The positions are intended for doctoral students with a higher university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) who will conduct their PhD degree at the Universities of Lapland, Oulu, Helsinki and Eastern Finland at in one of the disciplines of the Arctic Doctoral Program.

The theme of the multidisciplinary Arctic Doctoral Program is Social and Environmental Impacts of Modernization and Global Change in the Arctic. The disciplines of the school are environmental politics, environmental economy and environmental law, political science and international relations, cultural studies, sociology, biology, ecology and cultural, economical and physical geography.

The written applications should be sent by 1 March, 2012 at 13:00.

More information at www.arcticcentre.org/arktis

Arctic Doctoral Program is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Education and the Academy of Finland, and directed by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland.