Comprehensive approaches to cooperationfor organisational resilienceto promote safety and securityin the Arctic

Abstract

Cooperation on the Arctic domain between Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland has been quite peaceful with little geopolitical tension (Pezard et al., 2017). Plans to prospect Arctic natural resources (Haftendorn, 2016) however raise challenges and uncertainty among security organisations on this domain. Reforms to global governance systems have been attempted, but new bodies mainly focus on specific challenges and remain in silos. The findings of this study indicate that coherence and constructive collaboration among global and regional policies, actors and institutions on all levels are needed in order to build resilient organisations for safety and security. Effective multilevel networks for knowledge and information sharing by all stakeholders, policy makers, academics and education providers, authorities, non-state actors, and successful collaboration between these networks, can contribute to resilience in the context of Arctic safety and security. This study aims to answer for research question: How can collaboration networks co-create knowledge and share information on organizational resilience to promote Arctic safety and security?

The research methods of this study include triangulation of participatory observation and expert interviews collected between years 2015 to 2018. The contribution of this paper is that understanding the dynamics and trends in the Artic domain provides background for designing new solutions to build resilience organizations in the Arctic including co-creation and collaboration can support best practices that support the adoption of new solutions. Developing multilevel and effective information sharing networks, can promote better situational awareness and decision-making to benefit organizational resilience building in the Arctic domain.