Bio

Elena Gladun is a Doctor of Law, an associate professor at the Institute of State and Law, the University of Tyumen. Her other positions at the same university are the executive editor of the BRICS Law Journal bricslawjournal.com since 2016 and the Advisor to the President of the University of Tyumen (2012-2015). Since 2014 up to present time, she has been leading the Research Division of the Institute of State and Law “Legal and economic frameworks for sustainable development of the northern territories in Russia” and supervises research projects, grant writing activities and faculty networking in the relevant area of study.

The educational background of Elena Gladun is Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Tyumen (1992-1997), Law Department at the University of Tyumen (1995-1999) and a Post-graduate school at the Law Department of the same University (2002-2004). Her dissertation thesis topic is “Division of powers in the field of subsoil use in a federal state (study of the Constitutions and laws in Russia, the United States of America and Canada)”

In 2012-2015, as the Advisor to the President of University she was a decision-making person for the University international strategy. For example, Elena determined priority areas of the University internationalization process, collaborated with University stakeholders to support internationalization of educational and research projects. Her main responsibility was to build networks with international universities and to represent the University administration in international projects.

Currently, Elena is a local coordinator of the University of Arctic (UArctic) http://www.uarctic.org/ and a contact person and coordinator of North-to-North exchange program within UArctic. She has launched the Arctic Initiative Center with the functions to coordinate Arctic-related projects, to assess educational programs, grants competitions, scientific research, student events on Arctic topics.

Elena actively participates in educational and research projects with foreign universities – the University of Münster (Germany), Osnabruck University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Tallinn University (Estonia), Stockholm University (Sweden), Univesity of Wolverhampton (Great Britain), and also with the international companies.

Elena’s international collaboration experience includes teaching at the University of Wyoming (USA), Wolverhampton University (United Kingdom), Tallinn University (Estonia); five year of team work with the German Universities, co-authorship in the research papers. Recently she has carried out a joint research in the area of public participation in local government with the University of Central Florida. Presently, Elena takes part in the Arctic Law Thematic Network (the Sub-group of Philosophy of Law in the Arctic) and Erasmus Mobility Program with Tallinn University.

Her main research interests are natural resources management and environmental law; indigenous issues in the process of industrial development of the Arctic territories; nature management and environmental protection in the Arctic. She has published about 50 papers in peer reviewed journals and has taken part in more than 30 Russian and international conferences.

Elena has got more than ten years of experience in studying indigenous issues and arctic communities in the northern areas of the Russian Federation (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District) and abroad (USA, Norway). This has been resulted in 17 papers devoted to the indigenous peoples; for example, she is a co-author of the book titled “Guarantees of Rights and Interests of Indigenous Peoples in the Russian North” (Tyumen State University, 2007) and the book “The Interconnected Arctic” (international co-authorship, Springer Polar Sciences).

 

Elena teaches courses in Russian and English, including:

 

  • Law and Policy for Sustainable Development of the Russian Arctic (course in English, LLM, 2017- present), worked out jointly with the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, University of Münster, Germany
  • Global Environmental Management (oil and gas sector) (course in English, LLM, 2012 – present) taught in Russia and abroad (University of Wolverhampton, Great Britain, 2011)
  • Legal Regulations of Petroleum Industry (course in English, LLM, 2014 – present)
  • Environmental Law (course in Russian for a range of programs – LLB, LLM, BSc, MSc, 2002 – present)
  • Land Law, Land Use Management (courses in Russian for LLB, LLM)
  • Natural Resources Managementas a professional training course in Russian taught in 2005 – 2015.

In 2014 Elena launched an extracurricular international project of Tyumen University (International Summer School “Way to the North”). It is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of northern territories of Russia (Tyumen Region, Khanty-Mansiik Autonomous District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District) bringing together students and professors from the USA, Germany, Norway and other European countries. It is the unique opportunity to travel to the Russian North, to see the historical and archeological sites, to stay with the northern indigenous peoples and to build a network with Russian young people, researchers and businessmen.

 

Other extracurricular activities are

 

  • International Midterm School “Sustainable Development of the Arctic Regions” (Fulbright Program, High School of Economics and Tyumen State University joint project, 2016)
  • International School “Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Scenarios” (jointly with the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Germany, 2016)
  • Annual International Youth Forum “Route of Friendship” – cultural, language and social communication of students (2013-2016)

Elena has carried out a range of interdisciplinary research projects: “Sustainable Land Management and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change” (2011-2016); “Water Quality and Sustainable Ecosystems in the Conditions of Environmental and Climatic Change in Western Siberia” (Laboratory of Water Quality, Stability of Water Ecosystems and Ecotoxicology, Tyumen State University and Russian Academy of Science, 2012). She is the author of several draft bills for the Legislature of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District– State Support Measures to the Indigenous Peoples’ Communities (2006), Reindeer Herding (2013), among others.

 

Professional development:

 

  • University Leadership Strategic Program “Transformation of the University towards the excellent education: organization and design” (Tyumen State University, 2018)
  • Professional Development Program “Internationalization of the University: Challenges and Perspectives” (Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, 2012)
  • Professional Development Program “Approaches to the Sustainable and Innovative Development of Educational Institutions” (University of Nordland, Norway, 2011)
  • Course “Host Governments & Oil Companies: their Strategies and Tactics in International Upstream Petroleum Licensing”(Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law Policy, Dundee University, Scotland, 2008)
  • Courses “Codes of Law in Russia: Land, Forest, Water Resources”, “Environmental Regulation in the Indistrial Sector” (St Petersburg, Educational Centre Integral, 2008)
  • Professional Development Program “Economic and Legal Problems of Oil and Gas Sector Development in Western Siberia” (Russian Science Academy, 2008)
  • Course “Legal Regulations of Industry in the Region” (Tyumen Environmental Centre, 2007)
  • Course “Building Good Community-Company Relations” (The Canadian Institute of Recourses Law, 2003)
  • Junior Faculty Development Program (Law School, University of Wyoming, USA, 2001-2002)

 

Awards:

 

  • 2018-2019 Fulbright Arctic Initiative Program
  • 2015-2019 Erasmus+ Program (Academic mobility with Tallinn University, Estonia)
  • 2017 Russian Non-governmental Organization “Knowledge” (Open lecture award)
  • 2016-2017 V. Potanin Fund Award (Course development project)
  • 2007-2008 Award of Russian Ministry of Education and Research for Innovation Initiatives (Text-book writing and professional development)
  • 2002-2004 Central European University Award (Civic Education Project)
  • 2001 Award of Federal Educational Bureau of USA for post-graduate education in the USA University (Junior Faculty Development Program 2001-2002)

In 2015 Elena was awarded a Letter of Honor by the Russian Ministry of Education and Research.