News 2022 | University of Lapland

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Doctoral dissertation: Acknowledging Humanness Improves Cybersecurity

13.5.2022 9:53

In her doctoral dissertation, Assistant Professor Mirva Salminen critically examines digitalisation and cybersecurity as societal programmes. According to Salminen, securing the digitalised society requires that humanness is taken better into account in the development of information and communication technologies, digital applications and services, as well as in societal policies.

WONDER SEEKERS – Adventures in science

9.5.2022 13:17

On the 15th of June the Scientific Tourism project organizes an open seminar for tourism entrepreneurs on the benefits of learning experiences and science communication in tourism products. The event is open to the public, and directed especially at SMEs and entrepreneurs in the tourism business.

Suomen Ulkomaankaupan Edistämisrahasto (SUE): Grant application period 1–31 May 2022 for Master’s theses

29.4.2022 11:48

In spring 2020 Suomen Ulkomaankaupan Edistämisrahasto (SUE) [the Finnish foreign trade promotion fund], the University of Lapland, and the University of Eastern Finland signed a collaboration agreement with an aim to support Master’s theses that address the internationalisation or export of companies in Lapland and eastern Finland. This spring’s grant application period started on 1 May 2022.

Pigga Keskitalo has been appointed as a professor at the Faculty of Education, focusing on Arctic education issues

26.4.2022 8:43

PhD Pigga Keskitalo will start to work as professor in education, especially in Arctic issues at the Faculty of Education.

Aiming for clear and smooth routes to university studies, Finnish universities are collaboratively developing certificate-based admission and entrance examinations

22.4.2022 10:04

The universities will decide on the reform of the scoring model for certificate-based admission in 2023. The new model will be introduced in 2026. The aim is also to increase collaboration related to entrance examinations among universities. Relief for applicants will be provided by a timetable reform aimed at making it unnecessary for those admitted through the certificate-based admission procedure to prepare for entrance examinations from 2025 onwards.

Dissertation: The journey of floral bead styles from 1500s France to 1800s Yukon First Nations

20.4.2022 11:45

Dr. Ukjese van Kampen traces in his doctoral dissertation the origins of the floral bead styles that his people from the south-central Yukon adopted in the mid-1800s. The Yukon First Nations people had an established floral embroidery tradition already before Europeans entered the area in the end of the 19th century. However, the floral designs were not indigenous but adopted through a centuries-long process. The dissertation gives new insights into the spread of floral designs originating in 1500s France and migrating westwards across Canada to the Yukon.

Dissertation: The concept of the Arctic is often taken as a given

13.4.2022 9:30

In his dissertation, Joonas Vola investigates Arctic change and the way in which it is described in science, art, and popular communication. The author’s results provide grounds for a novel, a more radical, and a more critical way to address the Arctic region and the Arcticness.

Dissertation: Sustainable development in the New Space tourism industry

12.4.2022 13:20

Annette Toivonen, M.Soc.Sc., has conducted an internationally ground-breaking study of space tourism. The author presents alternative ways to include sustainable development in the commercial New Space tourism industry

Appointment of Arctic Five Chairs

31.3.2022 10:29

The University of Lapland is pleased to announce the appointment of two Chairs to The Arctic Five network, an alliance of five universities in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland. Nominated researchers are Senior researcher Tanja Joona and Professor Outi Rantala.

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Wonder Seekers to promote scientific tourism

25.3.2022 8:49

International SCITOUR project, coordinated by the Arctic Centre, has now launched a Wonder Seekers website to promote scientific tourism.

Dissertation: Early stage communication of service design needs to be improved

24.3.2022 10:11

Danielle Zsifkovits, MA, investigates in her dissertation how service designers communicate about their discipline to stakeholders and the ways to enhance the existing communication. Especially the early stage communication in service design projects should be improved.

Dissertation: The Impact of Transformative Learning on the Development of Young Peoples’ Intercultural Competencies

24.3.2022 10:00

M.Ed. Tomm Stewart’s doctoral dissertation provides insights into the impact of transformative learning and intercultural experiences on the development of young people’s intercultural competencies. The intended impact is the potential to create a more harmonious and equitable world.

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Student collections participating in the Arctic Design Week fashion show

24.3.2022 9:51

The collections, designed jointly by the students of the University of Lapland and the Politecnico di Milano, will be on display at the Arctic Design Week fashion show in Rovaniemi on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Responsibility has been emphasized in many ways in the designs.

