Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 20:54
From 14 to 19 of May 2018 at Petrozavodsk State University (Russia) took place 15th International Summer School in Karelia. The event was organized jointly by Petrozavodsk State University, University of Lapland, and the University of Helsinki.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 17:23
Pyramiden, an former mining town on Svalbard, got evacuated in 1998 after the Russian government acknowledged that the coal extraction was no longer economically viable. On very small scale and after years without economic activities, today the settlement experiences first efforts for revitalization.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 03:08
It was in the mid 18th century that Finnish settlers moved to the southeastern tip on the Varanger fjord, in the eastern part of Finnmark and not far from Norway’s border to the Russian Federation, where they established the village Bugøynes.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 13:24
It was a great opportunity to attend the recent Arctic Innovation Camp held from 17th to 19th November at the University of Lapland. There were working groups to address challenges that are peculiar to Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA).
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Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 18:57
I attended a workshop entitled “Hungry for Finland (H4F)” which is part of a national strategy and it is the first Finnish FOOD&TOURSIM strategy (2015-2020).
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 00:55
Founded in the 1950s, Mirny has become one of the world's most important origin for diamonds, making the Russian Federation one of the global leaders in diamond production. The blog post by Gerald Zojer describes some of the information he was able to gather during the UArctic PhD- and Masters course “Resource governance between global theories and local approaches”, which was held from 16th to 22nd of February 2016.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 12:29
The HuSArctic research project, in cooperation with the Northern Institute of Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, had organized an international seminar bringing a number of outstanding Arctic legal experts
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Monday, September 28, 2015 - 10:11
I was lucky enough to be in Biratori town during my recent visit to Hokkaido.
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Monday, July 13, 2015 - 11:16
On 11 June 2015, I landed on Hemavan in Sápmi by plane with Leena Huss, professor of Finnish at the Hugo Valentin Centre of Uppsala University. It was my second visit for the second straight year.
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Friday, July 10, 2015 - 14:50
It takes an hour by flight from New York to Burlington, where the University of Vermont is located. Burlington is a relatively small city compared to other cities in the United States.
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Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 01:01
Midsummer is one of the most important holidays in the Nordic countries.
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Sunday, June 21, 2015 - 00:18
Participating the Calotte Academy brought me to several sites on the Kola peninsula. One of the most memorable views are the surroundings of the nickel smelter in the town Nikel, where the environmental degradation is very visible, as well as the war memorial in the area. A short story about these experiences.
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Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 02:09
Living in northern Finland one is used to relatively advanced infrastructure compared to other regions in the Arctic, which easily makes one to forget how far north and how remote one lives.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 21:51
HuSArctic kick-off meeting was followed next day by guest lectures on Human Security and Societal Sustainability. This time the seminar took place in the Thule meeting room in the upper floor of the Arctic Centre.
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Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 20:26
A visit to the annual St. Mary's Days (Márjjábeaivvit) in Hetta, Enontekiö (Finland): A popular and important holiday for the local Sámi, which takes place during spring time.
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