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Minna Turunen has background in biology and over 30 years experience in scientific research. She has led multidisciplinary scientific and developmental projects that have encompassed not only scientific knowledge, but also practitioner knowledge. During past 15 years her studies have focused on the effects of climate change on nature-based livelihoods (e.g. reindeer husbandry and forestry), adaptation strategies and capacity of practitioners to the cumulative impacts of climate, environment and socio-economical changes, and the use of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in land use planning.

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Prof. Forbes has a background in applied ecology and geography in northern high latitudes, with special emphasis on permafrost regions. His experience is circumpolar, encompassing studies of rapid land use and climate change in Alaska, the Canadian High Arctic, various regions of northern Russia, and northernmost Fennoscandia. His approach is strongly interdisciplinary and participatory, aiming for the co-production of knowledge, particularly concerning local and regional stakeholder-driven research questions. He has conducted fieldwork annually in the Arctic for over 35 years.

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John Moore's research topics are: past sea level change and prediction; natural and anthropogenic climate forcing; impacts of extreme events, and geoengineering scenarios. Developing new advanced statistical methods for time series analysis, with the aim of a mechanistic understanding of the climate system. Extraction of paleoclimate information from physical and chemical analysis of Arctic and Antarctic ice cores. Geophysical field work and computer modelling of glacier flow and evolution. Early work on the development of a theoretical basis for electrical conduction in ice as function of chemical impurities, followed by radar studies of Svalbard polythermal glaciers.

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Dr Gladstone has experience in the development and application of computer models to simulate various aspects of the Earth System.  He has worked in the field of ice sheet modelling since 2008, and his current research interests focus on sub-glacial processes and ice sheet - ocean interactions.  Dr Gladstone aims use models to better understand present day behaviour, and to predict future behaviour, of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.

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Studing the effects of large-scale human impacts on animal communities and adaptation of northern populations on changing environmental conditions. Main research is focused on the effects of urbanization, forestry and tourism on bird communities, populations and individuals. Leading the Environmental impact assessment and nature inventory services at the Arctic Centre. 

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Marja-Liisa Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki has background in biology (animal ecology; reindeer husbandry) and in information science. Her current research focuses on studying the effects of large-scale human impacts on animal, particularly bird communities and adaptation of northern populations to changing environmental conditions; effects of urbanization, waterpower construction, forestry and tourism on bird communities, populations and individuals. Researcher at the Environmental Impact Assessment and Nature Inventory Services of the Arctic Centre. 

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Teresa got her PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Oulu with a thesis on the coexistence of reindeer herding, extractive industries and nature-based tourism in northern Fennoscandia, with a focus on the anthropology of the good. She has done research mainly in the Finnish-Swedish border region. Her research interests currently revolve around the coexistence of competing livelihoods, northern human-environment relations and wellbeing. She is a member of the Arctic Anthropology Research Group and the Global Change Research Group.

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Mari Kuoppamaa has a background in Quaternary geology and Arctic palaeoecology. She is specializing in the extraction of climatic, anthropogenic, and zoogenic markers in pollen profiles. Mari’s earlier project work at the Arctic Centre include Academy of Finland RISES, ERC Arctic Domus, and JPI Climate HUMANOR during which she has carried out several weeks of fieldwork in Arctic Fennoscandia and Russia, east Siberia, and Mongolia, and researched the palynological signal of pastoralism and nomadic reindeer herding. She has also contributed more than a decade to the European Pollen Monitoring Program. Mari is a visiting researcher from the University of Liverpool, and currently working in the Charter project.

Mia Landauer holds a Doctorate degree in Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Master's degree in Physical Geography. Her current research focuses on justice and ethics in participation of Arctic local and indigenous communities in environmental governance. She is experienced in climate change adaptation research in different contexts, encompassing international climate policy, urban planning, nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation management, and reindeer husbandry. She is a Guest Research Scholar in the Advancing Systems Analysis Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and a member of the Extractive Industries Working Group of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association.

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Roza Laptander's research interests are based on sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, documentating the Nenets language and spoken history of the Western Siberian Nenets. In her work she describes the Nenets' memories about the past and their present life in the Yamal tundra. It shows that spoken stories and interviews concerning big changes on the tundra reflect a general mechanism of making Nenets official historical narratives. Through analyzing silence in the example of the Yamal Nenets people stories, Laptander studied the role of silence and silencing offering a new approach to understanding how small indigenous societies keep memories and stories about their past. She is a member of the Anthropology Research Group and the Global Change Research Group.

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Leena Leppänen has strong experience on in-situ snow measurements in Finland and Antarctica. Her research interests are snow physics, snow microstructure, and optical and microwave remote sensing. She obtained her PhD with a thesis about measurements and modelling of seasonal snow characteristics for interpretation of passive microwave observations. Currently she works in CHARTER project.

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Outi Manninen has a background in plant ecology. Her research focuses on the resilience of vegetation and soil after human induced and natural disturbances in boreal and subarctic environments. She is also interested in non-wood forest products and agroforestry, and investigates the ecological sustainability of collecting raw material for natural products. Currently she works in HISTECO project.

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Inkeri Markkula has a background in ecology, environmental science and cultural studies. In her current research she focuses on the cultural and social consequences of climate change in northern reindeer herding communities. Her research interests also include impacts of climate change on sub-Arctic soil ecosystems and ecosystem services, and the role of traditional and local ecological knowledge in land use planning and climate change adaptation.

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Nuccio got his PhD from the University of Manchester in Social Anthropology with a thesis on perception of landscape and concepts of space among Sami people in Northeastern Finland; in particular he has done fieldwork with Sámi reindeer herders. More general issues of perception of the landscape, place and mobility play a prominent role in his research. Currently he is collaborating in the project “Lappari -elinkeino” where the research focus is centered on local community development through traditional livelihood based on a local breed, Northern Finncattle, also known as Lapland Cattle.

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Ilona Mettiäinen’s research focuses on the use and co-production of knowledge (or in other words, sense-making) on climate change for societal and business-related decision-making in the Arctic. She has conducted research on e.g. regional climate change strategies, climate services, climate adaptation in reindeer herding (CLIMINI) and climate geoengineering by ice sheet conservation (GRISCO) and SAI. Her work is essentially multi and transdisciplinary, where the combination of social sciences and natural sciences are a key element. Her other fields of expertise include sustainable Arctic tourism, collaborative planning and co-design, and Arctic regional development. Ilona Mettiäinen has also wide experience of science communications, including on visualizing social sciences research by art. She is a member of the Arctic Governance Research Group and the Global Change Research Group.

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Eero is investigating long-term plant community changes and post-disturbance recovery in sub-arctic ecosystems. His interests lie mainly in plant community ecology of high latitude and altitude regions: how these communities evolve, thrive and affect the various processes of the cold ecosystems. Currently he is working in the Arctic Centre research project HISTECO and also completing his PhD studies at the University of Helsinki. Previously he has done long periods of fieldwork in many different locations around Fennoscandia and also in Greenland.

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Sirpa Rasmus has a background in climate change impact studies and geophysics of snow and ice. Her approach is interdisciplinary, and she is interested in the interactions between the abiotic and biotic nature, seasonal weather, and human activities. Presently she studies the changing environment of Scandinavian reindeer herding. She has good connections to several local herding communities and regional and national level governance institutions of herding. She works on changing land use and climate in relation to Finnish reindeer management in projects Charter, Climini and Aross.

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Taru Rikkonen works as a researcher in Horizon funded ArcticHubs project coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland. She holds a master degree in geography from the University of Oulu, where she especially focused on the northern environment and environmental sciences. Taru continues within the topic of her studies: the reconciliation of different land use practices in changing environment. With the use of participatory GIS, the main focus is the viewpoints of the local and indigenous people on land use practices.

Osmo Rätti has a long research background in northern and arctic ecology. His main research interest in recent years has been different aspects of grouse population ecology. Especially, He has studied the impact of parasites and diseases on population density changes of grouse. Also, he is Vice Rector for Research of the University of Lapland. Focus of Research: Population ecology, Causes of grouse population fluctuations, Sustainable harvesting of grouse populations, Parasite-vector-host interaction (blood parasites, black flies, grouse), Habitat fragmentation and population genetics of grouse, Epidemiology of viruses in birds.

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Jarmo Saarikivi has a background in biology (ecology, zoology). He has focused in urban ecology and has studied and taught it at the University of Helsinki for the past 15 years. Of particular interest is urban biodiversity and the factors that affect it. Jarmo Saarikivi has done research in e.g. golf courses, landfill sites, small waters bodies and urban forests. The organisms of interest are reptiles and amphibians, insects, birds and vascular plants. The aim of the current research project is to form an overall picture of the state and development of Finnish urban nature.

Päivi Soppela has background in biology and zoology (ecological physiology). She is Docent of adaptation biology at the University of Oulu. Her projects address adaptation of animals, humans and livelihoods to arctic conditions and global change, including climate change. The projects are multidisciplinary and include participation of local people and practitioners. Her ongoing research is related to adaptation of reindeer and local breeds of cattle and horse to the arctic environment and resilience of these species and their livelihoods. She has long-term experience in research, teaching and supervision of graduate and undergraduate students in arctic questions, especially in reindeer herding and reindeer biology. 

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Sari Stark is a plant and soil ecologist with over 20 years of research experience on northern boreal forests and subarctic mountain birch and tundra ecosystems. She has led research projects on soil microbial responses to global changes and their interactions with vegetation change and the intensity of herbivory. More recently, her research focus has expanded towards historical ecology and understanding the legacies of past land-use over present-day ecosystem processes.

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Sirke Piirainen is investigating which factors related to climate change and land use are affecting breeding populations of bird species and the risk of becoming endangered. She will also try to predict which currently common species might become endangered in the future and figure out with what measures the protection of these species could be enhanced.

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Maria Väisänen is a terrestrial ecologist with a specific interest on (herbivore-) plant-soil interactions and their coupling with biogeochemical processes. She is interested in how environmental context and climate change shape and control these interactions at local scales. Her interests are focused on soil microbial activities and soil chemistry as well as in plant ecophysiology and ecosystem-level greenhouse gas balance. She has studied these interactions for over a decade in tundra ecosystems in northern Norway, Sweden and Alaska and more recently in boreal ecosystems in Finland. She is co-leading the activities of Soil working group under the activities of Herbivory Network.

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