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Arctic Centre´s associated researchers

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As of today, the Arctic Centre has a network of over 200 associated researchers, both within Umeå University, and elsewhere, as external associates at other universities. With such a large amount of associated researchers, the Arctic Centre constitutes a strong and rich interdisciplinary research environment that is nationally prominent within several areas.

Here you can find our associated researchers in alphabetical order, or sorted by their research area. On this page you can also apply for funding, and/or report your funded activities.

Alphabetical order

Associated researchers A–Z

Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas
Other position, postdoctoral fellow
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Marcus Aronsson
Doctoral student
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Alf Arvidsson
Professor emeritus
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Jenny Ask
Environmental analyst
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Email
Per Axelsson
Research fellow, associate professor
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Email
Pamela Bachmann-Vargas
Postdoctoral fellow
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Email
Natarsha Bates
Postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral position
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Alina Bavykina
Doctoral student
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Linda Berg
Associate professor
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Email
Åsa Berglund
Associate professor
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Email
Terry Frank Bidleman
Professor emeritus
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Therese Bjärstig
Associate professor
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Email
Hanna Blåhed
Doctoral student
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Email
Gesche Blume-Werry
Assistant professor (on leave)
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Email
Stina Bodén
Postdoctoral position
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Madelen Bodin
Associate professor
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Email
Maria Doeke Boekraad
Research student
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Ingela Bohm
Associate professor
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Dorothee Bohn
Doctoral student
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Email
Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Email
Per Boström
Associate professor
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Email
Jennie Brandén
Postdoctoral fellow, visiting lecturer
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Email
Philip Buckland
Associate professor
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Email
Jonas Buren
Associate professor
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Email
Eleanor Carpenter
Professor, other position
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Email
Dean Carson
Visiting professor
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Email
Doris Carson
Research fellow (on leave), research fellow
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Email
Johannes Cunow
Doctoral student
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Camille D Hervilly
Postdoctoral fellow
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Cenk Demiroglu
Associate professor
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Magnus Domellöf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Ellen Dorrepaal
Associate professor
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Anna-Lill Drugge
Other position, associate professor
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Email
Anette Edin-Liljegren
Adjunct associate professor
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Email
Marco Eimermann
Associate professor
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Email
Louise Eriksson
Research fellow
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Maria Eriksson
Associate professor
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Liselotte Eriksson
Associate professor
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Per-Anders Esseen
Professor emeritus
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Freja Fagerholm
Doctoral student
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Shahab Fatemi
Associate professor
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Johanna Gardeström
Project coordinator
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Petrus Garefelt
Doctoral student
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Stefan Gelfgren
Associate professor
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Katarina Gregersdotter
Associate professor
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Cristian Gudasz
Research fellow
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Rebekka Gullvåg
Doctoral student
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Herbert Gunell
Associate professor
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Lina Gyllencreutz
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Maria Hamrin
Associate professor
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Johan Hansson
Associate professor
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Demian Hauptmann
Doctoral student
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Lieuwe Jan Hettema
Doctoral student
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Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Johan Hylander
Research fellow
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Malin Isaksson
Associate professor
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Lars Jacobsson
Professor emeritus
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Philip Jerand
Other position, staff scientist
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Madelen Johansson
Doctoral student
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Janica Jokela
Doctoral student
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Johan Junkka
Assistant professor
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Jan Karlsson
Staff scientist
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Lena Karlsson
Other position, associate professor
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Sofia Karlsson
Postdoctoral fellow, staff scientist (on leave)
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Eva Krämer
Doctoral student
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Anngelica Kristoferqvist
Other position, education coordinator
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David Kroik
Other position
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Polina Kurtser
Postdoctoral fellow
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Luke Laframboise
Doctoral student
