Patrick Flamm, head of the Research Group “Ecology, Climate, and Conflict”, took part in the 18th Polar Law Symposium in the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, from 22-24 October 2025. The conference, held under the theme “Indigenous Rights, Autonomy, Empowerment & Environment”, was jointly organized by the University of Greenland - Ilisimatusarfik and the University of Akureyri in Iceland.
Patrick Flamm organized a conference panel on “The Future of Greenland-EU Relations: Aspirations, Chances, and Limits,” which included, among others, the Permanent Secretary of the Greenlandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mininnguaq Kleist, and the Head of the European Commission Office in Nuuk, Simon Bojsen-Møller. In addition, he presented his own research paper titled “A Cable to Antarctica: Exploring the Geopolitical Dimension of Connecting the Material Internet’s Last Frontier,” which is a collaboration with Jonas Franken and Prof. Christian Reuter from TU Darmstadt.
