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The Speakers Bureau is a directory of arctic researchers and experts that are available to visit organizations, communities or schools to give presentations. The directory contains names, addresses, science specialties, and presentation experience.
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Lisbeth Lewander
About:
Lisbeth Lewander is an Associate Professor in political science at Gothenburg University. She has been studying Antarctic and Arctic issues for the last 30 years. Currently she is in charge of one research project on politics and diplomacy in the Arctic, and is also producing a website on social sciences concerning polar issues. With these two projects she is conducting fieldwork in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and Norway. In her spare time she also runs a project on gender and crisis management. Dr. Lewander has experience lecturing at universities and to the general public.
Some representative lecture titles include:
* Swedish Polar Policies from IPY 1 to present
* The Human Dimension of the IPY
* The Aesthetics of risk in polar exploration
Lewander completed her licentiate thesis on Antarctic sovereignty issues and her PhD thesis on Gender and Nation using examples from polar travel writings.