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Sophia Laporte
Doctoral student
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Keith Larson
Other position, project coordinator
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Marianne Liliequist
Professor emerita
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Ingrid Liljelind
Adjunct associate professor
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Michael Lindblad
Part-time lecturer
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Johan Linderholm
Associate professor
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Elena Lindholm
Associate professor
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Bokai Liu
Visiting researcher
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Linda Lundmark
Other position, associate professor
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Siarhei Manzhynski
Associate professor
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Bertold Mariën
Postdoctoral position
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Daniel Movilla Vega
Associate professor
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Dieter Müller
Professor, other position
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Karin Neutel
Associate professor
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Nawi Ng
Visiting professor, other position
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Marta Nieckarz
Postdoctoral fellow
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Christer Nilsson
Professor emeritus
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Lena Maria Nilsson
Project manager, project coordinator, other position
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Robert O. Nilsson
Doctoral student
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Tohr Nilsson
Associate professor
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Carol Norberg
Associate professor
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Gabriella Nordin
Doctoral student
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Annika Nordström
Other position
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Ulf Nordwall
Visiting researcher
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Gudrun Norstedt
Research fellow
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Andreas Nuottaniemi
Postdoctoral fellow
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Anders Öhman
Professor emeritus
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Emil Olofsson
Doctoral student
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Åsa Össbo
Research fellow
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Anne Ouma
Other position
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Eva Palmquist
Associate professor
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Kristina Persson
Associate professor
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Hans Pettersson
Research fellow
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Richard Pettersson
Associate professor
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Örjan Pettersson
Associate professor
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Gerd Pettersson
Associate professor
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Lina Polvi Sjöberg
Associate professor
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Pär Poromaa Isling
Associate professor
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Janina Priebe
Associate professor
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Elsa Reimerson
Associate professor
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Annika Rydberg
Professor
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Michal Salamonik
Postdoctoral fellow
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Judith Sarneel
Associate professor
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Leon Jona Schierholz
Doctoral student
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Audrey Schillings
Postdoctoral fellow (on leave), postdoctoral fellow
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Paul Schmidt
Doctoral student
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Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Kristina Sehlin Macneil
Other position, research fellow
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Matthias Siewert
Associate professor
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Anders Sjöstedt
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Erika Skilström
Doctoral student
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Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Ulrica Söderlind
Associate professor
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Per Stenberg
Associate professor
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Albin Stjernbrandt
Research fellow
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Krister Stoor
Associate professor
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Petter Stoor
Postdoctoral fellow
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Christina Storm Mienna
Associate professor, senior consultant dentist, associate professor
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Olle Sundström
Associate professor, other position
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Charlotta Svonni
Postdoctoral fellow
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Rebecca Tapper
Doctoral student
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Nadeem Ullah
Other position
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Maria Camila Urrea
Doctoral student
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Mattias Vesterberg
Associate professor
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Alana Vincent
Associate professor
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Maxim Vlasov
Associate professor
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Jens Wahlström
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Anders Wänman
Professor emeritus
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Hilde Weiser
Doctoral student
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Maria Wennberg
Staff scientist
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Anton Westman
Research fellow
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Jakob Wickzell
Doctoral student
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Maria Wiklund
Associate professor
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Mikaela Wikström
Doctoral student
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Jun Yu
Professor
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Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Qi Zhang
Doctoral student
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Magnus Zingmark
Visiting researcher, associate professor
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Ekaterina Zmyvalova
Doctoral student
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Thematic Network

