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Elana Wilson Rowe

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Summary

Dr Elana Wilson Rowe is research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Wilson Rowe’s research and expertise areas include governance of nature and changing power relations in the Anthropocene, Arctic and ocean governance and geopolitics, and Russian climate and Arctic policymaking. Her publications explore how the interplay of diplomatic practices, security rivalries and expert/environmental knowledge shape outcomes and understandings in regional and global policy fields.

 She is the author of Russian Climate Politics: When Science Meets Policy (Palgrave, 2013) and Arctic Governance: Power in cross-border relations (University of Manchester, 2018). She was a member of Norway’s committee establishing research priorities for the UN Ocean Decade. She holds a BA in Russian and Geography from Middlebury College (USA) and an MPhil and PhD in Geography/Polar Studies from the University of Cambridge (2006). More publications and links can be found on Google Scholar.

Wilson Rowe is PI of and leads a 5- year major grant from the European Research Council (#80335, read more about the Lorax project here or on Twitter with #loraxprojectERC). The aim of this project is to understand the broader regional and global repercussions of governance efforts anchored in sub-global ‘ecosystems’ or ‘ecoregions’ (as identified by adjacent actors) and how the power relations enacted around ecosystems shape regional and global ordering. The project has some global review elements and focuses on three key cases: the Arctic, the Amazon and the Caspian Sea. Wilson Rowe has also led projects funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence.

Expertise

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • Climate
  • Oceans
  • International organizations
  • United Nations

Education

2002-2006 D. Phil., human geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

2001-2002 M. Phil., human geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

1997-2001 B.A., Geography/Russian, Middlebury College, Vermont, USA

Work Experience

2006- Senior Research Fellow/Research Professor, NUPI

2006- Senior research fellow, NUPI 2010- Adjunct Professor at Nord University

2002-2006 Teaching Assistant/Supervisor, Geography Department, University of Cambridge

 

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Chapter

Encountering Climate Change

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Publications
Book

Russia's Encounter with Globalization: Actors, Processes and Critical Moments

The chapters of this book analyse an increasingly important dimension of Russian politics, namely responses to globalization. How do Russia’s policy actors understand and seek to meet the political challenges of the 21st century? Emphasis is placed on understanding how Russian domestic politics shape this international engagement. Thematically, the focus is on Russia’s external engagement with areas of policy relating broadly to globalization, namely energy, climate, health, direct foreign investment, finance, and international terrorism.

  • Security policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Climate
  • International organizations
  • Security policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Climate
  • International organizations
Research Programme
2007 - 2013 (Completed)

Russian and Caspian Energy Developments (RUSSCASP)

RUSSCASP aims to examine driving forces shaping Russian and Caspian energy exports, energy developments in the High North and the potential role of foreign energy companies in these regions. ...

  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • Energy
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • Energy
Publications
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Climate
Publications
Publications
Book

The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy

  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • International organizations
  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • International organizations
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