Justin Barnes

PhD in Global Governance    

Justin Barnes
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Justin Barnes

PhD in Global Governance

Justin Barnes is a PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, a Research Fellow at the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), and Canada Fellow at Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI). Justin serves as Assistant Editor at the Arctic Yearbook (arcticyearbook.com), an annual interdisciplinary peer-reviewed volume focused on Arctic politics, governance, and security. Justin’s research has been related to climate change adaptation, environmental security, and sustainable development in Canada’s North. His current PhD research is focused on circumpolar governance and human security in the Arctic.

Justin holds a MA degree from the Sustainability Studies program at Trent University’s School of the Environment. In 2019, Justin pursued an internship at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in the Division for Sustainable Development Goals at UN Headquarters. Justin is also actively involved in the sport of sailing as a coach and former national team athlete. In pursuit of the Olympic Games, Justin represented Canada internationally on the World Sailing circuit as a member of the Canadian Sailing Team for seven years (2013 – 2020).

Awards

  • SSHRC-MINDS Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (2021 – 2024)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021)
  • Balsillie Doctoral Fellowship (2020 – 2024)
  • Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Scholarship (2021/2022)
  • City of Pickering Civic Achievement Award 2019

Select Publications

  • Heininen, L., Exner-Pirot, H., and Barnes, J. (Eds.) (2022). The Russian Arctic: Economics, Politics, and Peoples. Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum. Available from https://arcticyearbook.com
  • Menezes, D.R., Barnes, J., & Godbold, J. (2022). Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic: The Case of Polar Research and Policy Initiative. In Nikolas Sellheim & Dwayne Menezes (Eds.) Non-State Actors in the Arctic Region. Springer.
  • Barnes, J., Exner-Pirot, H., Heininen, L., and Lackenbauer, P.W. (Eds.) (2021) China’s Arctic Engagement: Following the Polar Silk Road to Greenland and Russia. Peterborough, Canada: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network.
  • Nicol, H. & Barnes, J. (2021) Sustainability and Arctic Borderlands. In Heather Nicol & Andrew Chater (Eds.) North America’s Arctic Borders: A World of Change. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
  • Heininen, L., Exner-Pirot, H., and Barnes, J. (Eds.) (2021). Defining and Mapping the Arctic: Sovereignties, Policies and Perceptions. Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum. Available from https://arcticyearbook.com
  • Barnes, J., Bellamy, J., Greaves, W. & Lackenbauer, P.W.  (2020). Environment Sector. In P.W. Lackenbauer (Ed.), Understanding the Future Arctic Security Environment. Peterborough: North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network. pp. 39 – 50.
  • Heininen, L., Exner-Pirot, H., and Barnes, J. (Eds.) (2020). Climate Change and the Arctic: Global Origins, Regional Responsibilities? Akureyri, Iceland: Northern Research Forum. Available from https://arcticyearbook.com
  • Barnes, J. (2019). Minimising Vulnerability in Canada’s Arctic Borderlands through Cross-scale Linkages: the Beaufort Sea Partnership. In Dwayne Menezes & Heather Nicol (Eds.), The North American Arctic: Themes in Regional Security. London, UK: University College of London Press
  • Nicol, H. & Barnes, J. (2019). Resilience, Environment and Economic Development in the Canadian Arctic. In John Higginbotham & Jennifer Spence (Eds.), Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex. Waterloo: Centre for International Governance Innovation

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