News & Events
REXSAC partners are engaged in a range of activities. Featured here are news and events relevant to REXSAC’s research and overall goal.
Societal Dynamics in Multiple-Use Landscapes – Call for papers
REXSAC-affiliated researcher Élise Lépy is guest editing a special issue for the Sustainability journal. A call for papers is open until May 31, 2022. The call…
REXSAC’s researcher Gunhild “Ninis” Rosqvist interviewed by AFP
In a video interview by AFP, REXSAC director Ninis Rosqvist measures the south peak of Kebnekaise massif and discusses seeing the impact of a warming…
REXSAC’s researcher Gunhild “Ninis” Rosqvist to host Swedish Radio summer program
REXSAC’s researcher Gunhild “Ninis” Rosqvist is one of this year’s hosts for the acclaimed Swedish radio program “Summer” on Swedish Radio. She will talk about…
Corinna Röver’s Phd Defense
Title: The Negotiation of an Arctic Animal in Modern Swedish Sápmi, 1920-2020 Thesis: Access thesis here. Defense date: Wednesday 2 June 2020 at 14:00 CEST. Location: Online (access zoom link…
Invitation to webinar – Policies and investments for a climate smart Barents Region
Norway holds the Chairmanship of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) in 2019-2021. As part of the Norwegian Chairmanship program, the Ministry of Climate and Environment,…
Webinarium in Swedish: The impact of mining on Sami rights
Hur bra är Sverige på att respektera urfolks rättigheter inom tillståndsprövningar av nya gruvor? Kan Sverige bli ledande i världen i hur man uppnår social…
MINERAL – REXSAC VIRTUAL SEMINAR
MinErAL and REXSAC are pleased to announce a three-day research seminar that will take place from April 27 to April 29, 2021. This virtual seminar seeks…
REXSAC researchers at Arctic Science Summit Week 2021
REXSAC researchers are at the Arctic Science Summit Week 19-26 March 2021. The conference theme is ”The Arctic: Regional Change Global Impacts” and is partitioned into eight…
Christian Fohringer’s PhD Defence
Title: Adaptations of mobile ungulates in a changing North. Thesis: Access thesis here. Defense date: Friday 19 March 2021, 09:00 -12:00 CET. Location: Department of Fish, Wildlife and Environmental…
Business Conference about Knowledge and Growth
The Arctic Consensus and AAU Arctic organizes a virtual business conference about knowledge and growth on March 16th and 17th, between 12-16 (UTC+1). The conference will take…
Nordic Mining Day 2021
The Nordic Mining Day 2021 will be held as a virtual event this year on Friday, March 5, 2021. It is co-hosted by the Finnish, Norwegian and…
Lene Kielsen Holm
We are deeply saddened to learn that REXSAC researcher Lene Kielsen Holm has passed away. Lene Kielsen Holm had a leading role in the REXSAC…
Book Release: “Arctic Traces: Nature and Culture in Motion”
Nordiska Muséet, Sweden’s largest museum on cultural history, organized a digital book release of the multidisciplinary anthology titled “Arctic Traces: Nature and Culture in Motion”…
Call For Abstracts: Arctic Science Summit Week 2021
Abstract submission is open until 30 November. Call for abstracts: https://clinf.org/news/call-for-abstracts-to-assw-2021/ Submit your abstract here: https://assw2021.pt/ Nordforsk will be hosting a joint scientific session at the Arctic…
REXSAC Scientific Director Ninis Rosqvist on Radio Sweden
Reindeer husbandry is an industry that is vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. In an interview with Radio Sweden Niila Inga, a Swedish reindeer herder in…
Carl Österlin’s PhD Defense
Title: Nature conservation, landscape change and indigenous rights: The role of Sámi reindeer herding for environmental objectives in the Swedish mountain landscape. Thesis: Access thesis here. Defense date: Friday…
Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series: Sverker Sörlin
REXSAC researcher Sverker Sörlin will give the second talk in the Arctic Environmental Humanities Workshop Series on September 29 at 11:oo am EDT (5 pm…
Alix Varnajot’s PhD Defense
Rethinking Arctic tourism: tourists’ practices and perceptions of the Arctic in Rovaniemi. Abstract: What is ‘Arctic’ in ‘Arctic tourism’? What makes the distinction between…
REXSAC Film
The Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC) project brings together multi-disciplinary research insights to highlight the large mineral extraction systems and how they influence…
AAU Conference 2021: GREENLAND – DENMARK 1721-2021
In January 2021 Aalborg University is hosting the conference GREENLAND – DENMARK 1721-2021. As we approach the year 2021, Greenland and Denmark can look…
REXSAC at Arctic Frontiers 2020 – The Power of Knowledge
REXSAC Researcher Annika E. Nilsson has given a “Brief outlook” on day one of the 14th edition of the Arctic Frontiers Conference: The Power of…
Mining the Connections 2020 International Multi-Network Conference on Mining
Postponed to spring 2021 Check conference website for updates REXSAC, together with MinErAL and Amedee Network, is hosting Mining the Connections, an international and multidisciplinary conference.…
Petrocultures2020. Call for papers
Petrocultures2020 – Call for papers REXSAC-affiliated researcher Brigt Dale (Nordland Research Institute) leads the scientific committee for the petrocultures2020:transformation conference to be held in Stavanger,…
Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward (ICASS X)
ICASS X: Call for abstract The call for abstract is out for the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X). Arctic Generations: Looking…
REXSAC at Arctic Frontiers 2020 – The Power of Knowledge
REXSAC at Arctic Frontiers 2020 In January 2020, REXSAC will be participating to the 14th edition of the Arctic Frontiers Conference: The Power of Knowledge. This…
Workshop 6 nov: Gruvor och hållbar utveckling i norra Sverige – går det att förena?
