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Arctic Centre has a new Scientific Advisory Board
13.2.2020 10:27
The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland has a new Scientific Advisory Board. The Arctic Centre improves comprehensive understanding of the Arctic through research and science communication and the board members are experts in those fields.
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Global science team on red alert as Arctic lands grow greener
4.2.2020 13:37
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change – the so-called greening of Arctic regions.
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Volume 7 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law is out!
18.12.2019 14:55
UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law has published the seventh edition of the Current Developments in Arctic Law.
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Two degrees of global warming could mean seven in the Arctic
4.12.2019 21:00
The study, published today in the journal Science Advances, reports that the Arctic has warmed by 0.75 degrees Celsius in the last decade alone. By comparison, the Earth as a whole has warmed by nearly the same amount, 0.8 degrees Celsius, over the past 137 years.
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Doctoral defense: Informal International Regimes. The Case Study of the Arctic Council
2.12.2019 12:05
The scale and character of a multitude of changes observed in today’s world are nothing short of a fundamental transformation of the Earth’s systems and many of these changes are witnessed first-hand in the Arctic. In her dissertation, on the basis of the case study of the Arctic Council (AC), political scientist Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek puts forward a concept of informal international regimes that are concluded by states through the means of non-legally binding instruments. She argues that informal international regimes have a number of features that make them increasingly important in our toolbox of mechanisms to address demands and challenges of international collaboration and governance in the era of rapid change.
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Science turns into stories on Northern Luminance web site
14.11.2019 9:40
Northern Luminance is a new web portal of Northern science, art, and culture where research takes the forms of poetry, comics, photo essays, articles and videos. Stories are told in Finnish, Sámi, and English.
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New book on Social and Cultural Sustainabilities in the Arctic
13.11.2019 11:43
Arctic Centre’s Northern Political Economy Research Group established an overview focusing on social and cultural dimensions of sustainability in different Northern case studies in Finland, Russia and Greenland.
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Climate service gives forecast on good snowmaking conditions to ski resorts
30.10.2019 9:22
Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and Ruka Ski Resort are co-designing a climate service that provides a seasonal forecast on conditions for snowmaking during the entire skiing season. The service tells what is the most climate-friendly and profitable time for snowmaking.
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Academic of the Year – Researcher Nafisa Yeasmin
25.10.2019 11:00
Nafisa Yeasmin, Doctor of Social Sciences, has received the Academic of the Year award granted by the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT). She works as a project manager at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. Yeasmin is an active academic and a social activist whose research has a high and direct impact on the society. Yeasmin received the award on Friday at FUURT’s International University seminar held at Aalto University in Espoo.
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Northern Political Economy Symposium turns 10 years – The program is published!
10.10.2019 11:29
The 10th Northern Political Economy Symposium takes place on 14–15 November 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The theme of the symposium is What is left of development in the Arctic?
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