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Research projects

From these pages you can find current and finished research projects fulfilled by the researchers from Arctic Center in concert with other research parties and institutions. Basic information and links to primary project web pages are provided in the case of each project.

Ongoing projects

Completed projects

Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
Global Change Research Group
Sustainable Development Research Group

Ongoing projects	Contact person	Timeframe

Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
Comparing Arctic Law and Governance in China and Finland	Koivurova, Timo	(2014)
Testing improvement processes of Finnish environmental impact assessment and the modes for application in Arctic Regions of Finland and Russia	Koivurova, Timo	2013-2014
SUMILCERE – Sustainable Mining, Local Communities and Environmental Regulation in Kolarctic Area	Koivurova, Timo	2013-2014
Syrjäytyneiden toimijaryhmien osallistumisoikeuksien kehittäminen Suomen ulkopolitiikassa – erityisfokuksena ilmastonmuutoksen tuomat haasteet ja mahdollisuudet	Leena Heinämäki	2012-2013
Indigenous property systems	Koivurova, Timo	2009-2013
Ihmisoikeustutkimuksen tutkijakoulu	Koivurova, Timo	2010-2013
Thematic Network on Arctic Law	Koivurova, Timo	2012-2013

Global Change Research Group
RISES - Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems of Northwest Eurasia	Forbes, Bruce	2012-2016
Nordic Centre of Excellence - NCoE Tundra	Forbes, Bruce	2011–2015
LapLinko – Lapin lintukohteet	Jokimäki, Jukka	2012-2014
Lämmönsäätelyvasteet ja turvallisuus poromatkailuyrittäjien tuottamissa ohjelmapalveluissa	Soppela, Päivi	2012-2014
Laidunnuksen ja ilmastonmuutoksen yhteisvaikutukset subarktisen ekosysteemin hiilivarastoihin	Stark, Sari	2013-2014
Reindeer Grazing and Tundra Soil Carbon Storage under Changing Climate	Stark, Sari	2012-2014
Tieto ympäristön käytön suunnittelussa ja päätöksenteossa	Jokimäki, Jukka	2010-2012
Rovaniemen kaupunkilintuatlas	Jokimäki, Jukka	2010-2012
Sval Glac	Moore, John	2010-2012
SVALI - Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice	Moore, John	2010-2015
Dynamical Evolution of Scharffenbergbotnen Blue Ice Area since the Late Glacial Maximum	Moore, John	2009-2012
Adaptation to Rapid Land-Use and Climate Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Remote Sensing and Models for Analyzing Cumulative Effects	Forbes, Bruce	2009-2012

Sustainable Development Research Group
The Barents Journal: Peoples, Economies and Politics	Tennberg, Monica	2013-2014
ARCSUS Urban sustainability in the Russian Arctic	Tennberg, Monica	2012-2015
Barents Regional Seminar	Tennberg, Monica	2012-2013
Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Zone	Tennberg, Monica	2012-2013
Biomedical and ethnographic aspects of Arctic human brestfeeding: a literature review	Stammler, Florian	2012-2013
CAVIAR II - Critical aspects of adaptive capacity to climate change in northern regions	Tennberg, Monica	2012-2013
NEO-BEAR - Neoliberal governance and sustainable development in the Barents Region	Tennberg, Monica	2012-2013
MISTRA – Mistra Arctic Futures: “Preparing for and Responding to Disturbance: Arctic Lessons for Sweden”	Tennberg, Monica	2011-2012
ORHELIA – Oral History of Empires by Elders in the Arctic	Stammler, Florian	2011-2015
ACCESS – Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society	Stammler-Gossmann Anna	2011-2015
Neoliberal governance and sustainable development	Tennberg, Monica	2012

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Completed projects	Contact person	Timeframe

Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
The Reform of the Arctic Council	Koivurova, Timo	2010-2012
Impacts of climate change on the participatory rights of indigenous peoples and women	Leena Heinämäki	2012-2013
Selvitys YVA-lainsäädännön kansainvälistä kuulemista koskevien säännösten toimivuudesta	Koivurova, Timo	2010-2011
The recognition of indigenous property systems within Arctic states	Koivurova, Timo	2009-2011
The EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment Project	Koivurova, Timo	2009-2010
Fishing Rights in Northern Lapland / Kalastustuksen oikeudellinen säätely Pohjois-Lapissa	Joona, Juha	2009-2010
Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptations in the Marine Arctic (TRANSFORM)	Koivurova, Timo	2008-2009
Climate change, community response and multilevel governance	Koivurova, Timo	2008-2009
Understanding and Strengthening EU-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance	Koivurova, Timo	2008
Mining Law research project	Koivurova, Timo	2008
The capability of international governance systems in the Arctic to contribute to the mitigation of climate change and adjust to its consequneces (CIGSAC)	Koivurova, Timo	2006-2008
International environmental law in the Arctic; with special reference to Arctic indigenous peoples	Koivurova, Timo	2003-2006
The right to use land regardless of ownership in Finnish Lapland - especially the traditional land use rights of the Sami (University of Lapland )	Joona, Juha	2000-2002
The obligation of States to take precautionary measures when they make preparation to exploit the natural resources of the Arctic	Koivurova, Timo	2000-
The Arctic – Global Change
Application of space-based technologies and models to address land-cover/land use change problems on the Yamal Peninsula (Project homepage)	Forbes, Bruce	2007-2013
Effects of parasites on population dynamics of grouse / Loisten vaikutus metsäkanalintujen kannanvaihteluihin	Rätti, Osmo	1995-2013
Epidemiology of viruses in birds / Virusten epidemiologia linnuissa	Rätti, Osmo	2003-2013
Poron ravinto ja lisäruokinta muuttuvassa ilmastossa	Turunen, Minna	2008-2011
Clim-ATIC Northern Periphery Programme Project	Moore, John	2008-2011
Ristipalonsuon samakkoselvitys	Jokimäki, Jukka	2011
Suomen Paleoklimatologia: tämänhetkisen ja menneitten ilmastovaihteluiden yhteisanalyysi perustuen ilman, maan ja kallioperän suoriin ja epäsuoriin lämpötilahavaintoihin	Helama, Samuli	2009-2010
Resilience of Human-Rangifer System	Forbes, Bruce	2006-2010
Ice core drilling on Vestfonna	Moore, John	2006-2010
Tieto ympäristön käytön suunnittelussa ja päätöksenteossa	Kankaanpää, Paula	2010-2012
Reindeer Forage and Supplementary Feeding in a Changing Climate / Poron ravinto ja lisäruokinta muuttuvassa ilmastossa	Turunen, Minna	2008-2010
Change and variability of Arctic Systems. Nordaustlandet, Svalbard (KINNVIKA)	Kankaanpää, Paula	2006-2010
Extracting climate mechanisms from noisy data	Moore, John	2001-
The ecological and socioeconomical responses of global change on reindeer pastures (ECOREIN)	Turunen, Minna	2006-2009
Heterogeneity and resilience of human- Rangifer systems: a circumpolar social- ecological synthesis (Project homepage)	Forbes, Bruce	2006-2010
Habitat fragmentation and population genetics of grouse / Elinympäristön pirstoutumisen vaikutus geneettiseen monimuotoisuuteen metsäkanalinnuilla	Rätti, Osmo	2000-2009
Northern coniferous forests – Tools through research for the sustainable use of forests in the Barents Region / Pohjoiset havumetsät – tutkimuksella työkaluja metsien kestävään käyttöön Barentsin alueella.	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa
Paleoclimate studies on Antarctic blue ice fields with ground penetrating radar	Moore, John	2005-2008
Interdisciplinary investigations into the role of sea ice as moderator of and platform for biogeochemical cycles in Arctic and Antarctic waters	Granskog, Mats	2005-2008
Reindeer herding in a changing climate: coping mechanisms and adaptive capacity (EALÁT)	Forbes, Bruce	2007-2008
Parasite-vector-host interaction (blood parasites, black flies, grouse) / Loisen, väli-isännän ja isäntälajin väliset vuorovaikutukset	Rätti, Osmo	1995-2007
Environmental and social impacts of industrial development in Northern Russia (ENSINOR)	Forbes, Bruce	2004-2007
Tourist destinations as landscape laboratories - tools for sustainable development (LANDSCAPE LAB)	Jokimäki, Jukka	2004-2007
Arctic documentary films at risk in Barents region: surveying, protecting and screening (AFBARE)	Turunen, Minna	2002-2006
Arctic Operational Platform (Arcop) 5th Framework Programme	Kankaanpää, Paula	2002-2005
Subsistence livelihood and modernization: the tradition and future of ptarmigan trapping	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa	2002
Effects of forest structure and timbering on diversity of beetles (Coleoptera) and polyporous fungi in timberline forests, the Finnish Timberline Research project, Finnish Forest Research Institute	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa
The visibility of the Arctic Council	Turunen, Minna and Kankaanpää, Paula	2002
Socio-economic influence of predators on reindeer husbandry	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa	2001-2005
UV radiation and subarctic ecosystems. Subproject: Seasonal variation in photoprotective pigments of Scots pine	Turunen, Minna	2001-2005
The challenges of modernity for reindeer management (RENMAN)	Forbes, Bruce	2001-2004
The suitability of the new forest management recommendations in Northern Finland (Finnish Forest Research Institute)	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa	2000-2004
Sustainable development of the Pechora region in a changing environment and society (SPICE)		2000-2003
Impact of snow and ice on rapid changes in the Arctic	Moore, John	2000-2003
Glacio Eurolab Training Course	Moore, John	2000-2002
Human interactions in the mountain birch ecosystems: implications for sustainable development (HIBECO)	Forbes, Bruce	2000-2002
Determining Responses of Forest-Tundra Vegetation to Disturbance in Northeast Siberia	Forbes, Bruce	2000-2001
Biodiversity of northern water areas and their natural restoration methods (Finnish Environmental Institute)	Jokimäki, Jukka	2000-
Body condition, fatty acid composition of different tissue fats and carcass quality in reindeer	Soppela, Päivi	2000
Milk production and postnatal growth success in reindeer	Soppela, Päivi	2000
The impact on snow and ice of rapid changes in the Arctic	Moore, John	1999-2002
Fats as indicators of physiological constraints in newborn and young reindeer (PhD dissertation funded by University of Oulu and Arctic Centre)	Soppela, Päivi	2000
Paleoclimate studies on Antarctic blue ice fileds with ground- penetrating radar	Moore, John	1999-2001
Investigating rapid climate change using Svalbard ice cores	Moore, John	1999-2000
Tundra degradation in the Russian Arctic (TUNDRA)		1998-2000
UV radiation and timberline plants	Turunen, Minna	1998-2000
Effects of landscape structure on populations and individuals (Finnish Game and Fisheries Institute)	Rätti, Osmo	1998-2000
The effect of traffic on mortality of capercaillie females: could it be affected?	Rätti, Osmo	1998-1999
Managing northern boreal forest landscapes for biodiversity: ecological and economic perspectives (Finnish Biodiversity Research Programme (FIBRE), University of Oulu )	Jokimäki, Jukka and Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa	1997-2002
The methods and ecological principles of landscape ecological forest management planning (Finnish Forest Research Institute)	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa	1997-2001
The methods and ecological principles of ecological forest landscape planning (Finnish Forest Research Institute)	Jokimäki, Jukka	1997-
Ecological and economic efficiency of integrated management of biodiversity in boreal forests / Talousmetsät, pienialaiset suojelukohteet ja suojelualueet monimuotoisuuden suojelussa: Integroitu ekologinen vaikuttavuus ja kustannustehokkuus Developing of polypore indicators in assessing the conservation value of boreal forests / Kääpälajiston indikaattoriryhmien kehittäminen metsäluonnon suojeluarvojen arvioinnissa. Cost-effective conservation of forests in Satakunta, southern Finland / Luonnonarvokaupan ekologinen tehokkuus Satakunnassa The alternatives of the forest regeneration methods and their ecological and social sustainability in northern Finland / Pohjois-Suomen metsänuudistamisen vaihtoehdot sekä niiden ekologinen ja sosiaalinen kestävyys	Ylisirniö, Anna-Liisa
Sustainable Development Research Group
BIOS – The biopolitics of sustainable development in the Barents region	Julian Reid	2011-2013
Power Technologies’ productions of space: Sámi territoriality and indigenity	Stammler, Florian	2008-2012
Barents International Political Economy (BIPE) Nordforsk research network (2010-2012)	Tennberg, Monica	2010-2012
BOREAS MOVE-INNOCOM Assessing senses of place, mobility and viability in industrial northern communities	Stammler, Florian	2006-2010
Assessung senses of place, mobility and viability in industrial northern communities (BOREAS - MOVE INNOCOM)	Stammler, Florian	2006-2010
Developing Arctic modeling and observing capabilities for long- term environmental studies (DAMOCLES)	Stammler-Gossmann Anna	2006-2009
Globalisation in the Russian North and concept of sustainable development	Stammler-Gossmann Anna	2007-
Environmental politics in the Arctic	Tennberg, Monica	2009
Pragmatist World Politics for the Environment – PEIR	Tennberg, Monica	2008-2010
Community adaptation and vulnerability in Arctic regions (FIN - CAVIAR)	Tennberg, Monica	2007-2009
Prerequisites of the Sami reindeer herding: meaning of traditional knowledge	Helander-Renvall, Elina	2007-2008
Biological Diversity and Sami people	Helander-Renvall, Elina	2007-2008
Indigenous peoples as international political actors: indigenousness and construction of political agency (INDIPO)	Tennberg, Monica	2005-2007
Governance of renewable natural resouces in Northwest Russia	Tennberg, Monica	2004-2007
International environmental cooperation in Northwest Russia	Tennberg, Monica	2002-2007
Challenging the Public Awareness of the European Dimension of Arctic Environmental Research (Caedaer) 5th Framework Programme	Gunslay, Nicolas	2001-2002
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic ; Inuit, Saami and the Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka (SLICA)	Gunslay, Nicolas	2000-2002
Learning sustainability: towards a sustainable development structure for cooperative actions between marginal areas in Europe (Recite II, Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento , Italy )	Gunslay, Nicolas	1999-2001
The development of culture and livelihoods in Teno river valley	Helander-Renvall, Elina	1998-2000

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