1.1.2016
Joonas Vola, researcher and member of the Northern Political Economy team is starting off the 2016 season of the NPE blog with a tale on new year´s day.
21.12.2015
The NPE team wishes all followers and readers of the NPE blog a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we are glad to share some impressions with you from the previously held team meeting in Raanujärvi.
14.12.2015
Arctic Centre researcher Ilona Mettiäinen followed the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris and participated the #ArcticLessons side event on Arctic climate change by five Nordic universities as one of the five presenters and panelists.
1.12.2015
Research Professor and leader of the Northern Political Economy team Monica Tennberg reflects on the discussion of myths about the Arctic.
10.11.2015
NPE team researcher Joonas Vola reflects on a seminar that previously took place at the University of Lapland with the aim to understand and adjust the issue of Arctic Aesthetics!
16.10.2015
In September 2015, Giardini-Naxos, Sicily was the venue for the 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations: "The Worlds of Violence". The two NPE team members and researchers Marjo Lindroth and Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen visited this event and share their experiences and impressions.
28.9.2015
The 11th Biannual International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) with the theme “transformations” was hosted this summer by the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Researcher and NPE team member Adrian Braun participated in this event and presented CSR practices in the Barents region, particularly focusing on the metal mining industry in the region.
14.9.2015
Ilona Mettiäinen, researcher and a member of the Northern Political Economy team presents the Suvanto village in Finnish Lapland. This unique place in the Arctic was chosen as venue for the NPE symposium 2015.