The listed themes below correspond to the Thematic Networks endorsed by The University of the Arctic. Please note that being sorted in a research area on this page does not mean that you are a part of that particular network at the UArctic.

Ageing and Gender in the Arctic

Archives, Folklore & Ethnography

Explores how ethnographic and folkloric materials can enliven Arctic cultures around the world. 

Alf Arvidsson
Professor emeritus
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Linda Berg
Associate professor
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Eleanor Carpenter
Professor, other position
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Stefan Gelfgren
Associate professor
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Email
Philip Jerand
Other position, staff scientist
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Email
Marianne Liliequist
Professor emerita
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Email
Johan Linderholm
Associate professor
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Karin Neutel
Associate professor
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Anders Öhman
Professor emeritus
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Åsa Össbo
Research fellow
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Anne Ouma
Other position
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Kristina Persson
Associate professor
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Krister Stoor
Associate professor
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Olle Sundström
Associate professor, other position
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Alana Vincent
Associate professor
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Arctic and Northern Governance

Multilevel and comparative governance in the circumpolar north. The researchers study the institutional evolution of Arctic and northern governance from the local to global levels.

Pamela Bachmann-Vargas
Postdoctoral fellow
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Therese Bjärstig
Associate professor
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Hanna Blåhed
Doctoral student
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Dorothee Bohn
Doctoral student
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Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Eleanor Carpenter
Professor, other position
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Luke Laframboise
Doctoral student
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Karin Neutel
Associate professor
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Elsa Reimerson
Associate professor
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Erika Skilström
Doctoral student
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Charlotta Svonni
Postdoctoral fellow
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Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Arctic Boreal Hub

A multidisciplinary climate change, air quality, environment and research infrastructure initiative focused on the Northern Eurasian particularly arctic and boreal regions.

Jenny Ask
Environmental analyst
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Johannes Cunow
Doctoral student
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Cristian Gudasz
Research fellow
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Rebekka Gullvåg
Doctoral student
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Gudrun Norstedt
Research fellow
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Janina Priebe
Associate professor
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Maria Camila Urrea
Doctoral student
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Arctic Economic Science

Research that improve the knowledge of how the diverse changes in the Arctic affect opportunities and constraints of existing populations and the potential for economic growth/change, and thereby extend and improve the knowledge base for informed policy advice.

Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Linda Lundmark
Other position, associate professor
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Siarhei Manzhynski
Associate professor
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Dieter Müller
Professor, other position
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Michal Salamonik
Postdoctoral fellow
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Arctic Extractive Industries

Minimize detrimental impacts and enhance opportunities of industrial development for local people in the Arctic. Some angles are human security studies, indigenous territoriality, reindeer herding, and analysis of environmental and social risks.

Eleanor Carpenter
Professor, other position
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Anette Edin-Liljegren
Adjunct associate professor
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Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Emil Olofsson
Doctoral student
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Örjan Pettersson
Associate professor
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Janina Priebe
Associate professor
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Kristina Sehlin Macneil
Other position, research fellow
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Maria Camila Urrea
Doctoral student
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Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Arctic Geology

Focuses on geological resources, and studies on minerals and hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic. Exploitation of minerals and hydrocarbon resources impacts significantly environment as well as the culture and economy of the indigenous peoples living in the region.

Philip Buckland
Associate professor
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Demian Hauptmann
Doctoral student
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Johan Linderholm
Associate professor
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Lina Polvi Sjöberg
Associate professor
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Arctic in Asia and Asia in the Arctic

Aims to bridge the growing symbiotic interest and active engagement between the Arctic and Asia.

Nawi Ng
Visiting professor, other position
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Olle Sundström
Associate professor, other position
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Arctic Law

Legal issues in the Arctic have gained special significance as the region is undergoing a huge transformation. This transformation is mainly due to double pressures of economic globalization and climate change, which causes a wide array of challenges to the existing legal structures functioning in the region.

Luke Laframboise
Doctoral student
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Ekaterina Zmyvalova
Doctoral student
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Arctic Migration

Migration and population changes have always affected the quality and ways of life, therefore it is exceptionally important to recognise and address issues caused by it. 

Dean Carson
Visiting professor
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Doris Carson
Research fellow (on leave), research fellow
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Marco Eimermann
Associate professor
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Johan Junkka
Assistant professor
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Andreas Nuottaniemi
Postdoctoral fellow
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Anders Öhman
Professor emeritus
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Michal Salamonik
Postdoctoral fellow
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Alana Vincent
Associate professor
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Arctic Plastic Pollution

Focuses on marine litter and microplastics, and on integrated monitoring and prioritized actions for combating plastic pollution.

Arctic Safety and Security

Focuses on the risks of operating in the Arctic and ways to prevent incidents that may represent a threat to human life and health, the environment, values and welfare of the social communities in the Arctic.

Jennie Brandén
Postdoctoral fellow, visiting lecturer
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Sofia Karlsson
Postdoctoral fellow, staff scientist (on leave)
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Sophia Laporte
Doctoral student
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Email
Albin Stjernbrandt
Research fellow
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Anton Westman
Research fellow
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Email

Arctic Space

Research, observations, infrastructure building, public outreach and joint education activities aiming to improve Arctic and space situational awareness and space safety.

Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas
Other position, postdoctoral fellow
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Shahab Fatemi
Associate professor
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Email
Herbert Gunell
Associate professor
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Email
Maria Hamrin
Associate professor
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Email
Carol Norberg
Associate professor
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Email
Gabriella Nordin
Doctoral student
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Audrey Schillings
Postdoctoral fellow (on leave), postdoctoral fellow
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Qi Zhang
Doctoral student
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Email

Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design

Aims to identify and share contemporary and innovative practices in teaching, learning, research and knowledge exchange in the fields of arts, design and visual culture education. 

