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Online course in spring 2020 "Northern Tourism: Performances and Experiences"

The course addresses tourism in the Arctic and Subarctic with an emphasis on tourist's experience and the connections between tourism, host communities and l...

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

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Student and science communications internships available in Abisko, Sweden for 2020

The Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC) at Umeå University is offering student and science communication internships from March/April through October/Nove...

Fri, Nov 29, 2019

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Funding has been granted for research workshops on Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education

The goal of the workshops is to review and identify the Sámi and Indigenous pedagogy research needs at northern teacher education contexts and to support new...

Tue, Nov 12, 2019

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Book release: The Politics of Arctic Resources

The Arctic has often been seen as a natural area, or even a “wilderness”, where mainly indigenous and subsistence activities have been prominent. Contrary to...

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

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New book on Sámi Educational History

"Sámi Educational History in a Comparative International Perspective" establishes an overview of Sámi education in a historical and internationally comparati...

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

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The Final Workshop of Food (In)Security in the Arctic was held in Rovaniemi

‘‘Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North”...

Wed, Aug 28, 2019

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The Arctic Five presents: "Challenges in times of change - Current research on ecology, sea and climate in the Arctic"

Science lunch online seminar "Challenges in times of change - Current research on ecology, sea and climate in the Arctic" from UiT The Arctic University of N...

Wed, Aug 21, 2019

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The third Arctic5 workshop concluded the successful "Joint Online Master Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy" project

The workshop was held on 13th-14th May in Luleå, Sweden. ​As a result, curriculum of the joint online master course was finalised. The follow-up project gain...

Tue, May 21, 2019

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Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Seasonality

The project Partnership for Sustainability: Arctic Tourism in Times of Change of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism develops sustainability of...

Mon, May 20, 2019

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The Arctic Five presents: How do we build climate-resilient societies in the Arctic? Online seminar

A popular science lunch seminar with researchers from Luleå University of Technology and Umeå University on the building of sustainable societies in the Arct...

Wed, May 08, 2019

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"Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North" - Project Update

The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland is pleased to announce that the project "Food (in...

Tue, Apr 30, 2019

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NORSIL Workshop on the Rights of the Sámi People and Sustainable Development: Leaving No One Behind in the Nordic Transition?

The Nordic Network for Sámi and Indigenous Peoples Law (NORSIL) hosted by Umeå University, Sweden calls for abstract and participation in its First Workshop...

Wed, Mar 13, 2019

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