Wed, May 15, 2013
Call for Papers:extended deadline- International Conference 'In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process'
'Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities' 2-4 December, 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland. Call for Papers deadline: Extended 15 June 2013 Registration: starting June 2013 (Deadline: 7 October 2013). The City of Rovaniemi and the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland would like to invite scholars and practitioners interested in presenting in the Conference 'In the Spirit of Rovaniemi Process' to submit abstracts to one of the scientific sessions. In addition, the papers should address at least one of the three cross-cutting themes. PhD students are welcome to present a poster referring to one of the sessions and addressing cross-cutting themes.
Scientific sessions:
- Rovaniemi Process: past, present, future (Plenary)
- Arctic responses to global environmental problems
- People and extractive industries
- Tourism in the Arctic
- The Arctic in global economy
- Climate change in the Arctic
- Indigenous peoples in cities
- Arctic global flows
Cross-cutting themes:
- Arctic Cities and global processes
- Management and governance in the Arctic
- Arctic together with non-Arctic
Deadline for Papers-extended deadline 15 June 2013
Registration: starting June 2013
Please send your abstracts (up to 250 words) for papers and posters to rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
- Rovaniemi Process: past, present, future (Plenary)
- Arctic responses to global environmental problems
- People and extractive industries
- Tourism in the Arctic
- The Arctic in global economy
- Climate change in the Arctic
- Indigenous peoples in cities
- Arctic global flows
Cross-cutting themes:
- Arctic Cities and global processes
- Management and governance in the Arctic
- Arctic together with non-Arctic
Deadline for Papers-extended deadline 15 June 2013
Registration: starting June 2013
Please send your abstracts (up to 250 words) for papers and posters to rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
Please include: your affiliation, contact information and specification to which session the paper is submitted (e-mail title: "Rovaniemi Process Conference - Abstract Proposal")
Information on acceptance of abstracts and draft programme: beginning of June 2013
Practicalities:
- Speakers presenting their papers and students participating in poster session will be exempted from the conference fee (EUR 100 for regular participants; EUR 50 for PhD and MA students; EUR 50 for Wednesday dinner).
- Each session will have a Session Keynote Speaker. Depending on the session, the speakers other than session keynotes will have about 15-20 minutes to present their papers. Number of papers per session is strictly limited.
- Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline 7 October 2013) (see www.arcticcentre.org/rovaniemiprocess website for details)
Further information:
Arctic Centre, rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
Scientific lead: Professor Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, PL 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Website: www.arcticcentre.org/rovaniemiprocess
Information on acceptance of abstracts and draft programme: beginning of June 2013
Practicalities:
- Speakers presenting their papers and students participating in poster session will be exempted from the conference fee (EUR 100 for regular participants; EUR 50 for PhD and MA students; EUR 50 for Wednesday dinner).
- Each session will have a Session Keynote Speaker. Depending on the session, the speakers other than session keynotes will have about 15-20 minutes to present their papers. Number of papers per session is strictly limited.
- Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline 7 October 2013) (see www.arcticcentre.org/
Further information:
Arctic Centre, rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
Scientific lead: Professor Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, PL 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Website: www.arcticcentre.org/