The purpose of the ECONOR projects is to provide updated overviews of economic and socio-economic conditions of the circumpolar Arctic, in a context of climate change and environmental impacts.

Climate change and global economic development have large impacts on nature-based livelihoods of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and other Arctic residents. Economic activity, income, and socio-economic indicators are seen in the context of natural resource extraction and land use change in the Arctic. There has been a lack of harmonized statistics on economic activity in the Arctic, at a circumpolar and regional level. Continued strengthened cooperation between statistical agencies of Arctic countries and regions is necessary.

The ECONOR projects are funded by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nordic Council of Ministers, with co-funding from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs of Canada and cooperating partners. Statistics Norway, in cooperation with CICERO Center for Climate Research and the ECONOR network with representatives from national statistical offices and research organizations across the Arctic, have carried out the ECONOR projects.

The ECONOR projects are carried out in close cooperation with Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). Participants in ECONOR V are statisticians and researchers from the circumpolar ECONOR network, contributing with data, analysis, and text. The editorial group is based in Statistics Norway, in close cooperation with CICERO and Université Laval.

Previous ECONOR projects are documented in the reports:

Project manager: Iulie Aslaksen

Participants:

Anders Sønstebø, Statistics Norway

Gérard Duhaime, Université Laval, Quebec

Hanne Marit Dalen, Statistics Norway

Jan Henrik Wang, Statistics Norway

Lars Lindholt, Statistics Norway

Live M. Rognerud, Statistics Norway

Magnus Helliesen, Statistics Norway

Per Arild Garnåsjordet, Statistics Norway

Solveig Glomsrød, CICERO

  • CICERO
  • Université Laval, Quebec
  • The cirkumpolar ECONOR-network of researchers and statisticians

Publications

Glomsrød, S., Aslaksen, I. and Duhaime, G. (eds) (2021). The Economy of the North - ECONOR 2020.

Glomsrød, S., Aslaksen, I. and Duhaime, G. (eds) (2017). The Economy of the North 2015.

Glomsrød, S. and Aslaksen, I. (eds) (2009). The Economy of the North 2008.

Glomsrød, S. and Aslaksen, I. (eds) (2006). The Economy of the North.

Glomsrød, S., B. Poppel, L. Lindholt, G. Duhaime, S. Lévesque, D. Holen, and I. Aslaksen. (2020). Arctic Economies Between Geopolitical. Tensions and Provision of Livelihoods: Insights from the ECONOR Approach. in: J. Weber (ed.): Handbook on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic, Springer Nature, pp. 207-229.

Lindholt, L. and Glomsrød, S. (2018). Phasing out coal and phasing in renewables – Good or bad news for arctic gas producers? Energy Economics,70, 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.12.015.

Aslaksen, I, Glomsrød, S. and A. I. Myhr. (2012). ‘Late lessons from early warnings’ – uncertainty and precaution in policy approaches to Arctic climate change impacts, Polar Geography, 35:2, 135-153, DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2011.654357

Lindholt, L. og S. Glomsrød. (2012). The Arctic: No big bonanza for the global petroleum industry, Energy Economics, 34, 1465-1474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2012.06.020

Period: ECONOR I: 2004-2006, ECONOR II: 2007-2009, ECONOR III: 2013-2017, ECONOR IV: 2020-2021, ECONOR V: 2022-2025

Funder: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nordic Council of Ministers, with co-funding from cooperating partners and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs of Canada