Välkommen till en workshop för att samla kunskap om förhållandet mellan gruvor och hållbar utveckling i norra Sverige! Klimatförändringar och omställning till ett fossilfritt…
“The Arctic while the ice is melting” – new exhibition at Nordiska Museet (Stockholm)
From October 10, discover the Nordic Museum’s new exhibition: “The Arctic, while the ice is melting”. This exhibition allows visitors to learn more about the…
INTERACT Transnational Access Call is open for projects taking place between April and August 2020
The EU-H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply for Transnational Access…
Come for coffee and an educational exchange on Arctic mining history on August 19th
The research project REXSAC will be visiting Narsaq Greenland! During this trip researchers from several Nordic countries will speak about the ongoing studies in mining…
Applications open: Three PhD positions in History
The history unit at Luleå University of Technology is currently expanding and therefore three PhD-positions is announced with the aim of strengthening and further developing…
REXSAC director appointed Professor of History at Luleå Technological University (LTU)
Dag Avango, reseacher at the Div of history at KTH and managing director of REXSAC since 2017, has been appointed Professor of History at Luleå…
Nordforsk Annual Meeting, Reykjavik, Iceland
Community engagement and interdisciplinarity were major themes when REXSAC and the other three Nordic Centres of Excellence met in Reykjavik, Iceland, 20-21 May for the…
Webinar June 4: “Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Evidence Synthesis”
Stakeholder Engagement is an integral part of all systematic reviews to some degree. However, there has been a little discussion of this important process in…
REXSAC’s Annika E. Nilsson featured in BBC’s The Real Story: China’s Arctic ambitions
China is located nearly 3,000 kilometres from the Arctic Circle but that hasn’t stopped it taking a keen interest in the region. Last year China…
News Article: The costs of Mining in Greenland
This article, in the Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, discusses the real costs of mines for local communities in Greenland and looks to Canada for experience. Canadian mines in areas…
Sörlin featured in new article: How a warming Arctic connects to the rise of populism in the US and Europe
Martin Breum, a Danish journalist and author on Arctic issues, travelled to Stockholm to meet with Sverker Sörlin. Breum wonders, “Why is it that the climate crisis,…
Workshop: Environmental assessments from a reindeer husbandry perspective
The workshop is arranged with the objective to receive concrete contributions to how the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s guidance can be designed. The guidance will…
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…
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…
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…
NEW start for MOOC: Northern Quebec: issues, spaces and cultures
MOOC : Massive Open Online Course This MOOC offers an introduction to social and political issues of northern Quebec, a territory that is also the…
Sörlin keynote speaker at the first Arctic Resilience Forum in Rovaniemi, 10-11 September
The aim of the first Arctic Resilience Forum was to showcase Arctic best practices. REXSAC researcher, Sverker Sörlin, delivered the first keynote presentation on the 10th for…
KTH joins as new member of the University of the Arctic
On the first day of the UArctic Council meeting, members voted to welcome twenty new members to the University of the Arctic. The network now has…
Sverker Sörlin and Thierry Rodon to lead sessions at the second UArctic Congress, September 3-7
UArctic Congress 2018 begins in Oulu, September 3-6 and concludes in Helsinki on September 7. It brings together key UArctic meetings and a science conference into one…
New mining project seeks expertise
A new Formas-funded project called 3MK (Mapping the impacts of Mining using Multiple Knowledges) began this year, involving several REXSAC researchers. It aims to identify…
REXSAC researcher takes the stage as Keynote speaker in Davos
REXSAC researcher, Peder Roberts, will give a keynote speech during the POLAR 2018 SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference. The conference will take place in Davos, Switzerland…
REXSAC researchers sharing at SSR’s congress
Alice Bah Kuhnke, Sweden’s culture minister, opened the SSR Landsmöte in Östersund, Sweden on May 30st. Among other things, she raised the need and the…
CALL FOR TEXTS for Les Cahiers de droit – thematic issue scheduled for publication in June 2019
REXSAC partner MinErAL has sent an invitation for contributions to a special issue of the Cahiers de droit on the legal aspects of Impacts and Benefits Agreements.…
New grant will enable mine impacts report to amplify stakeholder reach
REXSAC researchers Rebecca Lawrence (SU) and Rasmus Kløcker Larsen (SEI) have received a new Formas grant. This grant will allow further communication of the results of a report on…
Feeding the reindeer – more than just giving them food
On March 22-23rd, a workshop on “Challenges and opportunities of supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry” was held in Kiruna, Sweden. A joint action of the REXSAC, ReiGN and…
Film screening March 28th – NOW WITH LINKS TO THE FILMS
On March 28th, dozens gathered at the Nordic Museum for the film screening of “Guardians of the Eternity” and the short film, Can environmental assessments…
Presentations from Tomorrow’s Arctic EIA Workshop in December
Environmental Impact Assessment are part of the process for making decisions about new mines and other investment related to extractive industries. To better understand how…
Film screening March 28th at 17:30 in Stockholm
For those in Stockholm, or passing through on March 28th, please join us for a REXSAC film screening at 17:30 at the Nordic Museum. Guardians…
Workshop on “Challenges and opportunities of supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry”
On March 22-23rd, a workshop on “Challenges and opportunities of supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry” will be held in Kiruna, Sweden. A joint action of the REXSAC,…
REXSAC researchers to attend PDAC in Toronto, March 4-7th
PDAC International Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange is the world’s premier mining investment convention for people, companies and organizations in, or connected with, mineral…
REXSAC field research highlighted in KTH Magazine article
A new article has been published in the KTH Magazine with the REXSAC researchers from KTH at Sorgfjorden, Svalbard, in July of 2017. Field research…
REXSAC researchers appointed members of The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
Britt Kramvig, from The Arctic University of Norway, and Annika Nilsson, from The Stockholm Environment Institute, have been appointed as members of The Norwegian Scientific…
REXSAC Posters for Arctic EIA workshop, Dec 11-12, 2017
REXSAC researchers share insights at the poster session at the Arctic EIA workshop: Nordic possibilities and perspectives to Environmental Impact Assessments in the Arctic. The…
REXSAC researcher presents at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm
REXSAC researcher and natural geographer, Gunhild “Ninis” Rosqvist, among others, held panel discussions and lectures on the topic, “What are the effects of climate change on…
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Co-operation Programme 2018–2021
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ first Arctic co-operation programme was launched in 1996. The programme for 2018–2021 will be the eighth in the series of Arctic Co-operation…
Exciting new project with relevant ties to REXSAC work
As mining in the Arctic increases, there is an urgent need to assess social and environmental impacts as well as mitigate negative impacts. This project,…
REXSAC researcher radio guest November 9th
Annika Nilsson, REXSAC researcher at SEI, spoke out on Studio Ett, a Swedish daily radio program. Annika talks about climate change and the 2 degree…
Arctic EIA workshop, Dec 11-12, 2017
REXSAC researchers to participate in the workshop: Tomorrow’s Arctic EIA: Nordic possibilities and perspectives to Environmental Impact Assessments in the Arctic. The workshop is held…
REXSAC PhD students at Arctic Circle 2017
REXSAC PhD students Jasmiini Pylkkänen and Sandra Fischer will present their work at Arctic Circle 2017 in a session where they will “compete” with student…
MOOC: Northern Quebec: issues, spaces and cultures
MOOC: Northern Quebec: issues, spaces and cultures MOOC : Massive Open Online Course This MOOC offers an introduction to social and political issues of northern…
Arctic environmental impact assessments: Questionnaire about good practices
Request for input: Good practice in Environmental Impact Assessment The Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group requests participation in their questionnaire on good practice in…
Book award “Best Edited Collection” to REXSAC researchers
REXSAC researchers Arn Keeling and John Sandlos, both of the Memorial University of Newfoundland, were recently awarded the Canadian Studies Network Prize for Best Edited…
Call for abstracts: Extractive Industries and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Arctic
