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Our Routledge book is out!

Finally our book ” Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change – Pastoralism in Fennoscandia” is out. It is OA at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003118565/reindeer-husbandry-global-environmental-change-tim-horstkotte-%C3%B8ystein-holand-jouko-kumpula-jon-moen

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Report summary of scientific Report to Nordforsk

Report summary ReiGN’s overall aim is to contribute to a viable Fennoscandian reindeer pastoralism by contributing to a better understanding of how climate change and globalization affect this complex social-ecological system (SES). Our comparative and synthetic approach alongside involvement of … Continue reading

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Routledge book in process

Our book on Routledge is in the process, see short description and  Table of Contents at Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change: Pastoralism in Fen (routledge.com)

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NCoE ReiGN PhD-course in Rovaniemi, 25.-29.10.2021; “Participatory research in a Globalizing North”

NCoE ReiGN organized this international course together with University of Lapland / Arctic Centre. The course was a hybrid course, with 12 students attending in-person and two on-line. Course consisted of lectures, practical exercises, and field visits. The aim of … Continue reading

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PhD course 5-9 Oct 2020, Rovaniemi, Finland: Participatory Research in a Globalizing North

• Are you in the field of social or environmental sciences, and interested in research in boreal and arctic region? • Do you think participatory research and co-production of knowledge is relevant to your own research? • Would you like … Continue reading

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Sámi Dreams Exhibition, Norway House Minneapolis

Randall Hyman’s Sámi Dreams exhibition, supported by ReiGN, was a tremendous success. During its two-month run, Sámi Dreams attracted radio, magazine and newspaper coverage and even inspired a symposium with a Sami delegation from Finnmark. The broad publisity helped make … Continue reading

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Amélie Paoli has defended her PhD thesis: “Breeding phenology of a semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) population in response to climatic variability”

We congratulate Amélie Paoli with her PhD thesis at Concordia University, Canada, partly financed by ReiGN! https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/985580/

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”Romantiserad bild av renen skadar samer”

Se Horstkotte m.fl. sin artikkel i Dagens Nyheter, Desember 2019. https://www.dn.se/asikt/romantiserad-bild-av-renen-skadar-samer/

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Gener som gjør reindyr tammere enn andre hjortedyr

Kinesiske forskere har i samarbeid med NMBU Veterinærhøgskolens forskere, Knut Røed og Kjersti Kvie, analysert reinsdyr-DNA og sammenlignet det med andre dyr for å finne svar på reinsdyrets mange egenarter. Og de fant flere av dem. Studien er publisert i … Continue reading

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Sign up for the 15th International Arctic Ungulate Conference Jokkmokk, Sweden, 12-16 August 2019

Welcome to the 15th International Arctic Ungulate Conference Jokkmokk, Sweden, 12-16 August 2019 You may now register and submit abstracts here

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