22 August 2016 | Seminar Series
Maritime Governance Lessons from the Barents Sea for the Pacific Arctic
Synopsis
The Centre for International Law (CIL) and the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) co-hosted a seminar on ‘Maritime Governance Lessons from the Barents Sea for the Pacific Arctic’ given by Professor Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen from University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway on Monday 22 August 2016. The seminar was opened by H.E. Tormod C. Endresen, Norway’s ambassador in Singapore, in which he discussed the bilateral relationship between Singapore and Norway in Arctic cooperation and collaboration. The panel was welcomed by Professor Lucy Reed, Director of CIL and moderated by Dr Philip Andrews-Speed, Senior Principal Research Fellow & Head of Energy Security Division at ESI. The seminar examined how the Barents Sea and Pacific Arctic, being part of the international system, has been affected by globalisation and the lessons that can be drawn from it.
Programme
Welcome Remark by Professor Lucy REED, Director of CIL
Opening Address by H.E. Tormod C. ENDRESEN, Ambassador of Norway to Singapore
Presentation by Professor Rasmus Gjedssø BERTELSEN, Professor of Northern Studies and Barents Chair in Politics, University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway
Q&A with H.E. Tormod C. ENDRESEN and Professor Rasmus Gjedssø BERTELSEN
Moderated by Dr Philip ANDREWS-SPEED, Senior Principal Research Fellow & Head of Energy Security Division, ESI
About the Speakers
H.E. Tormod C. ENDRESEN is Norway’s ambassador in Singapore. A career diplomat, he has served at Norway’s Mission to the United Nations in New York and in various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including in the Foreign Minister’s Secretariat and as Deputy Director General for Human Rights. Prior to his arrival in Singapore in 2012, he was Consul General in Guangzhou, China. A lawyer by training, Mr Endresen has been practicing business law at Wiersholm law firm in Oslo from 2001 to 2003. He holds a Master’s degree of Law from the University of Oslo.
Professor Rasmus Gjedssø BERTELSEN is a Danish international relations scholar. He is Professor of Northern Studies and holds the Barents Chair in Politics at the University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway. Rasmus grew up in Iceland and therefore he has a deep personal and professional commitment to the North Atlantic and the Arctic. He studied at the Universities of Copenhagen, Iceland, Geneva, Lausanne and Amsterdam. He holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Cambridge during which time he also was a visiting PhD candidate at Sciences Po Paris. Rasmus did his first postdoc at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, followed by a JSPS postdoc at Tokyo Institute of Technology and United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies and finally Aalborg University (Denmark), where he was also an assistant professor. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Energy Studies Institue.
