborg University
2016-2019: Supervisor (secondary supervisor) for PhD fellow Naja Dyrendom Graugaard, PhD project: Discourses of sustainability in relation to Inuit seal hunting and the development of the sealskin Industry in Greenland. Aalborg University
External positions
Censor, University of Greenland
1 Jun 2020 → …
Censor Greenlandic and Arctic Studies (KU)
1 Jun 2018 → …
Keywords
- Discourse and Society
- Public Discourse
- discourse analysis
- Environment
- Extractive Industry
- Ecology
- Climate Change
- Climate change adaptation
- Sustainability
- Problem Based Learning
- Media Research
- Cultural Studies
- Representations
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IKL grøn omstilling
Sørensen, A. S., Paulsen, P. C., Bjørst, L. R., Harfeld, J. L. & Andersen, A. O.
01/06/2021 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other
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FACE-IT: The future of Arctic coastal ecosystems - Identifying transitions in fjord systems and adjacent coastal Areas
Bjørst, L. R., Ren, C., Hovelsrud, G., Veland , S., Dannevig , H., Bjørkan, M., James, L. & Steenholdt, N. C.
01/10/2020 → 01/10/2024
Project: Research
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IMAGINE PoCo: Imagining Independence - Greenland's Postcolonial Politics of Comparison
Gad, U. P., Bjørst, L. R., Ren, C., Abildgaard, M. S., Jacobsen, R. B., Rud, S., Strandsbjerg, J. & Hansen, K. G.
01/02/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
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REXSAC: Resources, Extractive Industries and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC)
Sörlin, S., Roberts, P., Avango, D., Bjørst, L. R., Larsen, J. N., Sejersen, F. & Thisted, K.
24/06/2016 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research
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Sustainable business and demography: Exploring critical links between gender youth and small-scale business development in fisheries and tourism in South Greenland
Bjørst, L. R., Jacobsen, R. B., Ren, C., James, L., Pristed Nielsen, H., Delaney, A. E., Christensen, H. T., Hayfield, E. A., Madsbøll, C. G. & Chimirri, D.
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2018
Project: Research
Research output
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Affective Approaches: Rethinking Emotions in Resource Extraction
Bjørst, L. R., Sejersen, F. & Thisted, K., 17 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) Resource extraction and Arctic communities: the new extractivist paradigm. Sörlin, S. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 145 165 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Grönländische Klimatheorien in einer klimatisch veränderten Welt
Bjørst, L. R., 29 Aug 2022, Grönland: Kontinuitäten und Brüche im Leben der Menschen in der Arktis. Frank, S. (ed.). Budrich UniPress, p. 339-351 12 p. (Budrich UniPress; No. ISBN 978-3-86388-715-5).Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Minen i Ivittuut, militærbasen i Kangilinnguit og livet i Arsuk - Sorg, minder, kulturmøder og (magt)relationer
Bjørst, L. R., 20 Jul 2022, (Accepted/In press) Magt og autoritet i Grønland. Høiris, O., Andreasen, C. & Marquardt, O. (eds.). Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 17 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Milestone 10 - Report: Metadata of the social science data sent to WP1
Bjørst, L. R., Steenholdt, N. C., Hovelsrud, G. & Bjørkan, M., 1 May 2021, 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Milestone 11 - Case study design established
Steenholdt, N. C., Bjørst, L. R. & Dannevig, H., 2021, 39 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
Prizes
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Legat fra Det Obelske Familiefond: Støtte til konferencedeltagelse
Bjørst, Lill Rastad (Recipient), 5 Sep 2012
Prize: Scholarships
Activities
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Greenland in the green transition: A shift in the political discourse regarding Greenland’s development
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
20 Sep 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › External teaching and course activities at other universities
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THE FUTURE IS GREEN: A WORKSHOP TO MAP RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN GREENLAND
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
27 Aug 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Kangerlummi inuuneq – ullutsinni siunissamilu
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Organizer), Carina Ren (Organizer) & Annika E. Nilsson (Organizer)
26 Aug 2022Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Climate research for and with the Greenlandic society
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
26 Aug 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Greenland's Green Transition: How the Politics of Comparison Inform Arctic Futures
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
27 Jul 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Press / Media
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‘Nature doesn’t fix itself fast’: Greenland weighs up economy v climate crisis
07/05/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Wordt Groenland écht het eldorado van de energietransitie?
26/06/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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La batalla por los recursos minerales de Groenlandia
Jesper Willaing Zeuthen & Lill Rastad Bjørst
13/04/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The battle over Greenland's untapped natural resources
Lill Rastad Bjørst & Jesper Willaing Zeuthen
09/04/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media