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Nature Photographs of the Year can be seen in Arktikum

21.3.2022 12:30

Underwater exoticism appealed to the jury the most this time. Nature Photographs of the Year are on display in spring exhibition in Arktikum Science Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland.

Finnish Foreign Trade Promotion Fund: Grant awarded to Miira Lehto, a student of tourism research at the University of Lapland

18.3.2022 14:00

The Finnish Foreign Trade Promotion Fund (SUE), the University of Lapland, and the University of Eastern Finland signed a collaboration agreement in spring 2020 with an aim to support master’s theses that address the internationalisation or export of companies in Lapland and eastern Finland. Following the autumn 2021 application round, the grant was awarded to Miira Lehto’s thesis that explores the discourses of sustainable luxury in tourism.

The University of Lapland’s Art Walk introduces the Art collections in the campus

10.3.2022 14:50

The University of Lapland's Art Walk will be opened on Tuesday the 22nd of March. Contemporary artworks from various collections are brought together in the University of Lapland’s spaces. Sculptures, paintings, graphic art, and other works dating from the 1970´s to the present are showcased in public spaces across campus. We want to emphasize their dialogue with the university itself, as well as with the architecture and northern nature.

New UArctic Chairs appointed

3.3.2022 11:00

Professors Kamrul Hossain, Timo Jokela and Tuija Turunen are appointed as the UArctic Chairs for the next five years in Arctic legal research and education, Arctic art, design and culture and Education for social justice and diversity.

The alum, the teacher, the student community and the doctoral dissertation of the year were awarded at ULapland’s Annual Celebration

2.3.2022 10:00

The Annual Celebration of the University of Lapland was organized on Tuesday the 1st of March. The alum of the year, the teacher of the year, the student community of the year and the doctoral dissertation of the year were awarded. Furthermore, the rector’s award was presented and the medals awarded by the President of Finland on the 6th of December 2021 were given. Staff members with long careers at the university were also awarded.

Finnish universities express support for Ukraine

1.3.2022 11:10

University of Lapland guidelines for spring 2022: Campus-oriented work mode as of 14 March

25.2.2022 15:45

The university makes a flexible and comprehensive transition into a campus-oriented work mode as of 14 March 2022.

High-level research plans for strategic research choices at the University of Lapland

22.2.2022 12:15

In the autumn of 2021, the Board of the University of Lapland decided to allocate EUR 1.25 million to the strategic choices of the research as part of the university strategy implementation plan. For the funding application organized at the end of 2021, 14 high-level applications from various faculties and units of the university were submitted. Five were awarded funding.

Doctoral dissertation: Knowledge Integration in Co-management: A Study on the People of the Mount Cameroon National Park

22.2.2022 8:30

Ayonghe Akonwi Nebasifu, M.A., studies in his dissertation the unequal power relations between officials and local people in the co-management of the Mount Cameroon National Park and its adjacent communities. Ayonghe’s work contributes to co-management theory by revealing simultaneous compliance with and opposition to various relations of power in which people use official and unofficial strategies to attain their goals within a system of resource management.

Quality label granted to the University of Lapland – our culture of communality, digipedagogy, and stakeholder collaboration considered as strengths

17.2.2022 8:00

The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) audited our quality system on the 2nd and 3rd of December 2021. By decision of the Higher Education Evaluation Committee on 16 February 2022, the University of Lapland has been awarded a quality label for a period of six years.

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Survey about Urban Nature and Biodiversity

15.2.2022 12:23

Urban Biodiversity Survey, a joint project of the Finnish Nature Panel and the Arctic Centre, aims to examine the development and present state of the urban biodiversity in Finnish cities and assess the future of the urban nature.

Salaried doctoral education at the University of Lapland attracted a great deal of attention

15.2.2022 11:00

At the turn of the year, the University of Lapland had four salaried doctoral education vacancies for doctoral researchers. "The Arctic in a Changing World” doctoral programme was launched a little over a year ago, and this is the second open application round for paid vacancies. The final selections are made in March.

Update on the University of Lapland’s COVID-19 guidelines: Restrictions on public events and gatherings lifted

7.2.2022 12:35

Enhancing the effectiveness of student guidance at the University of Lapland – Study psychologist services and MyTeacher model to be offered this year

4.2.2022 11:25

Student guidance and support a key theme of the Well-being and Guidance Services in 2022.