Project leader: Dr. Kamrul Hossain

Project funded by: Academy of Finland

Funding granted: 550.000 €

Project duration: January 2015 – December

2018 (48 months)

Economic SecurityFood SecurityHealth SecurityEnvironmental SecurityPersonal SecurityCommunity SecurityPolitical Security

Poverty

Violence

Diseases

Others

Remove threats

Empowerment

Building better systems

Scope of Human Security: Threats in Seven Areas

Framing Human Security:

Freedom from fear:Threats to physical violence caused by poverty, lack of state

capacity, inequities etc.

Freedom from want:A holistic approachThreats agenda includes: hunger, disease, natural disasters,

environmental degradation etc.

Negative security (protection)

Positive security (empowerment)

Top down approach

Bottom-up approach

Human Security: Understanding security at large

Human Security offers an integrated approach

Categorize threats to security

Issue specific Region specific Prioritize threats

Contribute to norm building in domestic & international law

Human Security and its relevance for the Arctic

Climate change Rapid melting of sea iceIncreased human activities, i.e.

shippingIn-land and offshore resource

extractions

Human Security relevance for the Arctic inhabitants

Dependence on the unique Arctic ecosystem Nature-based and traditional ways of livelihood Impact of multiple security dimensions

Environmental security Food security Health security Economic security Community Security (Identity and culture)

Environmental Security vs. Economic Security

Overlapping security Protection of environment Benefit from revenue flow

One influencing the other

Democratization of security?

We will show:

• Importance

• Applicability

• Inter-connection (between Human Security and Societal security)

Right based approach

• How does security discussions enable people to be more involved andconsulted in the decision-making process?

• In what ways the corporate responsibility can be integrated within theright based approach of human security?

Social dynamics

• How demographic changes (e.g. increasing incoming population due toindustrial development) may contribute to different challenges in aninteraction amongst indigenous, local and incoming population?

Other challenges

• How can the other apparent sociocultural challenges pertaining tohealth and well-being (e.g. food safety and security, access to freshwater as well as to health care facility) of the Arctic population beperceived from human security perspective?

Five Work Packages:

WP1: Theoretical framework

WP2: Security challenges to region’s inhabitants

WP3: Societal security governance: multi-actor security framework

WP4: Synthesis

WP5: Workshops and seminars, deliverables, dissemination and

communication

Kick-off meeting

framing of the plans for

implementation

Final seminar

results of specific studies are

presented and examined

Mid-term seminar

IMPLEMENTATION

Research

Network building

Workshops and seminars

Field visits and interviews

Stakeholder co-operation

Developing new strategies

Website

Newsletters

Press releases

Public events

Conference presentations

Policy level decision-makers

Representatives of relevant business sectors (for example mining and industry sectors)

Local people and communities

Local NGOs

Indigenous peoples

Reindeer herders and their associations (for example International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry)

Northern Institute for Environmental

and Minority Law / Arctic Centre

University of Lapland

Academy of Finland

In case you wish to have further information on the

HuSArctic project, do not hesitate to contact the project

team:

Kamrul Hossain: kamrul.hossain@ulapland.fi

Anna Petrétei: anna.petretei@gmail.com

Gerald Zojer: gerald.zojer@ulapland.fi

Or visit our blog:

http://husarctic.wordpress.com/