Rachael Lorna Johnstone
Professional Affiliation
Fulbright Arctic Initiative IV Scholar, Polar Institute
Expert Bio
Rachael Lorna Johnstone is professor of law at the University of Akureyri, Iceland, and at Ilisimatusarfik, the University of Greenland. She is a scholar at the Polar Institute, 乐鱼 体育. Rachael specializes in Polar law: the governance of the Arctic and the Antarctic under international and domestic law. She has published widely on decolonisation under international law, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, international human rights law, governance of extractive industries in the Arctic, international environmental law, state responsibility and due diligence, and Arctic strategies. Her books include (Routledge 2023) with Yoshifumi Tanaka and Vibe Ulfbeck, (Routledge 2020) with Anne Merrild Hansen, (Rowman and Littlefield 2019) with Mary Durfee, and (Brill 2015).
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative IV Scholar at the Polar Institute
