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Elana T. Wilson Rowe
Elana T. Wilson Rowe, Senior Research Fellow
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
(+47)450 04 240
Date/Place of Birth: 13 July 1980 (Madison, Wisconsin)
Citizenship: American (Norwegian permanent residency)
Civil status: Married, 3 children (2010, 2013, 2013)
EDUCATION
PhD, Geography. University of Cambridge (UK) 2002-2006
Dissertation: “Building an Arctic community of knowledge: The
promotion and reception of Canadian resource management and
economic development models in the Russian North”
M.Phil, Geography. University of Cambridge (UK) 2001-2002
Thesis: “Gender, nationalism, and political participation in the
circumpolar north: A case study of Nunavut, Canada”, High Honors
B.A., Geography/Russian. Middlebury College (Vermont, USA) 1997-2001
Summa cum Laude, Departmental High Honors
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) 2006-
Leader of ‘Emerging Powers and Global Development’ research group,
September 2012-June 2013; September 2014-present.
Member of NUPI’s leadership committee ‘Arbeidsutvalget’, October 2012-
June 2013; September 2014-January 2016.
Head of Forskerforbundet (local researcher’s union), December 2011-August 2012.
Health and Safety Staff Liaison (Verneombud), February 2011-December 2012.
Maternity leaves January-August 2010, June 2013-May 2014.
Adjunct Professor, Centre for High North Business and Governance, 2010-
University of Nordland
Courses taught: Geopolitics of Oil and Gas; Geopolitics of Energy
External Examiner for Geography MPhil in Polar Studies 2015-2018
University of Cambridge
Advisory board member, National Science Foundation network project 2013-
‘Arctic Urban Sustainability’ (George Washington University)
Seminar leader, ‘Politics of Climate Change’, M.Sc in International Relations 2011, 2013
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Member of Editorial Board, Internasjonal Politikk (International Politics) 2010-2015
Member, Norwegian Research Council Planning Committee for International 2007
Relations in the North and Russian Studies
Teaching Assistant/Supervisor, Geography Department, University of Cambridge 2002-06
Courses: The Human Geography of the Arctic Regions; State, Politics and the Environment; Cultures of the Field
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Wilson Rowe, E. under contract. Cold Encounters: Power and Arctic governance.
Manchester University Press.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2013. Russian Climate Politics: When Science Meets Policy.
Palgrave: Basingstoke.
Wilhelmsen, J and E. Wilson Rowe, eds. 2011. Russia’s encounter withglobalization:
Actors, processes and critical moments. Palgrave: Basingstoke.
Wilson Rowe, E (ed). 2009. Russia and the North. University of Ottawa Press: Ottawa.
Wilson Rowe, E. and S. Torjesen (eds). 2008. The multilateral dimension of Russian foreign policy. Routledge: London
Peer-reviewed articles
Wilson Rowe, E. (accepted, forthcoming) Promises, promises: Murmansk and the unbuilt
petroleum environment. Arctic Review on Law and Politics.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2015. Locating international REDD+ power relations: Debating forests and
trees in international climate negotiations. Geoforum 66: 64-74.
Wilson Rowe, E. and H. Blakkisrud. 2014. Great power, Arctic power: Russia’s northern
engagement. Geopolitics.19 (1): 66-85
Wilson Rowe, E. 2014. Arctic hierarchies? Norway, status and the ‘High North’. PolarRecord, 01: 72-79
Wilson Rowe, E. 2013. Climate science, Russian politics andthe framing of climate change. WIREs Climate Change, 4(5): 457-465.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2013. The future, the foreign and thepublic-private divide: Socio-political discourses around Skolkovo. Journal of Eurasian Studies. |
Solli, P.E., E. Wilson Rowe and W. Yennie Lindgren. 2013. Coming intothe Cold? The
Arctic interests of Asian states. Polar Geography, 36(4): 253-270.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2013. A Sylvan superpower? Russian forests in international climatenegotiations. Geoforum, 48: 216-224.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2012. A dangerous space? Unpacking state and media
discourses on the Arctic. Polar Geography, 36 (3): 232-244.
Wilson Rowe, E.2012. International knowledge, domestic politics: Russian reception of
international climate change assessments. Environment and Planning D: Society and
Space, 30: 711-726.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2009. Who’s To Blame? : Agency, causality and responsibility
and the role of experts in Russian framings of climate change. Europe-Asia Studies, 61(4): 563-619.
Wilson, E. 2007. Indigenousness and the mobility of knowledge: Promoting Canadiangovernance practices in the Russian North. Sibirica, 6(2): 26-50.
Wilson, E. 2007. Arctic unity, Arctic difference: Mapping the reach of northern discourses.
Polar Record, 43(225): 125-133.
Wilson, E. 2007. Time, idealization and international development: Promoting Canadian co
management in Northern Russia. Area, 39(3): 323-330.
Wilson, E. 2005. Gender and nationalism in Nunavut’s territorial ‘House’: A
case study of the gender parity debate. Arctic Anthropology, 42(2): 82-94.
