Professional Affiliation

Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Expert Bio

Andreas Raspotnik is a Global Fellow with the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program. Andreas is currently a Senior Researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, Norway. From September 2021 to May 2022, Andreas was an Austrian Marshall Plan Fellow at the Wilson Center's Global Europe Program. His research predominantly focuses on the European Union's Arctic policy, the region's blue economy, in particular fisheries and aquaculture, as well as EU foreign and security policy at large. Andreas is further a Senior Fellow & Leadership Group member at The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Security Studies in Washington, DC - a policy network and think tank aimed to be a platform for young and early career scholars dealing with broad matters of Arctic security, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Additionally, Andreas is a Senior Researcher at the High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University in Bodø, Norway. At the High North Center, Andreas currently manages the ArcBlue project; an international project that aims to promote the exchange of knowledge and cooperation within the blue sectors of fisheries and aqua-/mariculture in the Arctic regions of Northern Norway, Alaska, and Greenland. Recently, Andreas has also acted as moderator for Arctic conferences, such as Arctic Frontiers or the High North Dialogue.

List of Publications by Andreas Raspotnik

Wilson Center Project

Nordic Security and Arctic Geopolitics

Previous Terms

Former Austrian Marshall Plan Fellow (10/1/2021 - 5/27/2022)