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Programme for the Everyday life in the Arctic Symposium published
15.6.2016 8:57
The University of Lapland will organize the sixth Northern Political Economy symposium in September 8th-9th 2016 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The symposium will discuss Arctic everyday life and various tactics of tackling changes in it.
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Diving into the Arctic diet of meat
30.5.2016 8:00
Get inspired by Inuit ice cream, be surprised of fat percentage of caribou meat and be startled by the smell of dried fish. Welcome to enjoy some Arctic aromas in Nam nam, the new temporary exhibition of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.
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Call for papers: Everyday life in the Arctic Symposium
13.5.2016 15:10
The University of Lapland will organize the sixth Northern Political Economy symposium in September 8th-9th 2016 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The symposium will discuss Arctic everyday life and various tactics of tackling changes in it.
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Northern Impressions photo show opens the new exhibition in Arktikum
9.5.2016 9:15
Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland organizes Barents Café on Thursday 12th May at 5 PM about impressionistic nature photography. Northern Impressions is the nature photo cooperation project by Irma Varrio and Ari-Matti Nikula, presenting the Nordic nature with an impressionistic twist.
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Antarctic Ice Sheet will play important role in sea level rise
1.4.2016 11:17
Research Professor John Moore from the Arctic Centre is leading a new project, where a computer model of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is used to simulate its behaviour in response to changing climate.
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Open lecture: China's policy development towards the Arctic governance
30.3.2016 15:57
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, is organizing Study Circle lecture on China's policy development towards the Arctic governance in April 14th. The guest lecturer of the Study Circle is Dr. Baozhi Cheng from Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), China.
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Indigeneity in Waiting: Elusive Rights and the Power of Hope
22.3.2016 10:37
The research project Indigeneity in Waiting: Elusive Rights and the Power of Hope views legal and institutional advances concerning indigenous peoples, and the promise of such advances, as an integral part of the ways in which political power is exercised today.
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What is happening with permafrost greenhouse gas releases?
17.3.2016 13:08
Arctic Centre research professor Bruce Forbes has taken part in an expert assessment, published in Environmental Research Letters on 7 March 2016. The results go to the core of Arctic related climate discussion: what is actually happening with permafrost greenhouse gas releases? Are we talking about a tipping point, a time bomb or what?
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Arctic Voices explore the realities of living close to extractive industries
11.3.2016 11:25
Professor Florian Stammler from the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, has co-edited the Arctic Voices issue of an international journal The Extractive Industries and Society. The issue explore the expectations, narratives and the realities of living with extractive industries in the far north.
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Nuccio Mazzullo awarded as Officer of The Order of the Star of Italy
23.2.2016 12:06
The President of Italy has awarded Nuccio Mazzullo, the researcher of the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, the recognition of knighthood ”Officer of The Order of the Star of Italy”. The knighthood awarded in recognition of service to the Italian Republic and its Arctic affairs in foreign countries and in Finland.
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