The application period ended on 21 January 2021, and there were both Finnish and international applicants.

– We have just recently renewed the multidisciplinary thematic doctoral programme adhering to the joint strategy of the Lapland University Consortium. I am thrilled to notice the wide interest it has received. We also marketed the positions actively through recruitment platforms targeted to international researchers, says Osmo Rätti, the vice-rector responsible for research at the University of Lapland.

There were applicants to all the disciplines represented by the four faculties of the university – education, law, art and design, and social sciences – that produce roughly 30 doctors annually.

– Our aim is to continue being an appealing PhD research environment among first-rate applicants – both domestic and international researchers keen on Arctic issues, Rätti continues.

Application for doctoral programmes takes place annually in spring and in autumn. The next application period is 9 February – 2 March 2021.

A new doctoral programme: The Arctic in a Changing World

Doctoral candidates may choose either a discipline-based or a multidisciplinary thematic doctoral programme. The multidisciplinary programme ”The Arctic in a Changing World” contains themes from all the scientific and art areas of the university. Programme-compliant specialisation takes place through a separate 20-credit thematic component and the doctoral candidate’s own dissertation research. The programmes offer a doctoral degreein arts, administrative science, social sciences, law, education or philosophy.

Web page of the doctoral programme: www.ulapland.fi/arcticdp

Web page for applicants: www.ulapland.fi/applyforphd

Further information:

Osmo Rätti, Vice-Rector responsible for research, Director of the Graduate School
osmo.ratti(at)ulapland.fi

Juha Himanka, Chair of the doctoral programme
juha.himanka(at)ulapland.fi