By training Kamrul is a researcher in the field of international law. He has been working on a diverse range of Arctic issues for almost a decade. The main focus of his research currently lies in international environmental law that applies to the Arctic as well as in human rights law, in particular, concerning the rights of the indigenous peoples, again with a focus on the Arctic. Over the years Kamrul has extensively published in all areas of Arctic governance (climate change; marine environment, maritime de-limitation and law of the sea; human activities in the Arctic such as shipping and resource extractions including mining and, onshore and offshore oil and gas developments; marine bio-diversity conservation; and human rights and human security dimensions applicable to the Arctic) highlighting legal, institutional and policy perspectives. 

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Research interests:
Indigenous peoples’ rights, including Sámi people’s rights in Finland. International human rights and environmental law as it applies to indigenous peoples. Heinämäki has a special interest in the Arctic legal co-operation, and she acts as a vice-leader of the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law.

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Sébastien researches primarily on issues related to environmental (human) rights. His main field of expertise relates to the protection and respect of human rights in the context of climate change and climate policies and the role played by various international institutions. Sébastien’s research also relates to public participation in international environmental governance.

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Marcin is a Junior Researcher at Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law. He is a graduate of sociology. Currently he is a student of Scandinavian studies with Norwegian as a leading language. His research interests are: Information society and digital divide, minority languages, quality of life with focus on the Nordic countries.

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Human rights issues; Minority and indigenous rights and issues, particularly Sámi Rights; Group rights and individual rights; Participatory approaches, deliberative democracy and community involvement; Environmental decision-making processes, particularly environmental mediation; Constructivism, particularly constructivist norm research

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Within the legal studies my field of specialisation is law of property, environmental law and legal history . Regionally my research interests are focused on land use rights in the Finnish and Swedish Lapland. Main research interest is aimed to local peoples various land use rights, especially in the area owned by Finnish and Swedish States.

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International law in particular the law of the sea and international environmental law. 

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Laura works as a researcher at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law. She is working in Leena Heinämäki’s project which is part of the Finnish government’s analysis, assessment and research activities. The project concentrates on the rights of Sámi people in Finland.

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Anna is working as a researcher and is a PhD student at the University of Lapland, Faculty of Law. She is carrying out research on the rights of indigenous peoples. Previously, she has studied mining legislation from the viewpoint of the Sami people. She is currently involved in the HuSArctic project, where she examines different aspects of societal and indigenous security. She has also contributed to other research projects focusing on the relationship between extractive industrial development and the rights of indigenous peoples.

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Dele had his Masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Helsinki. His Masters degree was from the department of Food Chemistry & Technology while the doctoral degree in Food Sciences was from the department of Food and Environmental Sciences. He has gained extensive research and industrial experience in the last three decades. He also obtained the Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Greenwich, London and a certificate on Vocational Teachers Pedagogy from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Science, Helsinki. Dele’s research interest is in food bio-processing, preservation and other crosscutting issues related to food security.

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At the Arctic Centre, Mirva is carrying out research on digitalization and cyber security in the Arctic from the human security point of view. In her doctoral dissertation, she is scrutinizing the impacts of security commercialization on Finnish national security. Prior to joining the Arctic Centre, Mirva worked in research and expert positions in the field of cyber security in both public and private sectors.

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My research deals with the legitimacy of the European Union in Arctic Governance. I take a legal-anthropological approach and focus on the EU's anti-sealing policy and it's impacts on the commercial sealers in Atlantic Canada. My fieldwork took place among the sealers to identify and document said rules and unwritten laws and the changes they are undergoing. The second stage of the research dealt with the notion of animal welfare in EU policy-making and how the anti-sealing stance has found its way into EU laws. A crucial element is the understanding (or lack thereof) for Arctic living conditions, customs and rules that are of non-indigenous origin and the recognition of the impacts certain EU policies may have. This allows for a conclusion of the EU as a (il)legitimate Arctic actor based on human dimensions in the North.

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The focuses of Gerald's research lay in the fields of Energy politics, environmental politics, and natural resource management; Sociology of technology studies and Political ecology and hegemony theories. Currently he is involved in the research project HuSArctic (Human Security as a promotional tool for societal security in the Arctic: addressing multiple vulnerability to its population with specific reference to the Barents region), where he is focusing on socioeconomic effects of current developments in the Arctic region.

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Karolina is a research assistant at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law She holds a master degree in law from University of Wroclaw, where she defended thesis in the Department of Material Criminal Law. Currently Karolina is working on human rights law and indigenous issues.

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