Jenny Ask
Environmental analyst
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Natarsha Bates
Postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral position
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Eleanor Carpenter
Professor, other position
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Daniel Movilla Vega
Associate professor
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Ulf Nordwall
Visiting researcher
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Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility

Capacity building, migration, eco-tourism, indigenous knowledge as a resource of significance of its own for sustainable Arctic futures, and a range of other issues.

Åsa Berglund
Associate professor
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Johanna Gardeström
Project coordinator
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Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Bokai Liu
Visiting researcher
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Email
Ulf Nordwall
Visiting researcher
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Email
Emil Olofsson
Doctoral student
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Email
Örjan Pettersson
Associate professor
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Email
Lina Polvi Sjöberg
Associate professor
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Email
Kristina Sehlin Macneil
Other position, research fellow
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Email
Ulrica Söderlind
Associate professor
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Email
Maxim Vlasov
Associate professor
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Email
Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Email
Magnus Zingmark
Visiting researcher, associate professor
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Email

Arctic Telecommunication and Networking

Investigates and develops telecommunication and networking in the Arctic region. The goal is to increase knowledge of communications system status and inform about new developments in the field related to the Arctic areas.

Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas
Other position, postdoctoral fellow
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Email

Arctic Transport and Logistics

Main focus on Arctic maritime transport and logistics operations, port and maritime infrastructure development and Arctic shipping routes. Also highlights and analyzes intermodal connections with other modes of transport within the Arctic, such as railways, roadways, pipeline infrastructure and more. 

Jun Yu
Professor
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Arctic Urban Planning and Design

The goal is holistic development in the Arctic region by focusing on new technologies and the ambition of local communities to preserve the unique cultural character and the environment of the high north.

Daniel Movilla Vega
Associate professor
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Ulf Nordwall
Visiting researcher
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Arthropods of the Tundra

Research within ecology, systematics, molecular biology, evolution, agriculture forestry, epidemiology and more. Focuses on terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Arctic.

Gesche Blume-Werry
Assistant professor (on leave)
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Philip Buckland
Associate professor
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Camille D Hervilly
Postdoctoral fellow
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Anders Sjöstedt
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Email
Maria Camila Urrea
Doctoral student
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Email

Children of the Arctic

Assesses and studies successful practices of sustainable development concerning children in the Arctic, considering the adaptation of indigenous traditional knowledge to contemporary conditions.

Marcus Aronsson
Doctoral student
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Stina Bodén
Postdoctoral position
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Ingela Bohm
Associate professor
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Email
Magnus Domellöf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Email
Liselotte Eriksson
Associate professor
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Email
Janica Jokela
Doctoral student
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Email
Johan Junkka
Assistant professor
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Email
Lena Karlsson
Other position, associate professor
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Email
Eva Palmquist
Associate professor
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Email
Pär Poromaa Isling
Associate professor
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Email
Charlotta Svonni
Postdoctoral fellow
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Email
Hilde Weiser
Doctoral student
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Email
Jakob Wickzell
Doctoral student
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Email
Maria Wiklund
Associate professor
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Email
Ekaterina Zmyvalova
Doctoral student
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Email

Circular Economy

Aims to develop the sustainable utilisation of natural resources, and generate economic growth in northern areas and indigenous communities.

Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Maria Eriksson
Associate professor
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Email
Bokai Liu
Visiting researcher
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Krister Stoor
Associate professor
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Email

Collaborative Resource Management

Seeks to develop capacity in collaborative natural resource management and community monitoring in the Arctic.

Therese Bjärstig
Associate professor
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Email
Anna-Lill Drugge
Other position, associate professor
E-mail
Email
Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Email
Siarhei Manzhynski
Associate professor
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Email
Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Email

Communicating Arctic Research

A cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural collaboration with the aim to construct deeper connections, creating impact and change to increase public awareness of crucial environmental issues. Artists and scientists work at the edge of the Arctic where environmental research and art meet.

