Call for papers- International Conference 'In the Spirit of Rovaniemi process'

Thu, Feb 28, 2013

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
'IN THE SPIRIT OF ROVANIEMI PROCESS'
'Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities'
2-4 December 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland

Call for Papers deadline: 5 May 2013
Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline: 7 October 2013)

We invite scholars and practitioners interested in presenting in the Conference 'In the Spirit of Rovaniemi Process' to submit abstracts to one of the scientific sessions. In addition, the papers should address at least one of the three cross-cutting themes. PhD students are welcome to present a poster referring to one of the sessions and addressing cross-cutting themes.

Scientific sessions:
- Rovaniemi Process: past, present, future (Plenary)
- Arctic responses to global environmental problems
- People and extractive industries
- Tourism in the Arctic
- The Arctic in global economy
- Climate change in the Arctic
- Indigenous peoples in cities
- Arctic global flows

Cross-cutting themes:
- Arctic Cities and global processes
- Management and governance in the Arctic
- Arctic together with non-Arctic

Deadline for Paper and Poster Proposals: 5 May 2013

Please send your abstracts (up to 250 words) for papers and posters to rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
Please include: your affiliation, contact information and specification to which session the paper is submitted (e-mail title: "Rovaniemi Process Conference - Abstract Proposal")

Information on acceptance of abstracts and draft programme: beginning of June 2013

Practicalities:
- Speakers presenting their papers and students participating in poster session will be exempted from the conference fee (EUR 100 for regular participants; EUR 50 for PhD and MA students; EUR 50 for Wednesday dinner).
- Each session will have a Session Keynote Speaker. Depending on the session, the speakers other than session keynotes will have about 15-20 minutes to present their papers. Number of papers per session is strictly limited.
- Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline 7 October 2013) (see www.arcticcentre.org/rovaniemiprocess website for details)

Further information:
Arctic Centre, rovaniemi.process@ulapland.fi
Scientific lead: Professor Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, PL 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Website: www.arcticcentre.org/rovaniemiprocess

Call for papers- International Conference 'In the Spirit of Rovaniemi process'

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