Our new Finnish-Russian co-financed research project "Live, Work or Leave? " looks at young people's understanding of wellbeing compared between Finland and Russia. So far one of the differences between the two countries was that in Finland there is a law on young people (nuorisolaki), in force since January 2017. In Russia so far there …
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New Forms of Law and Governance for and from the Arctic
This in an invitation to a seminar on adaptive law and governance in the Arctic. On August 17-18, 2016, Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (http://www.arcticcentre.org/EN) will organize a seminar, which will look at research approaches to explore the role of law and other institutions in governance of natural resources in the Arctic. We …
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Black Gold or black dirt in East Siberia? Arctic Extractive Industries PhD programme holds course in Neryungyi, Republic of Sakha Yakutia
It was a fascinating week that the Extractive Industries Group spent in Neryungryi, Yakutia, one of the Soviet Union's youngest single industry towns, established in 1975. The Uarctic Thematic Network "Arctic Extractive Industries" thank the North Eastern Federal University, Faculty of Law and department for Northern Studies, for organising of a great course in our …
Oil, reindeer herders and flexible Laws on Kolguev
It is time for an anthropology team lecture again, this time focusing on Arctic Extractive Industries, in Rovaniemi, Finland, in the Arktikum building. We do this in as part of our Uarctic Thematic Network "Arctic Extractive Industries" and welcome all interested people to join us in the discussion.
Arctic Anthropology 