Madelen Bodin
Associate professor
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Anna-Lill Drugge
Other position, associate professor
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Keith Larson
Other position, project coordinator
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Carol Norberg
Associate professor
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Email

Critical Arctic Studies

Challenges mainstream, simplified, and stereotypical understandings of the Arctic, questions basis of the current depictions of the region and its development, and elevates the importance of the region and its future on the global scale.

Dorothee Bohn
Doctoral student
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Jennie Brandén
Postdoctoral fellow, visiting lecturer
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Email
Lieuwe Jan Hettema
Doctoral student
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Email
Luke Laframboise
Doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Michael Lindblad
Part-time lecturer
E-mail
Email
Andreas Nuottaniemi
Postdoctoral fellow
E-mail
Email
Anders Öhman
Professor emeritus
E-mail
Email
Richard Pettersson
Associate professor
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Email
Pär Poromaa Isling
Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Elsa Reimerson
Associate professor
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Email
Alana Vincent
Associate professor
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Email
Maxim Vlasov
Associate professor
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Email

Disasters and Natural Hazards

The goal is to contribute to a future of better informed, evidence-based, and more collaborative approaches to public safety, especially reducing disaster risks over the long-term.

Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas
Other position, postdoctoral fellow
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Email
Åsa Berglund
Associate professor
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Email
Lina Gyllencreutz
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Email
Johan Hylander
Research fellow
E-mail
Email
Sofia Karlsson
Postdoctoral fellow, staff scientist (on leave)
E-mail
Email
Sophia Laporte
Doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Lina Polvi Sjöberg
Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Audrey Schillings
Postdoctoral fellow (on leave), postdoctoral fellow
E-mail
Email
Erika Skilström
Doctoral student
E-mail
Email
Anton Westman
Research fellow
E-mail
Email

Distance Education and e-Learning

Distances between Indigenous communities in the Arctic are large. The aim is to develop the digital education and learning. 

Lina Gyllencreutz
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Email
Johan Hansson
Associate professor
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Email
Johan Hylander
Research fellow
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Email
David Kroik
Other position
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Email
Carol Norberg
Associate professor
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Email
Gerd Pettersson
Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Magnus Zingmark
Visiting researcher, associate professor
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Email

Gender in the Arctic Knowledge Production

The focus area is to facilitate intersectional and gender-responsible knowledge production in and of the Arctic as part of sustainable development and related governance in the Circumpolar area.

Natarsha Bates
Postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral position
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Linda Berg
Associate professor
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Email
Anna-Lill Drugge
Other position, associate professor
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Email
Marianne Liliequist
Professor emerita
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Email

Geopolitics and Security

Two main focus areas: Studies on Geopolitics, and Studies on Security. The aim is to combine the two focus areas and based on that to draw up a holistic picture on Arctic geopolitics and Northern security, as well as to identify and analyze major changes of them.

Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas
Other position, postdoctoral fellow
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Luke Laframboise
Doctoral student
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Email
Paul Schmidt
Doctoral student
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Email

Health and Well-being in the Arctic

Aims to promote a multidisciplinary approach to improve social circumstances for the populations, both in regard to health and well-being as well as delivery of health care and social services in the Arctic.

Marcus Aronsson
Doctoral student
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Per Axelsson
Research fellow, associate professor
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Email
Hanna Blåhed
Doctoral student
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Email
Stina Bodén
Postdoctoral position
E-mail
Email
Maria Doeke Boekraad
Research student
E-mail
Email
Ingela Bohm
Associate professor
E-mail
Email
Jonas Buren
Associate professor
E-mail
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Dean Carson
Visiting professor
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Magnus Domellöf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Anette Edin-Liljegren
Adjunct associate professor
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Liselotte Eriksson
Associate professor
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Freja Fagerholm
Doctoral student
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Lars Jacobsson
Professor emeritus
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Janica Jokela
Doctoral student
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Johan Junkka
Assistant professor
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Sofia Karlsson
Postdoctoral fellow, staff scientist (on leave)
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Lena Karlsson
Other position, associate professor
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Polina Kurtser
Postdoctoral fellow
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Marianne Liliequist
Professor emerita
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Nawi Ng
Visiting professor, other position
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Lena Maria Nilsson
Project manager, project coordinator, other position
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Tohr Nilsson
Associate professor
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Anne Ouma
Other position
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Eva Palmquist
Associate professor
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Hans Pettersson
Research fellow
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Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Albin Stjernbrandt
Research fellow
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Krister Stoor
Associate professor
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Petter Stoor
Postdoctoral fellow
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Christina Storm Mienna
Associate professor, senior consultant dentist, associate professor
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Rebecca Tapper
Doctoral student
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Nadeem Ullah
Other position
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Jens Wahlström
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Anton Westman
Research fellow
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Maria Wiklund
Associate professor
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Magnus Zingmark
Visiting researcher, associate professor
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Herbivory

