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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 the Scientific Director of Green Societies at the The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Scientific focus areas
- Inuit culture, society
- Climate change, sustainability
- Mining, industrialization, extractivism, resources, postcolonialism
- Green transtition
- Energy
- 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
- Energy
- Politics and Administration
- Business, Culture and Communication
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Support to the AMAP/CAFF process on co-production of knowledge
Bjørst, L. R. & Andersen, A. O.
02/09/2022 → 31/10/2023
Project: Research
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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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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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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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Minen i Ivittuut, militærbasen i Kangilinnguit og livet i Arsuk - Sorg, minder, kulturmøder og (magt)relationer
Bjørst, L. R., 10 Jan 2023, Magt og autoritet i Grønland. Høiris, O., Andreasen, C. & Marquardt, O. (eds.). Syddansk Universitetsforlag, p. 217-240Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Affective Approaches: Rethinking Emotions in Resource Extraction
Bjørst, L. R., Sejersen, F. & Thisted, K., 9 Dec 2022, 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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Progress Stories and the Contested Making of Minerals in Greenland and Northern Québec
Bjørst, L. R. & Rodon, T., Dec 2022, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 12, 10 p., 100941.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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To Live Up to Our Name “Greenland”: Politics of Comparison in Greenland’s Green Transition
Bjørst, L. R., 18 Nov 2022, In: Arctic Yearbook. 2022, p. 1-19 19 p., IV.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure)
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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Accelerating the green transition through the Mission Green Fuels and INNO-CCUS partnerships
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Participant)
17 Jan 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
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Climate change and transitions in Greenlandic communities
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
30 Dec 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Grønlands unikke rolle i den grønne omstilling: Politik, klimaforandringer, mineraler og vandkraft
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
5 Nov 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Arctic Biodiversity & Livelihoods
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Lecturer)
2 Nov 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Grøn omstilling og nye energiformer i Grønland
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Participant)
26 Oct 2022Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
Press / Media
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#3 Drivkraft - Spar på energien
Lill Rastad Bjørst & Bo Poulsen
09/01/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: 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