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  • Seminar on the relationship between law and business practices

    2.10.2014 12:20


    An international seminar on law and the requirements for cooperation and flexibility in business will be held at the University of Lapland on Friday, 10 October 2014.

  • Conference on Enlightened Anarchism

    12.9.2014 9:49


    International conference on enlightened anarchism is held at the University of Lapland on September 12–14. The conference will discuss, among other things, why the anarchists are considered to be a political threat to the society.

  • Dissertation: Even warships have the right to innocent passage in the Åland Islands

    3.9.2014 12:55


    The Convention relating to the Non-Fortification and Neutralisation of the Åland Islands was concluded in 1921 after World War I. The Convention made the territorial waters of the Åland Islands part of Finnish internal and external territorial waters, but it limited the access of even Finnish warships into the area. The 1921 Åland Convention is still in force and regulates the use of territorial waters surrounding the Åland Islands. Nowadays it is applied, however, together with more recent international law and related practices, doctoral candidate Pirjo Kleemola-Juntunen, LL.Lic., says.

  • Conference: Reconstructing minds after war and disaster

    19.8.2014 15:17


    The “Reconstructing minds – the ethics of post-war memory and recollection” conference will be held at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, in 25–27 August, 2014. It is directed at researchers, students and others whose interests include the processes of reconstruction – mental as well as material – that take place following wars and other collective disasters.

  • Publication: Uusiautti and Määttä published a new book about the psychology of success at work

    15.8.2014 9:10


    Adjunct professor Satu Uusiautti and Professor Kaarina Määttä have published a book about success at work. The book is written in English.

  • Junior Researcher in doctoral programme Communities and Changing Work

    5.8.2014 13:48


    Applications are invited for two (2) vacant Junior Researcher posts at the University of Lapland, in the doctoral programme Communities and Changing Work. These two fixed-term positions will be filled from 2 January 2015 to 31 December 2018.

  • The Academy of Finland's September 2014 call for applications

    28.7.2014 11:02


    The Academy of Finland's September 2014 call for applications is now available online. Applications can be submitted in the online services as of Monday 1 September. The deadline is Wednesday 24 September at 16:15. The deadlines for international calls may differ from the Academy’s main deadline.

  • Publication: eCompetence is needed in social work

    26.6.2014 14:05


    "eCompetence for Social Work", published by the Faculty of Social Sciences, examines the emerging challenges faced by social work in an information society. The book is a final report of the Master's Degree Program of e-Competence in Social Work, a three-year project funded by European Social Fund.

  • Research workshop on elderly and Arctic change

    25.6.2014 14:17


    Research workshop on elderly and Arctic change will bring together scholars from multidisciplinary background to initiate conversations and discussions on different issues concerning older people in the Arctic. The workshop will be held at the University of Lapland on 4th and 5th of September, 2014.

  • Grants to the Northern political economy research team

    12.6.2014 14:56


    PhD Candidates Nafisa Yeasmin and Joonas Vola from the Northern political economy research team at the Arctic Centre have received grants for their PhD dissertations.

  • Mauri Ylä-Kotola applies to continue as Rector

    6.6.2014 14:15


    The five-year position of the Rector of the University of Lapland, starting from January 1st, 2015, has been open for applications. Three applications were received by the application deadline on June 6th 2014.

  • Arctic Centre organizes a joint workshop on Arctic Sacred Sites and Important Landscapes

    3.6.2014 12:56


    Arctic Centre, jointly with Sámi Education Institute, SIIDA Sámi museum, University of Montréal and University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, is organizing an indigenous rights-holder workshop “Experiencing and Protecting Arctic Sacred Sites and Culturally Important Landscapes – Creating Partnerships with Mutual Respect” to be held in Inari/Aanar June 11–13, 2014.

  • Sovereignty and resource geopolitics at focus in the Calotte Academy

    2.6.2014 9:52


    The international scientific symposium Calotte Academy will arrange this year its annual Finland sessions in Rovaniemi and Inari on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The symposium will take an explicit focus on issues related to sovereignty and resource geopolitics.

  • Dissertation: Finnish public sector unable to benefit from internationalisation

    27.5.2014 12:30


    In formal rhetoric, the expertise and internationalisation of civil servants is appreciated. In reality, the public sector cannot capitalise the opportunities of internationalisation for example in human resources development. In his dissertation MSocSc Ville Kivivirta argues that public administration is not always ready to address the challenges of internationalisation.

  • Publication: A new book on health education by Määttä and Uusiautti

    23.5.2014 14:11


    Professor Kaarina Määttä and Docent Satu Uusiautti have published a book on Finnish health education titled Time for Health Education.

