Eleni Kavvatha Editor

Amandine Orsini is Professor of International Relations at the UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Bruxelles (USL-B). She is Jean Monnet Chair on “the European Union and Global Green Politics: the Anthropocene Challenge” (EUGlobalGreen) and is the academic director of the advanced Master on EU environmental governance (POLLEN Master) at USL-B. She has published Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance (2020), and Global Environmental Politics. Understanding the Governance of the Earth (2020).

Eleni Kavvatha is a Researcher in Arctic and EU Relations at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, where she works for CReSPo (Centre of Research in Political Science) and the ISPOLE (Institut de Sciences Politique) under the supervision of Amandine Orsini. Her research is focused on the impact of EU environmental policies on the Sami Indigenous People in the European Arctic region. She has worked in Belgium, Norway, Iceland, Svalbard, Greenland and the Finish Lapland, on subjects related to EU External Relations in the High North, non – state actors in the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples Organizations, Arctic communities and Arctic Governance. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development, from Panteion University of Political and Social Studies in Athens, followed by a Master’s Degree on Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas from UiT, The Arctic University of Norway. She has coedited a book for Routledge publishing house under the title: « EU Environmental Governance – Current and Future Challenges » and has several publications related to the Arctic.