Focuses on understanding the role of herbivores in arctic and alpine ecosystems.

Gesche Blume-Werry
Assistant professor (on leave)
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Jonas Buren
Associate professor
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Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Judith Sarneel
Associate professor
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Matthias Siewert
Associate professor
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Local-Scale Planning, Climate Change, and Resilience

The aim is to explore how communities confront climate change, including assessment of governance structures around climate adaptation or processes dealing with it, and how they seek to adapt to emerging challenges arising from increases in temperature and more extreme weather events.

Pamela Bachmann-Vargas
Postdoctoral fellow
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Philip Buckland
Associate professor
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Doris Carson
Research fellow (on leave), research fellow
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Camille D Hervilly
Postdoctoral fellow
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Johanna Gardeström
Project coordinator
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Daniel Movilla Vega
Associate professor
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Örjan Pettersson
Associate professor
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Janina Priebe
Associate professor
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Elsa Reimerson
Associate professor
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Anders Sjöstedt
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Managing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the North

Seeks to develop knowledge that will enable managers of small and medium sized enterprises to better identify, describe, envision, manage and develop viable Enterprises in the high North. 

Alina Bavykina
Doctoral student
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Dean Carson
Visiting professor
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Dieter Müller
Professor, other position
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Robert O. Nilsson
Doctoral student
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Northern Food Security

Focuses on Indigenous peoples food culture. The goals are to advance the food security and self-sufficiency of Northern communities, as well as to increase training and research in increasing plant low temperature stress resistance.

Magnus Domellöf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Polina Kurtser
Postdoctoral fellow
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Michal Salamonik
Postdoctoral fellow
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Ulrica Söderlind
Associate professor
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Hilde Weiser
Doctoral student
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Maria Wennberg
Staff scientist
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Northern Nursing Education

Focuses on documenting the best practice models in order to promote the establishment of additional northern, rural and remote nursing programs in the eight circumpolar states. The goal is to address the accessibility and quality of baccalaureate nursing education in the northern regions.

Northern Tourism

The aim is to address gaps in knowledge about northern tourism through comparative, circumpolar research, in order to expand the understanding of tourism issues with particular relevance for current challenges and future needs.

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Pamela Bachmann-Vargas
Postdoctoral fellow
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Alina Bavykina
Doctoral student
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Dorothee Bohn
Doctoral student
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Doris Carson
Research fellow (on leave), research fellow
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Cenk Demiroglu
Associate professor
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Marco Eimermann
Associate professor
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Linda Lundmark
Other position, associate professor
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Dieter Müller
Professor, other position
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Robert O. Nilsson
Doctoral student
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Anders Öhman
Professor emeritus
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Richard Pettersson
Associate professor
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Maxim Vlasov
Associate professor
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Anna Zachrisson
Associate professor
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Ocean Food Systems

Focuses on holistic examination of ocean foods value chains in fisheries and aquaculture, the sustainable utilisation of marine resources, and the ecological shifts in marine productivity and/or economic transformations in fisheries markets that we expect due to climate change, technological developments, and shifts in consumer preferences.

Permafrost

Focuses on permafrost, its impact on environment and its adaptation to climate change. The primary goal is to establish, sustain and strengthen a network of university institutions that give permafrost research based education.

Gesche Blume-Werry
Assistant professor (on leave)
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Camille D Hervilly
Postdoctoral fellow
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Ellen Dorrepaal
Associate professor
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Rebekka Gullvåg
Doctoral student
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Jan Karlsson
Staff scientist
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Sophia Laporte
Doctoral student
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Keith Larson
Other position, project coordinator
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Matthias Siewert
Associate professor
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POPs and Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Asian Arctic

Intends to understand the occurrence, trends, and sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in multiple environmental compartments in the Asian Arctic and the Arctic as a whole, and to study their impacts on the health of ecosystems and Indigenous people.

