Project IV.1.2: NSR-Pilot. (Supervisor: Hшnneland. Publications: WP81)

Project IV.2.1: The NSR in the context of Arctic military and ecological (environmental) security. (Supervisor: Шstreng. Publications: WP13, WP83)

Project IV.2.2: Political aspects of international shipping along the NSR. (Supervisor: Arikainen & Yakovlev. Publications: WP75)

Project IV.2.3: Political perceptions and relations between states in Northeast Asia. (Supervisor: Simonsen. Publications: WP58, WP92)

Project IV.2.5: Russian administration of the NSR - central or regional? (Supervisors: Ivanov & Moe. Publications: WP106, WP146)

Project IV.3.1: International law and Russian Arctic Waters. (Supervisors: Brubaker & Kolodkin. Publications: WP37, WP52, WP57, WP79, WP88, WP94, WP147, WP153, WP159)

Project IV.3.2: The legal consequences of the EEC/EEA provisions and policies for the NSR. (Supervisor: Шrebech. Publications: WP20, WP67, WP105)

Project IV.3.3: Marine insurance for the NSR. (Supervisor: Gold. Publications: WP1, WP46, WP72, WP85, WP98, WP124, WP138)

Project IV.3.4: Arctic environmental law - Harmonization of Polar ship rules - International and national provisions. (Supervisors: Brubaker & Tsoy. Publications: WP151)

Project IV.4.1: Social and cultural impact assessment on indigenous peoples of expanded use of the NSR. (Supervisors: Osherenko & Yakovlev. Publications: WP18, WP33, WP49, WP51, WP93, WP111, WP112, WP148, WP149, WP152, WP154)