Peer-reviewed book chapters in edited volumes
Wilson Rowe, E. 2016. The Arctic in Moscow. In: Robert Orttung, editor. Sustaining
Russia’s Arctic Cities. Berghahn Books.
Lahn, B. and E. Wilson Rowe. 2015. How to be a ‘front-runner’: Norway and international
climate politics. In: Benjamin de Carvalho and Iver Neumann, editors. Small states and status seeking. Routledge: London and New York, pp. 126-145.
Rowe, L., E. Wilson Rowe and G.Hønneland. 2014. Health and Human Security:
Communicable diseases in the post-Soviet Arctic. 2014. In: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Dawn R. Bazely, Marina Goloviznina and Andrew J. Tanentzap, editors. Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic. Earthscan from Routledge: London and New York, pp. 163-184.
Irlbacher-Fox, S., J. Price and E. Wilson Rowe. 2014. Women’s Participation in Decision
Making: Human Security in the Canadian Arctic. In: Gunhild
Hoogensen Gjørv, Dawn R. Bazely, Marina Goloviznina and Andrew J. Tanentzap,
editors. Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic. Earthscan from Routledge:
London and New York, pp. 203-230.
Wilhelmsen, J and E. Wilson Rowe. 2011. Introduction. In: Russia’s encounter with
globalization: Actors, processes and critical moments. Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp. 1-14.
Wilhelmsen, J and E. Wilson Rowe. 2011. Conclusion. In: Russia’s encounter with
globalization: Actors, processes and critical moments. Palgrave: Basingstoke, pp. 216-230.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2011. Encountering climate change. In: Julie Wilhelmsen and Elana
Wilson Rowe (eds). Russia’s Encounter with Globalization: Actors, Processes and Critical Moments. Palgrave: Basingstoke.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2009. Introduction: Policy aims and political realities in the
Russian North. In: Elana Wilson Rowe, editor. Russia and the North. University of Ottawa Press: Ottawa.
A. Moe and E. Wilson Rowe. 2009. Northern Offshore Oil and Gas
Resources: Policy challenges and approaches. In: Elana Wilson Rowe, editor. Russia and the North. University of Ottawa Press: Ottawa.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2009. Afterword: The intersection of northern and national policies. In:
Elana Wilson Rowe, editor. Russia and the North. University of Ottawa Press: Ottawa.
Wilson Rowe, E. and S. Torjesen. 2008.Key Features of Russian Multilateralism. In: Elana Wilson Rowe and Stina Torjesen, editors. The multilateral dimension of Russian foreign policy. Routledge: London
Wilson Rowe, E. 2008. Russian regional multilateralism: The case of the Arctic Council. In: Elana Wilson Rowe and Stina Torjesen, editors. The multilateral dimension of
Russian foreign policy. Routledge: London
Wilson, E and Øverland, I. 2007. Indigenous issues. In: Olav Schram Stokke and Geir
Honneland, editors. International cooperation and Arctic governance: Regime effectiveness and northern region building. Routledge: London.
Selected popular (non-peer reviewed)
Wilson Rowe, Elana. February 2016. Commentary: Hands on the Arctic: Making space for
two thoughts at a time. High North News.
Wilson Rowe, Elana. June 2016. Commentary: Future imperfect? High North News.
Wilson Rowe, Elana. October 2016. Commentary: Indigenous peoples are safeguarding
Arctic cooperation. High North News.
Wilson Rowe, Elana. 20 December 2016. Commentary: The Arctic and a Trump
Administration Yet to Come. High North News.
Loe, Julia and Elana Wilson Rowe. April 2016. Perceptions of petroleum-related CSR in the
Russian Arctic. Russian Analytical Digest, no. 181.
Sverdrup, Ulf and Elana Wilson Rowe. June 2015. Norway is re-thinking its Russianrelations. Europe’s World, pg. 110-111.
Wilson Rowe, E. April 2015. Arctic expert networks in chilly geopolitical weather
GR:EEN Newsletter, vol. 21.
Wilson Rowe, E. February 2015. GR:EEN European Policy Brief: Navigating
Transnational Networks.
Wilson Rowe, E and H. Blakkisrud. 2013. A normal great power? Russia and the Arctic.
Policy Options 34 (4), 3. May.
Solli, Per-Erik and E. Wilson Rowe. 10 January 2013.Et regionalt naboskap i 20 år .
Avisa Nordland.
Wilhelmsen, J. and E. Wilson Rowe. 23 September 2012. Russland i det norske bildet.
Aftenposten.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2011. Arktisk politikk: kappestrid, samarbeid, eller ...? [Arctic
Politics: Competition, cooperation or…?]. Hvor Hender Det, 6.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2011. Russia’s Northern Policy: Balancing an ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’
North.Russia Analytical Digest, 1 May.
Wilson Rowe, E. and B. de Carvalho(eds). 2009.Norge og BRIK-landene [Norway and the
BRIC countries). NUPI report.
