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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 co-leads the Arctic Politics and Development research program. She also holds the title of 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 Rethinking International Relations in an Era of the Planetocene: Case Arctic Ocean Up to 2050 project funded by the Research Council of Finland (2023-2028). Her previous research projects include Climate Responsibility as a Cornerstone of Multilateral Cooperation? (Kone Foundation, 2022-2025), A Planetary Approach to Global Arctic Politics (University of Lapland’s internal strategy funding, 2022-2024) and The Rise of China and Normative Transformation in the Arctic Region (Academy of Finland, 2018-2021). In addition, she led 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). Read and listen to the audio comic scenario report: We make the future! Utopias of a climate-responsible world 2035 – Arctic snapshots |
