Research Professor, Group leader
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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Research Professor
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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Senior Researcher
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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University Researcher
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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Researcher
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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Mia Landauer holds a Doctorate degree in Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Master's degree in Physical Geography. Her current research focuses on public participation in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of industrial projects that affect reindeer husbandry, an important social-ecological system in the Arctic. She is particularly interested in climate change related risks, and risks emerging from growing demand for natural resource exploitation, as well as the role of the Arctic in international climate policy.
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Researcher (affiliated)
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.
Inkeri Markkula has background in ecology, environmental science and cultural studies. Her research interests include indigenous, traditional and local ecological knowledge, knowledge co-production and impacts of climate warming on Sub-Arctic soil ecosystems. Currently she works in BuSK –project.
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Nina Messhtyb has background in history, ethnology and anthropology. She has extensive anthropological fieldwork experience in Russia, among European and Yamal Nenets reindeer herders, in Kola Peninsula and Far East. Her ongoing research is related to the culture of northern indigenous people (especially Yamal Nenets): impacts of industrial development and climate changes on reindeer pastoralism. Humanor project.
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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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Vice Rector for Research
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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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 investigates soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in tundra ecosystems and boreal and subarctic forests with special emphasis on soil decomposer microorganisms that are responsible for litter and soil organic matter decomposition. Recently the focus has been in studying effects of global change on northern ecosystems at different levels of grazing intensity, and how plant and soil responses interact to form ecosystem carbon balance that links back to global climate.
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Minna Turunen has background in biology and ecological botany. Her projects during the past ten years have been multidisciplinary and encompassed not only scientific knowledge e.g. in biology, anthropology and geophysics, but also viewpoints of local people including reindeer herders. These studies have focussed on the effects of climate change on reindeer pastures and reindeer herding, and adaptation strategies and capacity of herders to cumulative impacts of climate, environment and socio-economical changes.
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Visiting Researcher, Doctoral Student of University of Helsinki
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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