Terry Frank Bidleman
Professor emeritus
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Reindeer Husbandry

Focuses on reindeer husbandry and other traditional livelihoods of Arctic indigenous peoples, and on enhancing the skills (including traditional skills) and building capacity in form of organizing practically oriented workshops for the target groups.

Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Johannes Cunow
Doctoral student
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Anette Edin-Liljegren
Adjunct associate professor
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Tim Horstkotte
Staff scientist
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Philip Jerand
Other position, staff scientist
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Madelen Johansson
Doctoral student
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Keith Larson
Other position, project coordinator
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Johan Linderholm
Associate professor
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Gudrun Norstedt
Research fellow
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Åsa Össbo
Research fellow
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Renewable Energy

The goal is to reimagine energy security in northern and Indigenous communities by co-creating and brokering the knowledge, understanding, and capacity to design, implement and manage renewable energy systems that support and enhance social and economic values.

Therese Bjärstig
Associate professor
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Göran Bostedt
Associate professor
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Maria Eriksson
Associate professor
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Bokai Liu
Visiting researcher
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Emil Olofsson
Doctoral student
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Åsa Össbo
Research fellow
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Örjan Pettersson
Associate professor
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Janina Priebe
Associate professor
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Mattias Vesterberg
Associate professor
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Science Diplomacy

Focuses on research, education and leadership at the intersection of the natural, social, and Indigenous sciences, and diplomacy.

Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Ulrica Söderlind
Associate professor
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Nadeem Ullah
Other position
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Social Work

Focuses on social work issues, such as the Nordic Welfare Models, welfare transition, innovation, and developing new perspectives and understandings of the field of social work in a global perspective. 

Annika Nordström
Other position
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Sustainable Production and Foraging of Natural Products in the North

All scenarios of utilizing Nordic foraging resources are under serious threats due to climate change. The aim is to develop tools to mitigate the effects of those climate-change induced stresses, such as invasive pest species, altered conditions including temperatures, snow cover and rainfall, and changes in abundance and species composition of pollinators.

Natarsha Bates
Postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral position
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Jonas Buren
Associate professor
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Louise Eriksson
Research fellow
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Maria Eriksson
Associate professor
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Siarhei Manzhynski
Associate professor
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Robert O. Nilsson
Doctoral student
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Eva Palmquist
Associate professor
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Hilde Weiser
Doctoral student
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Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity

Focuses on teacher education for different levels of education, with a specific focus on social justice and diversity in education.

Anna-Lill Drugge
Other position, associate professor
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Johan Hansson
Associate professor
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Madelen Johansson
Doctoral student
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David Kroik
Other position
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Andreas Nuottaniemi
Postdoctoral fellow
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Gerd Pettersson
Associate professor
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Pär Poromaa Isling
Associate professor
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Charlotta Svonni
Postdoctoral fellow
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Jakob Wickzell
Doctoral student
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Water, Sewer and Health in Remote Arctic Communities

Focuses on documenting issues and solving technical challenges related to water supply and wastewater in remote Arctic communities.

Leon Jona Schierholz
Doctoral student
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Erika Skilström
Doctoral student
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Nadeem Ullah
Other position
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Working in the Arctic

Focuses on Occupational Health and Safety, and on research, study and support of human working capacities in the Arctic. Aims to support mitigation and adaptation measures at all occupational sectors and organizational levels.

Marco Eimermann
Associate professor
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Petrus Garefelt
Doctoral student
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Demian Hauptmann
Doctoral student
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Polina Kurtser
Postdoctoral fellow
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Ingrid Liljelind
Adjunct associate professor
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Linda Lundmark
Other position, associate professor
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Åsa Össbo
Research fellow
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Hans Pettersson
Research fellow
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Gerd Pettersson
Associate professor
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Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm
Professor, senior consultant (attending) physician
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Ulrica Söderlind
Associate professor
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Albin Stjernbrandt
Research fellow
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Rebecca Tapper
Doctoral student
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Jens Wahlström
Associate professor, combined with clinical employment
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Jakob Wickzell
Doctoral student
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Latest update: 2023-11-06