Stefan is specialising in international law. The focus of his work is the regulation of spaces and interactions between different actors in the Arctic, for example through the international law of the sea and international human rights law. In addition to his academic work, he has extensive practical experience in international law, having worked in both private practice and public administration.

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Timo Koivurova has a multidisciplinary specialisation in Arctic law and government but has also conducted broader research on global law. Some of his research areas include e.g. the legal status of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, regulations and politics regarding climate change in general and in the Arctic, regulating mining industry practices, Arctic immigration, the laws and politics surrounding the opening of the Arctic Ocean, the continued development of the Arctic Council as an intergovernmental forum, rapidly-changing geopolitical trends in the Arctic, both from a broader geopolitical perspective and also with a special focus on China's role in the region, and possibilities for an Arctic treaty. He has been involved as an expert in several international processes globally and in the Arctic region and has published on the above-mentioned topics extensively.

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Dr. Sanna Kopra is an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher who is specialized in International Relations. Her research interests include China's foreign policy, great power politics, international environmental politics and Arctic governance. Between 2018 and 2021, Sanna carries out a postdoctoral project “The Rise of China and Normative Transformation in the Arctic Region.”

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Adam Stepien is a political scientist. His interests include: policy coherence, Arctic governance, law and cooperation, indigenous governance, participatory decision-making, as well as development cooperation partnerships. Adam took part in several projects dedicated to the EU and the Arctic. The latter is the topic of his ongoing PhD.

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Pamela’s background is in land use and urban planning as well as in environmental impact assessment. Her research at the Arctic Center focuses primarily on the social license to operate (SLO) and sustainable mining in the Nordic countries. The topic of her dissertation centers on the social license to operate concept as a form of private governance and seeks to operationalize SLO via economic compensation mechanisms such as Impact and Benefit Agreements.

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Katri holds a Master’s degree from the University of Lapland in Political Science and International Relations. During her studies she specialised in two different topics; one being sustainability and environmental issues, and the other ideological extremism in cyberspace. She was an intern at the Arctic Governance research team and works now as a Junior Researcher in SUMEX project, which addresses the definition of sustainability in connection with the extractive industry in Europe.

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Ayonghe holds a Master of Art degree from the University of Lapland in Audiovisual Media. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Anthropology, with a Minor in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea (Cameroon). Ayonghe is conducting his doctoral research on the co-management of national parks from the standpoint of anthropological theory. He is currently coordinating two EU co-funded projects: Sirius Policy Network on Migrant Education and MaxiPAC. Both projects aim at facilitating the training and work life of migrant youths in northern Finland.

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Frank is a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences. His interest is in justice, equity and equality through migration policy, holistic integration of immigrants from the global south into the Arctic region, social entrepreneurship and technology application in improving immigrants’ welfare, mental health and well-being, and economic trajectories for regular and irregular immigrants in Finland. Frank is a US Professional Fellow and has experience in project management and reporting.

Jenni Ervasti is the Project Coordinator in a EU-funded project Attract Lappi. Jenni has studied tourism and entrepreneurship and has worked in the tourism field in many roles. During her studies, she did internships in Japan and in England, which left her with a great interest towards foreign cultures. She is also interested in enabling versatile working opportunities in Northern Finland.

Ekaterina is a project coordinator in a EU-funded project Business Ladies. She takes care of recruiting immigrant entrepreneurs for the project and guides them to appropriate project activities. She also performs administrative tasks and ensures project implementation together with the project manager.

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Tiina Mäki-Petäjä works as a Business Coordinator in project Attract Lappi. Her task is to develop business networks to enhance temporarily employed immigrants in Lapland to find permanent employment in the region. She works in close cooperation with private sector companies listening to their needs.

Dilixiati Bolati works as a Business Coordinator in Business Ladies Project in Arctic Center, his role is to establish a strategic network for Immigrant female entrepreneurs in Finnish Lapland region to start a sustainable business meanwhile integrating to the Finnish sociality. He is responsible of project marketing and external communications focusing on the corporate relations.
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Waliul Hasanat, LLD is a Professor of Law and Justice Discipline in Khulna University, Bangladesh. He has done his Doctor of Laws at the Faculty of Law in the University of Lapland on the Arctic Council. His main research interests include public international law, international soft-law, soft-law forms of cooperation, the Arctic Council, Arctic law and governance, changes in the Circumpolar North, sustainable development, and the protection of minorities.

Geographer, her research interest are: Community-based development in sparsely populated and peripheral places; Tourism in small-scale regions; Socio- cultural impacts of tourism development in peripheral places; Community resilience and adaptation to changes; Management, policies and planning in peripheral areas; Regional development in Arctic communities. Conducted several research projects in Greenland.

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The topic of Ilona's multidisciplinary doctoral research is the use of knowledge in environmental and regional development related strategic planning. Her research focuses empirically on regional level proactive climate change adaptation strategies in the Arctic. Ilona’s other research interests include collaborative planning, regional development in Arctic areas, multiple-use of nature, cartography (historical maps in particular), sustainable Arctic tourism, relational planning theory, and actor-network theory.

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Susanna is also holding a position as a Doctoral candidate with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu. Her thesis concerns human physiology and human thermoregulation in cold environments, which covers essential questions in the context of personal human safety in the Arctic. Lately she has been working for the maritime safety enhancement. Her research interests include human physiology, cold environment, health, tourism safety, economics, medical and biosciences and natural sciences.

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With a background in international relations, Kalle is working as a coordinator for the Migration in the North conference. In addition to the conference related work, he is also taking part in migration research as a research intern.

Mattieu holds a master degree in international studies from the Université de Montréal in Canada and has a background in anthropology and Arctic studies. His work has focused on the relation between mining companies and Indigenous communities, specifically the application of International standards (e.g. free, prior and informed consent) to mining agreements. He currently works as an intern at the Arctic Center on projects that relate to community agreements and social license to operate in mining contexts.

Juha recently graduated from the University of Turku with a Master’s degree in Social Sciences. He is particularly interested in social sciences and philosophy. During his research internship, he supports the sustainability team.

Pavel is a Master’s degree candidate 2021 from the University of Akureyri, Iceland in Polar Law. His interests are law, migration from legal, social, cultural, psychological aspects, and business regulation in the Arctic states. During his internship he is working with the Arctic migration team of the Arctic Governance Research Group.