  • Barents studies: past, present and future

    22.5.2014 13:09


    A symposium is organized in November, 4-5 2014, in Rovaniemi, Finland to celebrate the establishment of the new academic journal, Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics.

  • International Summer School in Social Work for the 17th time in Lapland

    16.5.2014 14:20


    About 80 students, teachers, and researchers from all over the world will gather at the International Summer School in Social Work to discuss social work and social services from a global perspective. The summer school will take place at the University of Lapland from 19 May to 4 June 2014.

  • Foreign Affairs Council promotes the EU Arctic Information Centre

    13.5.2014 9:49


    The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union accepted on Monday 12th May conclusions on developing an EU policy towards the Arctic region. The text includes a paragraph supporting the establishment of the EU Arctic Information Centre with an office at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.

  • Dissertation: International Law Challenged by the Demands of Indigenous Peoples

    5.5.2014 9:20


    During the past decades, indigenous peoples have started to demand their rights around the world, including Finland. The judicial perceptions of indigenous peoples often contradict national interests and ideologies. Globalization has weakened the status of the nation-state, which has forced Western legal systems to make room for legal pluralism. Hence, the status of indigenous peoples has also continuously evolved, says Jari Uimonen, a doctoral candidate about to defend his dissertation at the University of Lapland.

  • Morning coffee break with the Rector on 6th of May

    2.5.2014 13:34


    The morning coffee break session with Rector Mauri Ylä-Kotola will take place in Café Lovisa on Tuesday, the 6th of May, at 8:30 am. The purpose of the sessions is to discuss topical issues at the University, and it is aimed for the University staff and students.

  • Art exhibition by the art society Kalto in Gallery Värinä

    30.4.2014 12:38


    The art society Kalto, formed by the art students of the University of Lapland, will hold its first joint exhibition in Gallery Värinä in Rovaniemi from 4th to 24th of May. The exhibition, “Beginning – Journey – The End”, encompasses works from fifteen students from the Faculty of Art and Design.

  • Sanna Valkonen appointed Associate Professor of Sámi Research

    30.4.2014 12:29


    Doctor of Social Sciences Sanna Valkonen has been appointed to the position of Associate Professor of Sámi Research at the University of Lapland, starting 2 May 2014. Doctor of Social Sciences Lydia Heikkilä has been appointed as Postdoctoral Researcher of Sámi Research and Master of Law Anne Nuorgam as Junior Researcher of Sámi Research.

  • Northern Universities' running championships

    29.4.2014 9:25


    The Universities of Lapland and Oulu will organise a staff running event on 28 June 2014. The Northern Universities' running championships will be a sister event to the Rovaniemi Marathon arranged on the same day. In addition, the long-distance championship of the university students in Lapland will be nailed down during the same event.

  • A new guidebook on best practices in mining

    25.4.2014 16:04


    A joint research project of the University of Lapland, the University of Oulu, and the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) has translated its guidebook on mining into English. The guide provides recommendations for social impact assessment, for land use planning, and for the reconciliation of mining and other livelihoods.

  • Publication: Counterarguments on Globalization

    9.4.2014 14:19


    A new book edited by Risto Tainio, Susan Meriläinen, Jukka Mäkinen, and Maarit Laihonen calls into question a number of recent statements on globalization.

  • First issue of the new Barents science journal published

    7.4.2014 13:44


    The first issue of a new academic journal "Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics" is published. The new journal consists of multidisciplinary peer-reviewed articles, book reviews and presentations of young scholars and their Barents related research. The journal is published in printed as well as in electronic form and it is free of charge for all interested readers.

  • Arctic Frames video exhibition at Iceland’s annual design festival

    27.3.2014 9:30


    The Arctic Frames video exhibition by students of audiovisual media culture will take place at the DesignMarch Reykjavík on March 27–30. The works vary from video installations to art short films and documents.

  • Dissertation: The birth of social work in Lithuania

    25.3.2014 10:14


    The development of modern social work in Lithuania has taken somewhat more than twenty years. The period unfolds intensive processes in the development of a new profession. Social workers have been extremely keen to learn through the international context. At the same time, there has been a faster growth in the need for professional social work. The expanding variety of social problems is considered a major challenge for all societies and especially for those that lack the experience that is needed for managing social problems.

  • Swallowed alive takes by surprise in Arktikum

    17.3.2014 9:21


    Death in the pond, Irony of the death… Nature Photographs of the Year take visitors by surprise in spring exhibition in Arktikum Science Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland.

  • Reindeer grazing may counteract effects of climate warming on tundra carbon sink

    16.3.2014 20:00


    Local reindeer grazing history is an important determinant in the response of an ecosystem's carbon sink to climate warming, say researchers at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. Their study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change on 16 March 2014. The research project has been funded by the Academy of Finland.

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