Frank Sejersen
Associate Professor
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Strandgade 102, 3. sal, 1401 København K, Building: 322
Denmark
Current research
My current research project focusses on the relation between mining activities in Greenland and their importance in the negotiation of Greenlandic identities and the creation of values. The project addresses historical as well as contemporary mining projects and debates.
Primary fields of research
Cultural studies of societal transformations in Greenland and Canada based on cross-cultural methods and theory. Seven fields of problems have my particular interest:
1. industrialization and extractive industries
2. Climate change and adaptation strategies
3. Use and management of natural resources (sustainability and biodiversity)
4. Indigenous peoples' rights and selv-governance
5. The Arctic research history
6. Urbanisation and migration
7. Economic strategies, innovation, value creation and the growth imperative
Teaching
- Cross-cultural analysis
- Value creation, innovation and resource perceptions
- History of anthropological theory
- Qualitative methods
- Organizational theory
- Cultural analysis
- Industrialization
- Globalization
- Ethnicity
- Politics and economy
- Environmental management and knowledge regimes
- Traditional and contemporary cultural and social issues in the Arctic (eg social organization, exchange, economy and land rights).
Selected publications
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Rethinking Greenland and the Arctic in the Era of Climate Change: New Northern Horizons
Sejersen, Frank, 3 Apr 2015, London & New York: Routledge. 235 p. (Earthscan Science in Society Series).Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Efterforskning og udnyttelse af råstoffer i Grønland i historisk perspektiv: Baggrundspapir. Udvalget for samfundsgavnlig udnyttelse af Grønlands naturressourcer
Sejersen, Frank, 24 Jan 2014, København. 78 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
- Published
Klimatilpasning og skaleringspraksisser
Sejersen, Frank, 2014, Klima og mennesker: Humanistiske perspektiver på klimaforandringer. Sørensen, M. & Eskjær, M. F. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 59-79 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
- Published
Resilience, human agency and climate change adaptation strategies in the Arctic
Sejersen, Frank, 2009, In : Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-Filosofiske Meddelelser. 106, p. 218-244Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
Mobility, climate change and social dynamics in the Arctic: the creation of new horizons of expectation and the role of the community
Sejersen, Frank, 21 Aug 2012, Climate change and human mobility: global challenges to the social sciences. Hastrup, K. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 225-254 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Selected activities
Referencegruppen for Polarforskningskonferencen 2015 (External organisation)
Sejersen, Frank (Member)23 Mar 2015 → 23 Mar 2016Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Baggrundsgruppe for CreoDKs arktiske satsning ifht Horizon 2020 (External organisation)
Sejersen, Frank (Member)1 Jan 2015 → 1 Jan 2016Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Sustainability Science Centre (External organisation)
Sejersen, Frank (Member)1 Jul 2010 → 31 Dec 2014Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
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Grønlands naturforvaltning: ressourcer og fangstrettigheder
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Efterforskning og udnyttelse af råstoffer i Grønland i historisk perspektiv: Baggrundspapir. Udvalget for samfundsgavnlig udnyttelse af Grønlands naturressourcer
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Local Knowledge, Sustainability and Visionscapes in Greenland
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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