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Report Available - EU Competencies affecting the Arctic

The Report "EU Competencies affecting the Arctic" is now available online. The report summarizes the findings of a research project commissioned by the Europ...

Tue, Apr 12, 2011

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EMACIM European Master in Arts, Culture and International Management in University of Lapland

Cultural entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing industries in Europe. This multifaceted field builds up innovative products and services where the ar...

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

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Barents Cross Border University - Cross Border Collaboration in Education Rectors' Meeting in Oulu, Feb 24, 2011

In the end of February 2011 the University of Oulu and the University of Lapland together hosted the meeting of the rectors of the Finnish and Russian partne...

Mon, Mar 07, 2011

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This place inspires to live and to reach aims of life

22 year- old Arctic Studies Program student Sintija Dzelme from Riga, Latvia, has found her home in the North. Although Sintija’s background is not Arctic re...

Thu, Mar 03, 2011

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ULapland professor: ILO Convention No. 169 may well be ratified in Finland

Research professor of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (Arctic Centre/University of Lapland) Timo Koivurova cautions' those who th...

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

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8th International Summer School in Karelia 2011

Main theme: From Circumpolar Stability toward Nordic Peace Helsinki, May 11th – 12th Joensuu, May 13th Petrozavodsk, May 15th – 18th

Thu, Feb 03, 2011

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CALL for Papers: 9th Annual Research Seminar of ARKTIS, 4-5 April 2011

Arctic Doctoral Programme (ARKTIS) will organize 9th Annual Research Seminar “Local Knowledge and Participatory Research in the Arctic“ 4-5 April 2011. The s...

Tue, Feb 01, 2011

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Apply now! Comparative Social Work (CSW) Barents Cross Border University, Master’s Degree Programme (BCBU)

Call for Applications at the University of Lapland: 1.12.2010 – 18.2.2011.

Fri, Dec 10, 2010

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CALL FOR PAPERS Securing the Indigenous: A Workshop

While development aid is nominally targeted at improving the ‘human security’ of indigenous peoples, in practice it functions to depoliticize them, shaping a...

Fri, Dec 03, 2010

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NWT Premier and Canadian Ambassador to Finland visit University of Lapland

Today a delegation from Canada's Northwest Territories headed by Premier Floyd Roland visited the University of Lapland, accompanied by Canada's Ambassador t...

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

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Press Release: Experts convene in Rovaniemi to discuss Climate Change and Human Security

Scientists and other experts from across the North met this week at Arktikum, University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi, Finland to address issues of climate chang...

Wed, Sep 08, 2010

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Arctic Alliances: Remarks for University of Lapland Opening Ceremony

Today, UArctic Board Chair Barry Scherr addressed the opening of the University of Lapland's academic year. His welcoming address, included here below, highl...

Mon, Sep 06, 2010

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