Public defence: Aaron Martin Cooper

Wednesday 9 September 2026 10:00-16:00,
Kjølv Egelands hus,
KE E-164.

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PhD candidate Aaron Martin Cooper will defend his doctoral thesis (PhD) at the University of Stavanger.

  • 10:00 a.m.: Trial Lecture
    The right of minorities, under the UN Convention on Civil and Political Rights Article 27, to “enjoy their own culture””, and its implications for how to manage conflicting interests in the Arctic
  • 12:00 p.m.: Public Defence
    Between Consent and Climate: The Legal Implications of Geoengineering for Indigenous Participatory Rights in the Fennoscandian Arctic

Assessment Committee:

  • 1. OpponentGareth Davies, professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • 2. Opponent: Cathrine Banet, professor, UIO
  • Committee Administrator: Ola Johan Settem, professor, UIS

Supervisors:

  • Principal Supervisor: Lana Bubalo, professor og avdelingsleder ved avdeling for regnskap og rettsvitenskap , UIS
  • Co-supervisor: Katrien Steenmans, postdoc, University of Copenhagen

Chair of the Defence: Ragnar Tveterås, Professor and Vice Dean of Research at the UiS School of Business and Law.

Both the trial lecture and the public defence are open to the public.

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