II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” 2021

Northern Arctic Federal University is pleased to announce the II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” that will be hosted online on 12-20 June 2021 as aside event of the  X International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS Х). The aim of the International PhD School is to provide young scholars from the Arctic and non-Arctic …

Nordforsk: New Nordic-Russian call: Feasibility study for co-production between researchers and local indigenous communities

NordForsk is issuing a call under the Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Research, and encourages research projects with partners in Greenland to apply for funding with an additional fund. The call has a budget of approximately NOK 2 million and the deadline is 17 October 2019. For more information, please see the Nordforsk website (link).

NPE symposium 2017: Political Arctic/Arctic Political, Finland

Date: 26-27 September 2017Venue: Loma-Vietonen (Ylitornio), Finland The 7th symposium will address this year political aspects of life in the Arctic as well as the Arctic life as an object of politics, even in the academia. Life in the Arctic has become politicized in many ways due to the effects and challenges posed by climate change, industrialization, urbanization and globalization …

Why is the Number of Finno-Ugric Peoples Decreasing?

According to the census, there are 9,614 “other” Finno-Ugric people living in Estonia: Erzyas, Mokshas, Udmurts, Komis, Karelians, Maris, Hungarians, Finns, Ingrians, and many others. Overall, there are around 25 million Finno-Ugrians in the world. Still, the number of those who speak Finno-Ugric languages keeps declining, says doctor Natalia Abrosimova of the Tallinn University School of Humanities. The main problem …

AIDS Denialism: Fear and Uncertainty

December 1 marked World AIDS Day, the purpose of which is to increase global awareness of the disease. Researchers from HSE’s campus in St. Petersburg have spent the last two years studying a movement of individuals called ‘AIDS dissidents,’ or people who deny the existence of AIDS. Peter Meylakhs, Senior Research Fellow with the International Centre for Health Economics, Management, …

Different cultures and their experiences of pain

Swedes have a higher threshold and longer tolerance to pain, research carried out on three cultures by Malmö University’s Faculty of Odontology has discovered. The findings are published in the thesis, ‘Cross-cultural differences in patients with temporomandibular disorders-pain’, written by Mohammad H Al-Harthy. It is hoped that the thesis will aid the treatment of patients in an ever-globalised world. The …

Russia’s energy security in the long term: capacity remuneration mechanisms

Russia’s capacity market and capacity remuneration mechanisms (CRMs) have not been effective in achieving the so called energy trilemma goals: energy security, sustainability and affordability. This is the finding of a doctoral dissertation at Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT. The results show that implemented CRMs can guarantee Russia’s energy security in the short term. However, the current capacity market design …