Projects
Arctic targeted call 2013: Sustainable economy and infrastructure in Arctic conditions, funding: €4 million, funding period: 1 Sep 2014–31 Aug 2018
Understanding the Cultural Impacts and Issues of Lapland Mining: A Long-Term Perspective on Sustainable Mining Policies in the North
- Vesa-Pekka Herva, University of Oulu
Kara-Arctic Monitoring and Operation Planning Platform
- Mikko Lensu, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Jukka Tuhkuri, Aalto University
Towards Efficient and Sustainable Arctic Oil-Spill Response: Green Dispersing and Herding Agents Derived from Northern Bioresources
- Jouko Niinimäki, University of Oulu
- Mika Sillanpää, Lappeenranta University of Technology
Governing adaptive change towards sustainable economy in the Arctic
- Jukka Similä, University of Lapland
- Pasi Eilu, Geological Survey of Finland
- Artti Juutinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Towards better tailored weather and marine forecasts in the Arctic to serve sustainable economic activities and infrastructure
- Timo Vihma, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Strap-down sensing for safe material handling and high-performance motion control
- Ari Visa, Tampere University
Arctic Academy Programme call 2014, funding: €11 million, funding period (as a rule): 1 Jan 2015–31 Dec 2018
Geomorphic sensitivity of the Arctic region: geohazards and infrastructure
- Jan Hjort, University of Oulu
- Miska Luoto, University of Helsinki
Arctic Ark. Human-animal adaptations to the Arctic environment: natural and folk selection practices
- Juha Kantanen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Florian Stammler, University of Lapland
Keeping the Arctic White: Regulatory Options for Reducing Short-Lived Climate Forcers in the Arctic
- Kati Kulovesi, University of Eastern Finland
- Kaarle Kupiainen, Finnish Environment Institute
- Kari Lehtinen, University of Eastern Finland
Domestication of Indigenous Discourses? Processes of Constructing Political Subjects in Sápmi
- Veli-Pekka Lehtola, University of Oulu
Wastewater treatment by natural freeze crystallization and ice separation
- Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen, Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Pentti Kujala, Aalto University
- Aki Mikkola, Lappeenranta University of Technology
Cooperative heavy-duty hydraulic manipulators for ustainable subsea infrastructure installation and dismantling
- Jouni Mattila, Tampere University
- Ville Kyrki, Aalto University
Oil Production networks in the Russian Arctic: societal impacts and potential for partnership
- Soili Nystén-Haarala, University of Lapland
Towards more efficient Arctic research using dominant Betula species, spectromics and genomics
- Elina Oksanen, University of Eastern Finland
- Juha Mikola, University of Helsinki
- Kaisa Nieminen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Integrative science for adaptive co-management in the Arctic: Teno Atlantic salmon as a model system
- Craig Primmer, University of Turku
- Jaakko Erkinaro, Natural Resources Institute Finland
- Timo Pauli Karjalainen, University of Oulu
Carbon Balance under Changing Processes of Arctic and Subarctic Cryosphere
- Jouni Pulliainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Timo Vesala, University of Helsinki
Long-term effects of fire on carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes in the arctic permafrost and subarctic forests
- Jukka Pumpanen, University of Helsinki
Exposing the long-term dynamics of Arctic ecosystems by novel and transdisciplinary techniques
- Tomas Roslin, University of Helsinki
Assessing Intermediary Expertise in Cross-Border Arctic Energy Development
- Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, University of Helsinki
Ice Clouds and Ice Nucleation in Arctic
- Hanna Vehkamäki, University of Helsinki
- Jorma Keskinen, Tampere University
- Sami Romakkaniemi, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Annele Virtanen, University of Eastern Finland
EU Joint Programming Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe” (JPI Climate) Call (2013), funding €750 000
Constraining uncertainties in the permafrost-climate feedback
- Christina Biasi, University of Eastern Finland
- Tarmo A. Virtanen, University of Helsinki
Social-Ecological Transformations: HUMan-ANimal Relations Under Climate Change in NORthern Eurasia
- Bruce Forbes, University of Lapland
NordForsk, Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) call 2015: Responsible Development of the Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges - Pathways to Action, funding period 2016 - 2020
NordForsk: Responsible Development of the Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges - Pathways to Action
Climate-Change Effects on the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and the Impacts on Northern Societies (CLINF)
- Juha Lemmetyinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finnish partner)
- Project Manager: Professor Birgitta Evengård, University of Umeå (Sweden)
Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities: Impacts of Multiple Pressures on Arctic Landscapes and Societies (NCoE REXSAC)
- Hannu I. Heikkinen, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Oulu (Finnish partner)
- Project Manager: Sverker Sörlin, Kungliga tekniska högskolan (Sweden)
Reindeer Husbandry in a Globalizing North – Resilience, Adaptations and Pathways for Actions (ReiGN)
- Olli Tahvonen, University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Sciences (Finnish partner)
- Project Manager: Øystein Holand, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Academy project, funding € 1353962, funding period 2016-2020
Carbon Dynamics across Arctic Landscape Gradients: Past, Present and Future (CAPTURE)
- Atte Korhola, University of Helsinki
- Narasinha Shurpali, University of Eastern Finland
- Karri Saarnio, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Call for Joint Projects in Arctic Research (Academy of Finland and RFBR), funding 1,8 M€, funding period 1 Jan 2018–31 Dec 2020
List of funded projects
Towards constraining the circumarctic nitrous oxide budget (NOCA)
- Christina Biasi, University of Eastern Finland
Mechanisms, pathways and patchiness of the Arctic ecosystem responses and adaptation to changing climate
- Jaana Bäck, University of Helsinki
- Sergej Zilitinkevich, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Modes and time scales of eye adaptation to changing environments in Arctic and glacial-relict mysid shrimps
- Kristian Donner, University of Helsinki
- 2019 progress description
Live, Work or Leave? Youth – wellbeing and the viability of (post) extractive Arctic industrial cities in Finland and Russia
- Florian Stammler, University of Lapland
- Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, University of Helsinki
Biogenic amines in the health challenge caused by the changing arctic climate
- Jouko Vepsäläinen, University of Eastern Finland