Project Team
Project Leader:
Joan Nymand Larsen - Stefansson Arctic Institute & University of Akureyri
Collaborators:
- Jón Haukur Ingimundarson - Stefansson Arctic Institute & University of Akureyri
- Gestur Hovgaard - Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland
Students:
- TBC - master student, University of Akureyri
Research Project
Project Description
Our case study focuses on resource development, living conditions, power imbalances and the distribution of wealth in the municipality of Kujalleq in South Greenland. The focus is on central economic pillars: fisheries, tourism, mining, agriculture. Our research will demonstrate some of the internal structures, issues and challenges in the Arctic region today that perpetuates power imbalances, inequalities, and the unequal distribution of economic costs and benefits. The main objectives are to analyse key components and drivers of economic change and transitions, and to study their impacts on distributional outcomes, and with attention to institutional changes; to gather and analyse local perspectives on economic change and development with a focus on distributional issues and power imbalances, and with attention to critical trade-offs; to study the perspectives of local youth on current economic trends; to describe local perceptions of the state of economic inequality, its local impacts and critical trade-offs, and possible solutions; to study the impact of institutional change on opportunities for value-creation, impacts on perceived level of inequality, and opportunities for greater equality; and to identify and describe local success stories of economic empowerment, innovation, and opportunities for more local control and ownership. The case study contributes to the WAGE partnership‘s overall objectives of describing and investigating the current state of inequalities and the study of the distribution of wealth and its dynamics.
Geographical Areas
Greenland
Objectives, Axes and Work Packages
Objectives
A. Describe
B. Explain
Axes
1. Current state of wealth distribution
2. Social transitions and trends in the distribution of wealth
3. Towards a more equitable distribution
Work Packages
1.2. Economic inequalities of gender, ethnicity, and age
2.1. Development trajectories
2.2. The dynamics of economic inequalities
2.3. Demographic trends and inequalities
2.4. Transitions linked to climate change
3.1. Institutional changes
3.2. Indigenous perspectives on development
3.3. Indigenous and citizens’ practices in the struggle to overcome inequalities
