• Ilulissat. Photo: Dag Avango.

    Ilulissat. Photo: Dag Avango.

  • Kiruna, Sweden

    Kiruna, Sweden. Getty/mikeuk.

  • Abandoned coal cable cars and tramway, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

    Abandoned coal cable cars, Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Getty/m_g_h_hoffmann.

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Guest Blog: Mapping different forms of knowledge to understand the impacts of mining

A new Formas-funded project aims to combine both indigenous and scientific knowledge in a synthesis of evidence on how Arctic and boreal landscapes and communities…
Aerial view of the Northern Community of Akulivik in Nunavik (North of Quebec). Photo credit: Chouch.

New Blog for World Policy Institute: Why should we care about the Arctic?

REXSAC researcher, Annika E. Nilsson, kicks off new bi-monthly series about the Arctic as guest blogger with two other colleagues on the World Policy website. Answering…
The northern lights shine over an abandoned mine shaft near Yellowknife, the region affected by Giant Mine. Photo: RyersonClark / Getty Images.

Poison and profit: mining on traditional lands

In the underground depths of northern Canada lies a monster. That’s how Mary Rose Sundberg of the Goyatiko Language Society describes the 237,000 tons of…

News & Events

December 6th, 2018

REXSAC researcher featured in NBC news article

Ninis Rosqvist, REXSAC researcher at Stockholm University, tells NBC news about the delicate situation influencing Sami communities today. The lack of snow has postponed reindeer migration…

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November 19th, 2018

REXSAC program-wide meeting Alta, Norway – NEW REXSAC partner welcomed – UiT Tromsø

The second annual program-wide meeting was held in Alta, Norway end October. The meeting was hosted by the Arctic University of Norway, Alta campus. See…

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Latest Publications

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Implementing the State Duty to Consult in Land and Resource Decisions

This paper points out the current gaps when implementing the state duty to consult with Sami communities in land and resource decisions. Resourcing, competence development…
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Nilsson to represent REXSAC at the Arctic Circle Assembly, 19-21 October

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is…
Winters are shorter. Photo Credit: Peter Wixtr Öm/Aftonbladet

Avalanches and dead reindeer when the heat rises in Kiruna

REXSAC researcher Ninis Rosqvist and Sami village Gabna’s Chairman Lars-Ànte Kuhmunen tell of two dramatic happenings in Kiruna 2018. Kiruna is one of the places where…