Wilson Rowe, E. 2009. Russland: En status quo-BRIK? [Russia: A status quo BRIC?]. In:
Norge og BRIK-landene [Norway and the BRIC countries). NUPI report.
Wilson Rowe, E. 22 January 2008. Regional Influence in Oil and Gas Development: A case
study of Sakhalin. Russian Analytical Digest, 33.
Wilson Rowe, E. and H. Blakkisrud. 2007. A Revival of the Russian North?
Journal of Nordregio, 4(7): 24-26.
Wilson, E. and I. Øverland (18.9.2006) Oljefondenes Makt. Dagbladet.
Wilson, E. 2006. Representation and Narrative in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Debate. The Northern Raven, 1: 26-35.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Russia and the Arctic” 2016
Arctic Frontiers Paris/Norwegian Embassy (invited speaker)
“Networks and Arctic governance” 2016
Invited panellist, RAND-organized panel at Arctic Circle conference
“Arctic geopolitics” 2016 Wilton Park roundtable conference (invited speaker)
“Murmansk and the oil and gas adventure that wasn’t” 2016
Arctic Frontiers, Tromsø
“Russia and the northern sea route” 2015
Arctic Circle Conference, Reykjavik
“The EU and climate diplomacy: leading from behind?” 2015
GREEN FP7 concluding policy seminar, Brussels
“International expert diplomacy and framing tropical forests” 2014
Central European University, Budapest
“New Arctic actors, Russian northern politics and the northern sea route” 2014
University of Turku (Finland)
“Arctic cooperation in difficult political weather” 2014
Arctic Futures Symposium, Brussels
“Coming into the Cold: Russia,Norway and ‘new actors’ in the North” 2012
NUPI’s Europe seminar series
“Is there anything special about Russia’s Arctic politics?” 2012
Association for Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Conference
“Great Power, Arctic Power: Russia’s High North Engagement” 2012
Marineingeniørgruppens Harlan Seminar
“Professional networks and Arctic governance” 2012
American Association of Geographer’s Annual Conference
“Forests and the politics of knowledge in climate change negotiations” 2012
NUPI Theory seminar, Oslo
“The EU in international climate politics” 2012
GREEN workshop for policymaker and academics, Oslo
“Russia and Globalization” 2011
Ministry of Foreign Affairs internal seminar
“Geopolitics of the Arctic and Russian Northern Policy” 2011
Arctic 101 Training Course for DFAIT (Canada) officers, Oslo
“Geopolitics of High North Oil and Gas” 2010
National Research School in Business Econ. and Administration, Bodø
“International Assessments, Expert Intervention and Russian Climate Politics” 2010
IPY International Conference, Norway
“Russia’s Policy Encounter with Climate Change” 2009
NUPI’s Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies Annual Public Conference
“The Russian North: Peoples, Resources and Politics” 2009
Grensevakt Sør-Varanger, Kirkenes
“Russia, Media and Normative Critique” (presentation and public debate) 2009
Trondheim’s Student Society
“The Russian North: Open and Closed” 2009
Oslo’s Student Society
“Russland: En status quo-BRIK? 2009
NUPI’s Spring Conference on Norwegian Foreign Policy
“Policy Continuity in Russia” 2008
StatoilHydro Company Meeting
“Russian Framings of Climate Change” 2008
NUPI
“Mobile Models? Debating the Applicability of Canadian Practices in Russia” 2008
International Congress of Arctic Social Scientists (Nuuk)
“Strategic Thinking, Strategic Behavior? Gazprom, Rosneft and the Russian offshore 2008
University of Tromsø, PhD Course in Russian Resource Politics
“Russia and Northern Multilateralism” 2007
Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies Annual Conference (NUPI)
“Russia and CIS Multilateralism” 2007
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“The Geography and Process of Expanding State Control in the Russian Energy Sector” 2007
Barents Secretariat
“Russia’s Domestic Energy Politics” 2007
Norwegian Parliament, Foreign Policy Committee
“The Application of Environmental Regulations to Problems of Cooperation in the 2007
Energy Sector”NUPI Public Seminar
“The Role of Regional Government in Russian Energy Development (Sakhalin) 2007
Presentation to Statoil, Hydro and the Ministry of Oil and Energy representatives
“Borders, Barriers and Bridges: Transferring Governance Knowledge” 2006
University of Cambridge, Geography Department Seminar
MAJOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL FUNDING AWARDS
Project leader, Science and Business in Arctic Environmental Governance 2016-2019
Funded by the Norwegian Research Council (POLARPROG)
Kjetil Stuland Research Prize 2013
Project leader, Modernizing the Russian North: Politics and Practice 2011-2013
Funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NORRUSS programme)
Project Manager, Regional Capacity-Building for Think Tanks in Central Asia 2007-2012
and the South Caucasus
Funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
National Science Foundation (USA) Graduate Research Fellowship 2003-2006
Three-year fellowship towards the completion of PhD
Keasbey Memorial Scholarship 2001-2003
Two-year scholarship to any UK institution
Languages: English, Russian and Norwegian
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