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Theme: The Arctic

The Arctic

  • Research Workshop on “Advancing Elderly People’s Agency and Inclusion in the Changing Arctic and Nordic Welfare System” (AEPA-Wel)

    17.1.2017 13:58


    Research workshop on ‘AEPA-Wel’ will bring together scholars from multidisciplinary background to initiate discussions on different issues concerning older people in the Arctic. The workshop will be held at the University of Lapland from 26th -27th of January, 2017.

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    Arctic Centre exhibition in Korea National Maritime Museum

    13.1.2017 9:47


    The National Maritime Museum in Busan, Republic of Korea, currently holds the “Further into the Arctic” exhibition in cooperation with the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and the Embassy of Finland in Seoul. The exhibition runs until March 5th, 2017.

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    Doctoral defence: Climate Change and Security in the Arctic – The Relevance of Feminism?

    9.12.2016 12:40


    In spite of the obvious threats that climate change poses to both the natural environment and human security, states of the world have been slow to react. What political and economic interests and cultural values are preventing the international community from addressing this important issue in an effective way? Auður H Ingólfsdóttir explores this question in her doctoral dissertation using a case study approach in one Arctic state – Iceland – to explore climate change impact, policy discourses, and the values underpinning those discourses.

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    Arctic Variety opens up Finland as an Arctic country

    1.11.2016 12:27


    Finland will chair the Arctic Council in 2017 – 2019 but what makes Finland an Arctic country? Answers to that can be found in a new book “Arctic Variety” published by the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland and Europeinformation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

  • Arctic Yearbook 2016: “The Arctic Council: 20 Years of Cooperation and Policy-Shaping”

    28.10.2016 12:09


    The Arctic Yearbook 2016 was released at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Ottawa. This year, the theme of the book focuses on the theme of “The Arctic Council: 20 Years of Cooperation and Policy-Shaping”. The editor in chief of the yearbook is Professor Lassi Heininen from the University of Lapland.

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    Arctic fairy tales in the Arctic Fury Film Festival 1–4 November in Rovaniemi

    25.10.2016 10:27


    Arctic fairy tales and mysticism are the theme of this year's edition of the Arctic Fury Film Festival. From the 1st to the 4th of November magical stories will be presented in Arktikum, Rovaniemi (Pohjoisranta 4).

  • Encyclopedia of the Barents Region

    20.10.2016 12:28


    ​ The Encyclopedia of the Barents Region contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, economy, and culture of the Barents Region. The Encyclopedia is an outcome of an international academic project with participants mainly from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

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    Working for the new UArctic thematic network on migration

    12.10.2016 14:44


    Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Nordregio, University of Akureyri and The Chiba University organized the Migration in the Arctic workshop on the 19th of September 2016 in Stockholm. The goal was to share the knowledge and expertise in migration and to establish a research group on Arctic Migration under the thematic network status of UArctic.

  • University of Lapland receives a substantial donation from Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

    29.9.2016 12:29


    The University of Lapland has received a substantial donation as part of its fundraising campaign from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The donation is one of the largest single donations of the current campaign, and it is targeted towards Arctic education and research.

  • First ever UArctic Congress in St. Petersburg

    14.9.2016 16:10


    From September 12 to 16, St. Petersburg State University hosts the first ever UArctic Congress, the University of the Arctic’s largest meeting to date – with over five hundred participants. The UArctic Congress 2016 includes a science section with over 250 oral and poster presentations and world-renowned keynote speakers from across the circumpolar world. In addition, UArctic’s various governance and organizational bodies will convene together to expand cooperation in higher education and science in northern regions.

  • New research project on elderly living Nordic Arctic region

    12.8.2016 13:52


    The Unit for Gender Studies has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers for an international research network project to study challenges facing elderly people in the Nordic upper north area.

  • Seminar on food security in the Barents region

    11.8.2016 10:33


    Open seminar on “Globalization and Food Security in the Barents region” will be arranged in Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland (Arktikum, Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi) on Tuesday, 16th August2016 at 9.30–12.40. In the afternoon there will be meeting for invited stakeholders.

  • Arctic herbivore diversity is mostly determined by plants and predators

    22.6.2016 15:10


    Diversity patterns of Arctic herbivores are only partly determined by temperature; interactions with plants and predators are more important. The diversity of herbivores varies across the Arctic, and until now, no one knew whether this was shaped by physical environmental factors, like temperature, or biotic factors, such as plant productivity.

  • Diving into the Arctic diet of meat

    30.5.2016 8:00


    Get inspired by Inuit ice cream, be surprised of fat percentage of caribou meat and be startled by the smell of dried fish. Welcome to enjoy some Arctic aromas in Nam nam, the new temporary exhibition of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.

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