Rannsóknarsetur

Rannsóknasetur um smáríki, Rannsóknasetur um norðurslóðir og Höfði friðarsetur Reykjavíkurborgar og Háskóla Íslands starfa innan vébanda Alþjóðamálastofnunar.

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Höfði Reykjavík Peace Centre

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Centre for Small State Studies

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Centre for Arctic Studies

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Verkefnin

Alþjóðamálastofnun beitir sér fyrir auknu samstarfi milli fræðimanna, atvinnulífs og opinberra aðila á sviði alþjóðamála og gengst fyrir ráðstefnum, umræðufundum og fyrirlestrum um efni sem tengjast starfssviði stofnunarinnar. Stofnunin er vettvangur fyrir fræðileg alþjóðasamskipti og þverfagleg þjónustuverkefni fyrir atvinnulíf, fyrirtæki og stofnanir.

Útgáfa

China’s Green Statecraft and NB8 Arctic Security: How can the NB8 manage its dependence on China in the green energy transition?

No. 6 - October 2026
Authors:
Dana Dūda
Konstantinas Andrijauskas
Björn Cappelin

This policy brief examines how the Nordic–Baltic Eight (NB8) can reduce dependence on China in the green energy transition. It explores the links between green energy supply chains, critical minerals and Arctic security, highlighting strategic vulnerabilities arising from …

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Autonomous alternative reality manufacturing machines (AARMM): A futures concept for anticipatory governance of AI-mediated information ecosystems

Project: RECLAIM

Author: Nikola Schmidt

Large language models and multimodal generators are converging to create personalized "alternative realities" at scale. This paper introduces Autonomous Alternative Reality Manufacturing Machines (AARMM) as a futures concept for anticipatory governance of AI-mediated information ecosystems. Using horizon scanning and scenario analysis, it identifies three governance …

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Journalism, Disinformation, and Europe’s Response: Truth Under Siege

Project: RECLAIM

Open Access

Editors: Jacopo Custodi, Martin Moland and Hans-Jörg Trenz

This edited book examines the relationship between journalism, democracy, and disinformation in contemporary Europe.

Drawing on original empirical research with journalists and media regulators, it provides a timely analysis of the European Union’s evolving regulatory response to disinformation …

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Still a Shared Communicative Space? the Ongoing Fragmentation of European Public Spheres in the Digital Age

Project: RECLAIM

Authors: Maximilian Conrad and Saul Newman

The article discusses the state of the public sphere in Europe in the context of concerns over a possible fragmentation brought about by presumably increasing ideological and affective polarization in European societies. If confirmed, such a fragmentation of the public sphere would …

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The EU's Struggle Against Strategic Disinformation during the COVID Pandemic: An Assemblage Approach

Project: RECLAIM

Authors: Ondrej Ditrych, Jakub Eberle, Petr Kratochvíl, and Linda Monsees

The Covid pandemic was a pivotal episode in the evolution of the European Union's response to strategic disinformation. This article deploys assemblage theory to advance a critical, interpretive understanding of truth contestation as an increasingly salient dimension of …

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NB8 and the Drone Challenge: Creating Platform Market as a Tool for Integration-Driven Preparedness

No. 5 - September 2026
Authors:
Justinas Lingevicius
Markus Holmgren

Drone incursions in the Baltic States and Finland have made clear that this is no longer a distant battlefield concern. This brief argues that as the NB8 framework matures into an increasingly like-minded security community, drone cooperation could stimulate market …

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Nordic Crisis Management: Well-Performing Governance During COVID-19

Project: CMC-19

This book provides the first comparative analysis of how state size and administrative scale influenced responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across the five Nordic states and two territories. It produces valuable insight into how state size, polity and structural arrangements, and culture influenced the management of the crisis …

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Post-Truth Politics, Migration and Border Security: Analysing Political Discourses in the EU

Project: RECLAIM

Open Access

Editors: Karolina Czerska-Shaw and Maciej Stępka

This book argues that post-truth discourses are deeply influencing political debates on migration and border security, blurring the line between fact-based debates and post-truth storylines.

Offering a nuanced analysis of discourse within parliamentary debates on migration across multiple EU countries …

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