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Research

Our research profile

Our mission is to produce new knowledge and competence from the Arctic perspective so that life in the Arctic can continue to thrive in the future.

We strive to ensure prosperity and well-being in the Arctic by encouraging both individuals and communities to take responsibility and by harnessing our global Arctic networks for benefiting our strategic aims.

Find out more about our research profile

Strategic choices of University of Lapland research: Global Arctic responsibility, Sustainable tourism & Future services and reachability
Get to know our research

Familiarise yourself with our research in our research portal, where you can find information on our researchers, publications and projects. You can search e.g. by name, field of science, unit or publication mode.

Interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinary collaboration were noted as strengths of our research in the University of Lapland Research Assessment Exercise 2023. Learn more about the research assessment exercise.
Available in research portal

Experts

Get to know our staff in research portal. The portal contains the profiles of our professors, researchers and doctoral candidates.

Publications and artistic output

In our research portal you can find the references to our doctoral dissertations, artistic output and other publications aimed at academic and professional audiences and the general public. Full text is also available for some publications.

Projects

The research projects of our university are also listed in research portal.

Activities and honours

In the research portal you can see the expert tasks and positions of trust of our university staff as well as the awards and honours they have received.

Research organisations

You can browse our research portal also by research organisation.

Doctoral education

Our doctoral programmes

Doctoral education at our university is constructed around two doctoral programmes. One of them is thematic and multidisciplinary, complying with our strategic emphasis:

We also offer a discipline-specific doctoral programme that is home to doctoral candidates with discipline-specific doctoral paths in our Faculties.

Applying for doctoral studies

As a doctoral candidate you belong to one faculty and one doctoral programme. You apply for doctoral studies through your Faculty, which will also eventually grant you your doctoral degree.

There are two application periods for doctoral studies each year. 

Read the application guidelines >

Research support and services

Responsible research

The quality of research at the University of Lapland relies on open and responsible operational culture. It is the foundation of our principles and commitments for open and responsible research and our code of conduct.

Learn more about our practices of open science, research ethics and integrity, research permissions, and data protection in research at the pages of Responsible research.

Our services for researchers

We offer all our researchers a variety of services. We can help you with data management, publishing, evaluating the impact of your study, finding project funding and advancing your internationality.