BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Arctic Voices: Indigenous Leadership and Self-Determination in Arc tic Governance - Elena Kavanagh (University College Cork\, Ireland and CSE R\, Cambridge University) DTSTART:20250306T153000Z DTEND:20250306T163000Z UID:TALK227779@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Deb Wood DESCRIPTION:This paper explores the intersection of paradiplomacy\, Indige nous rights\, self-determination\, and Arctic governance by critically ana lysing the legal mechanisms that enable or constrain Indigenous participat ion in Arctic decision-making. It will explore how Arctic Indigenous peopl es\, through paradiplomacy and by exercising their participatory rights\, navigate complex geopolitical landscapes through the “continuum of urgen cies”\, advocate for their rights\, and contribute to sustainable develo pment in the Arctic. The Indigenous peoples of the Arctic\, engaging in pa radiplomacy\, share valuable Indigenous knowledge that can benefit the glo bal community in the face of unifying existential threats and developed ge opolitical instability in the region. This paper's approach is grounded in the concept of "Two-Eyed Seeing"\, which implies the co-production of kno wledge from both Indigenous and Western perspectives and is based on Indig enous cosmologies and the plurality of ways of knowing. Despite the increa sing recognition of Indigenous paradiplomacy\, significant legal and polit ical challenges jeopardise the Arctic Council’s work. The question arise s: Is a subnational cross-border unit like the Saami Council capable of so lving issues that national states are unable to settle? The paper discuss es questions concerning the scope of participatory rights\, the integratio n of Indigenous knowledge in governance structures\, and the regulatory fr amework governing paradiplomatic activities. This timely research contribu tes to ongoing debates in international law on the right of Indigenous peo ples to self-determination in the Arctic. LOCATION:Hybrid: Seminar room\, SPRI &\; Zoom - email organiser for det ails END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR