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Stefan is specialising in international law. The focus of his work is the regulation of spaces and interactions between different actors in the Arctic, for example through the international law of the sea and international human rights law. In addition to his academic work, he has extensive practical experience in international law, having worked in both private practice and public administration.

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Timo Koivurova has a multidisciplinary specialisation in Arctic law and government but has also conducted broader research on global law. Some of his research areas include e.g. the legal status of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, regulations and politics regarding climate change in general and in the Arctic, regulating mining industry practices, Arctic immigration, the laws and politics surrounding the opening of the Arctic Ocean, the continued development of the Arctic Council as an intergovernmental forum, rapidly-changing geopolitical trends in the Arctic, both from a broader geopolitical perspective and also with a special focus on China's role in the region, and possibilities for an Arctic treaty. He has been involved as an expert in several international processes globally and in the Arctic region and has published on the above-mentioned topics extensively.

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Dr. Sanna Kopra is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher who is specialized in International Relations. Her research interests include China's foreign policy, great power politics, international environmental politics and Arctic governance. Between 2018 and 2021, Sanna carries out a postdoctoral project “The Rise of China and Normative Transformation in the Arctic Region.”

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Adam Stepien is a political scientist. His interests include: policy coherence, Arctic governance, law and cooperation, indigenous governance, participatory decision-making, as well as development cooperation partnerships. Adam took part in several projects dedicated to the EU and the Arctic. The latter is the topic of his ongoing PhD.

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Adrian is a social scientist and economist, and his previous studies had a strong thematic focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the European Arctic with specific consideration of natural resources exploitation. Adrian joins the Arctic Governance team temporarily in 2021 and works under the umbrella of the ISDeGoNA project and in this regard, he studies the implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the Nordic Arctic.

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Pamela’s background is in land use and urban planning as well as in environmental impact assessment. Her research at the Arctic Center focuses primarily on the social license to operate (SLO) and sustainable mining in the Nordic countries. The topic of her dissertation centers on the social license to operate concept as a form of private governance and seeks to operationalize SLO via economic compensation mechanisms such as Impact and Benefit Agreements.

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Katri holds a Master’s degree from the University of Lapland in Political Science and International Relations. During her studies she specialised in two different topics; one being sustainability and environmental issues, and the other ideological extremism in cyberspace. She was an intern at the Arctic Governance research team and works now as a Junior Researcher in SUMEX project, which addresses the definition of sustainability in connection with the extractive industry in Europe.

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Dr. Cristani is a Virtual Open Research Laboratory Associate at the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Centerof the University of Illinois, USA and Rapporteur in the Comparative COVID19 Project, Institute for New Economic Thinking - Young Scholar Initiative. She earlier worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the World Trade Institute of the University of Berne, Switzerland, and at the University of Verona, Italy, and has been a Visiting Researcher in different universities and research centres in Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom. Her main research interests include international investment law with a focus on sub-regional groups in Europe and cybersecurity.

 

Waliul Hasanat, LLD is a Professor of Law and Justice Discipline in Khulna University, Bangladesh. He has done his Doctor of Laws at the Faculty of Law in the University of Lapland on the Arctic Council. His main research interests include public international law, international soft-law, soft-law forms of cooperation, the Arctic Council, Arctic law and governance, changes in the Circumpolar North, sustainable development, and the protection of minorities.

Liisa Holmberg works as the Film Commissioner, at the International Sámi Film Institute, in Norway. She is a Sámi filmmaker who originally comes from the Finnish side of Saamiland. Since 1994, she has worked in the film business as a producer, production manager and film consultant. The main part of her work as a Film Commissioner is to support Sámi and other Indigenous filmmakers in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Sápmi and Russia through Arctic Indigenous Film Fund. During the years 2008-2017, Holmberg worked as the Rector of the Sámi Education Institute in Inari, Finland. In 2016-2021, Holmberg was nominated as the Chair of the Assembly of the University of the Arctic. She is also the Chair of the Board at the Sámi Museum Siida, Inari Finland.

Ana Belén López Tárraga is a journalist and doctoral researcher in Social Sciences at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Ana is conducting her research on the evolution of European Union Policy in the Arctic space. With a multidisciplinary perspective, she is analyzing current aspects such as Governance, Security and Defense, Environment and Indigenous Communities.

 

The topic of Ilona's multidisciplinary doctoral research is the use of knowledge in environmental and regional development related strategic planning. Her research focuses empirically on regional level proactive climate change adaptation strategies in the Arctic. Ilona’s other research interests include collaborative planning, regional development in Arctic areas, multiple-use of nature, cartography (historical maps in particular), sustainable Arctic tourism, relational planning theory, and actor-network theory.

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Susanna is also holding a position as a Doctoral candidate with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu. Her thesis concerns human physiology and human thermoregulation in cold environments, which covers essential questions in the context of personal human safety in the Arctic. Lately she has been working for the maritime safety enhancement. Her research interests include human physiology, cold environment, health, tourism safety, economics, medical and biosciences and natural sciences.

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Johannes Roviomaa is a journalist specialising in climate change, equality and peace. He is currently a Masters student in Journalism and Communications at the University of Tampere as well as a student in the ExpREES programme in Aleksanteri Institute. In his Master’s thesis he is looking at Russia’s leadership in the Arctic Council. Roviomaa is a journalist in the Flowision project funded by the Kone Foundation, led by Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Professor of Russian Environmental Policy.

Krittika is a lecturer at O.P. Jindal Global University, India and teaches international law of the sea, public international law, law and practice of the United Nations, and environmental law and practice. She holds a master of arts in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA. She wrote her thesis on the inter linkages between International Law of the Sea and International Indigenous Rights Law. She has written and published on various aspects of marine environmental pollution and historic rights under law of the sea. Her current research focuses on deep-sea bed mining regulation, India’s Arctic policy and governance linkages between the Arctic and the Himalayas. She is passionate about trekking and mountaineering and is a national level basketballer.

Geographer, her research interest are: Community-based development in sparsely populated and peripheral places; Tourism in small-scale regions; Socio- cultural impacts of tourism development in peripheral places; Community resilience and adaptation to changes; Management, policies and planning in peripheral areas; Regional development in Arctic communities. Conducted several research projects in Greenland.

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Paula is a PhD Candidate in sociology at the University of Lapland. She has graduated from the Tampere University as a M.Sc. in regional studies. Her PhD dissertation focuses on the EU`s cross-border cooperation as a tool for regional development on the northern border region between Finland and Sweden. Her research interests are regional development, cross-border cooperation and Arctic regions. She also works as a Project Manager in a Working life cooperation in strategic doctoral training project, at the graduate school of the University of Lapland.

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Yue Wang is a Doctoral Researcher in International Relations at Tampere University in Finland. He graduated cum laude with a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and holds a Bachelors' degree with honours in History from a Chinese university. As a visiting researcher in the Arctic Governance Research Group, Yue Wang's main research interests are Arctic Governance (especially the role of non-Arctic actors), unintended effects of broad international cooperation, Sino-EU relations, and great power politics.

 

Lukas currently works as a project coordinator Business Ladies Project at the Arctic Governance team. His role is to establish a strategic peer support network for immigrant female entrepreneurs in Finnish Lapland, which aims at creating to sustainable businesses and a successful integration in society. Lukas has been working as well in the anthropology research team since 2013 and earned his PhD degree in 2020. With a background in oral history and Russian studies, he specialised at the Arctic Centre in indigenous and youth issues in the Russian Northwest. His main research interests are about the Soviet policies towards indigenous minorities and their consequences to this day. A second strand of research has been anthropological inquiry into young peoples’ aspirations and well-being in Arctic single-industry towns. Methods of oral history, participant observation, archival work and media analysis are equally represented in his work. In all of his research, Lukas puts an emphasis on long-term field commitment, including bringing back research results to the communities they stem from.

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Ayonghe holds a Master of Art degree from the University of Lapland in Audiovisual Media. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Anthropology, with a Minor in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea (Cameroon). Ayonghe is conducting his doctoral research on the co-management of national parks from the standpoint of anthropological theory. He is currently coordinating two EU co-funded projects: Sirius Policy Network on Migrant Education and MaxiPAC. Both projects aim at facilitating the training and work life of migrant youths in northern Finland.

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Mamta is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Lapland. Her topic is the Arctic in the changing world. She has graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University with a Masters in International relation and area studies. Her research interests are immigration and integration in Finland and in the Arctic.

Frank is a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences. His interest is in justice, equity and equality through migration policy, holistic integration of immigrants from the global south into the Arctic region, social entrepreneurship and technology application in improving immigrants’ welfare, mental health and well-being, and economic trajectories for regular and irregular immigrants in Finland. Frank is a US Professional Fellow and has experience in project management and reporting.

Jenni Ervasti is the Project Coordinator in a EU-funded project Attract Lappi. Jenni has studied tourism and entrepreneurship and has worked in the tourism field in many roles. During her studies, she did internships in Japan and in England, which left her with a great interest towards foreign cultures. She is also interested in enabling versatile working opportunities in Northern Finland.

Tiina Mäki-Petäjä works as a Business Coordinator in project Attract Lappi. Her task is to develop business networks to enhance temporarily employed immigrants in Lapland to find permanent employment in the region. She works in close cooperation with private sector companies listening to their needs.

Dilixiati Bolati works as a Business Coordinator in Business Ladies Project in Arctic Center, his role is to establish a strategic network for Immigrant female entrepreneurs in Finnish Lapland region to start a sustainable business meanwhile integrating to the Finnish sociality. He is responsible of project marketing and external communications focusing on the corporate relations.
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Pavel is a Master’s degree candidate 2021 from the University of Akureyri, Iceland, in Polar Law. His interests are law, migration from legal, social, cultural, psychological aspects, and business regulation in the Arctic states. His work's main scopes are project and research assistance, and research on legal aspects of the migration in the Arctic states.

With a background in international relations, Kalle is working as a coordinator for the Migration in the North conference. In addition to the conference related work, he is also taking part in migration research as a research intern.

Juha recently graduated from the University of Turku with a Master’s degree in Social Sciences. He is particularly interested in social sciences and philosophy. During his research internship, he supports the sustainability team.