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  • Students designed a multimedia of the Arctic Centre

    25.1.2012 11:47

    Graphic design students of the University of Lapland have design presentation materials for the Arctic Centre. A new multimedia and a video present the various activities of the Arctic Centre in a compact and visual way. Presentation materials are available in the Arctic Centre webpage which just got a new lay-out.

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  • Transitions in Arktikum: Library moves, Galleries open

    12.1.2012 10:56

    Arctic Centre Library moves to the new premises in the Arktikum house. The library is closed for packing and removal from January 16th to February 5th. Old premises will be modified to galleries of the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland.

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  • New EU project examines Arctic climate change, economy, and society

    14.12.2011 11:25

    The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland participates in the EU project called Arctic Climate Change Economy and Society (ACCESS). ACCESS will evaluate the impacts of climate change on economic sectors such as fisheries, oil and gas extraction, and marine transportation. Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann is coordinating the socio-economic impact assessment on the fishery sector and related economic activities in the Barents region.

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  • Arctic Centre exhibition on black gold fever

    7.12.2011 15:21

    Arctic Centre opens a new exhibition on 9th of December in the Arktikum-house, in Rovaniemi. The Arctic Black Gold exhibition tells about our current oil usage and oil consumption. It also tells about the current focus on the Arctic region as a future oil reserve and what this will mean for the northern communities.

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  • Joint seminar for Sami and Ainu research

    18.11.2011 10:35

    The Arctic Centre of University of Lapland organizes an Ainu-Sami seminar which discusses indigenous peoples’ cultural, political and juridical issues. The seminar is held on Tuesday 22nd November from 9 am to 3 pm at the Aurora Hall at the Arktikum house in Rovaniemi.

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  • Video: Arctic Espresso

    8.11.2011 10:02

    Our new video tells about our trainees.

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  • ARKTIS guest lecture: “Winter ecology in the High Arctic”

    16.9.2011 8:42

    Dr. Elisabeth J. Cooper lectures in the Arctic Centre about High Arctic plant ecology, restoration, winter ecology, and trophic interactions, with examples from Svalbard. The ARKTIS guest lecture is on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 at 12.30–14.00 in Thule meeting room, Arktikum-house.

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  • New Expert Activities for Research Professor Monica Tennberg

    25.8.2011 12:19

    Research Professor Monica Tennberg, from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, has been invited to join two Nordic forums for experts. The activities are related to her research on adaptation to climate change in the Arctic.

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  • New Publication on Resettlement Policy in the Russian North

    19.8.2011 10:56

    A new Arctic Centre research publication by political anthropologist Elena Nuykina shows that resettlement policy in the Russian North has been a top-down process, leaving limited space for regional interference. Russian northern relocation projects stand for a policy which considers population groups as passive elements "moved by the state" due to economic, military and geopolitical interests. However, the study shows that proactive northern residents have their own strategies to seek better living conditions for themselves and their families, using creatively the state’s relocation programmes for their own interests.

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  • Sámi research strengthened at the Arctic Centre

    11.8.2011 15:37

    Antti Aikio and Åsa Larsson Blind have been chosen as PhD students in a subproject “Ecology and socio-economy of reindeer herding systems”, which is a part of new Nordic Centre of Excellence, and guided by Professor Bruce Forbes from the Arctic Centre.

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