Arctic Change 2017: Call for abstracts Abstract submissions are presently being accepted for the 2017 Arctic Change Conference, to be held in Quebec City, Canada, between 11-15 December,…
Call for input to literature review of past mining transitions
Stockholm Environment Institute is undertaking a review of the literature on past natural resource transitions, with attention to energy resources but also natural resources more…
Call for course applications from UArctic’s Thematic Network on Extractive Industries
“Security, Geopolitics, and Governance Challenges in relation to Arctic Extractive Industries” is the theme of a UArctic Thematic Network course aimed at masters and PhD…
Nordic Initiative Annual Conference 13-14 June 2017
Nordic Initiative Annual Conference 13-14 June 2017 After slightly more than a year of work in the Joint Nordic Initiative on Arctic Research, representatives from…
Field work in Nautanen
Field work in Nautanen May 2017 Nautanen is an old copper mine that was abandoned at the beginning on the 20th century without any effort…
REXSAC at ICASS in Umeå
REXSAC researchers are active at the Ninth International Congress on Arctic Social Science (ICASS IX) in Umeå 8-12 June 2017. Here are some highlights: Plenary…
Call for papers: Economy, business and environment in history
Economy, Business and Environment in History REXSAC researcher Esa Ruuskanen, University of Oulu, Finland served as guest editor for this special issues of Scandinavian Economic…
ERC grant to REXSAC researcher
REXSAC researcher Peder Roberts has been awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant (award number 716211) to investigate how the polar regions became conceptualised as…
REXSAC program-wide meeting Copenhagen March 2017
REXSAC will hold its first program-wide meeting in Copenhagen 13-15 March 2017, hosted by REXSAC partner University of Copenhagen. The meeting is followed by the…
The ReSDA network
ReSDA – Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic – is a research network that brings together researchers from a broad range of disciplines and…
MinErAL website on-line
MinErAL is an international knowledge network about mining encounters and indigenous sustainable livelihoods. Read more below and on its recently launched website: www.mineral.ulaval.ca MinErAL – …
Interdisciplinarity in Arctic research
Interdisciplinarity in Arctic research: Panel discussion at Polarforum 2016 “If you are going to find pathways to the future in the Arctic you have to…
Mining heritage as a resource
New projects: Mining heritage as a resource How do cultural and physical geographical legacies of mining shape the possibilities for remaking and reusing former extraction…
REXSAC at ICASS IX: Call for abstracts
The ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences – ICASS IX – will be held in Umeå 8-12 June 2017. The call for individual abstract…
Impact assessments in contested landscapes: Call for abstracts
Nordic Geographers Meeting 18-21 June 2017 Impact assessments in contested landscapes: indigenous rights, resistance, and co-management Session I3 This session explores the politics and performativity…
Best practices for mining and sustainable development in the Arctic
Best practices for mining and sustainable development in the Arctic What roles can government and industry play in ensuring adequate oversight and best practices for…
Of muskoxen and people in Scandinavia
What happens when authorities reintroduce animal species into landscapes that they have not been part of for a long time? At the conference ‘The Future…
PhD position: Political science with focus on resource extraction and indigenous peoples
The Department of Political Science at Stockholm University is advertising a REXSAC PhD position. Link to Stockholm University job advertisement Ref. No. SU FV-2574-16 Closing…
PhD position: Impacts of Mining on Arctic Environments and Societies
PhD position in Physical Geography at Stockholm University: Impacts of Mining on Arctic Environments and Societies The Department of Physical Geography at Stockholm University is…
PhD position: Environmental knowledge and sustainable Arctic communities
University of Oulu, Finland, is advertising a REXSAC PhD position in Environmental knowledge and sustainable Arctic communities. Application deadline is 30 September 2016. Link to…
PhD position: Global change and animal movements – Towards a socio-ecological predictive framework
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies at SLU in Umeå is adverstising a PhD position in Biology. The focus is on Global change and…
Arctic Futures – Past and Present Seminar 1 June 2016
Thinking Ahead seminar: Arctic Futures – Past and Present Join researchers from SEI and KTH for a discussion focusing on Arctic governance and geopolitics. Rapid…