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Dr. Sanna Kopra is a Research Professor in Arctic Geopolitics and Security at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, where she leads the Arctic International Relations research team. She is also a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies in Washington D.C. and an associate professor (docent) in International Politics at the University of Turku, Finland. Sanna’s research focuses on Arctic geopolitics and global environmental politics. She is the author of China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change (Routledge 2019) and a co-editor of Chinese Policy and Presence in the Arctic (Brill Publishing 2020, with Timo Koivurova).

Currently, Sanna leads three research projects: Rethinking International Relations in an Era of the Planetocene: Case Arctic Ocean Up to 2050 (Research Council of Finland, 2023-2027), A Planetary Approach to Global Arctic Politics (University of Lapland’s internal strategy funding, 2022-2024), and Climate Responsibility as a Cornerstone of Multilateral Cooperation? (Kone Foundation, 2022-2025). In addition, she leads the Arctic Centre's team in an international consortium Transboundary governance models of biodiversity protection: case studies for an enhanced protection of natural resources in Europe (European Biodiversity Partnership; Research Council of Finland, 2024-2026).