A Taxonomy of Contemporary Arctic Studies under Social Sciences and Humanities Domain

This database serves a list of the scientific studies related to the developments in the Arctic Region from the perspective of Social Sciences and Humanities. It analyzes the Arctic studies considering their structural features, related key words, relevance to PESTEL-DEL analysis (extension of the well-known PESTEL methodology by including the dimensions of Defense-Security, Energy and Logistics), geographical coverage and methodological framework. The database covers 169 most recent scientific studies published between 2007 and 2019. It addresses topics including political issues and disputes in the Arctic Region, potential economic activities as well as economic opportunities and challenges, social and ecological structure of the region, technological developments based on the changing conditions, environmental concerns as a result of climate change and new industrial activities, legal disputes regarding continental shelf and EEZ, national defense and security efforts of the actors in the Arctic, and potential energy reserves and new logistics routes that have become accessible due to melting glaciers.