This course offered by the Circumpolar PhD Network has an application
deadline of 15 March 2000. Contact Dr. Katja Ruth, ekru [at] post.utfors.se
for more information or visit the website at:
http://www.urova.fi/home/arktinen/caes
The Circumpolar PhD Network in Arctic Environmental Studies
announces the course
"Reindeer as a keystone species in the North: biological, cultural and
socio-economic aspects"
1-15 September, 2000
In September 2000 the Circumpolar PhD Network in Arctic Environmental
Studies (CAES) will start its PhD course program with the five credit (1
credit = 40 study hours) course "Reindeer as a keystone species in the
North: biological, cultural and socio-economic aspects". One of the
objectives of the CAES Network is to create a basis for interdisciplinary
knowledge, therefore the Course will be focused on environmental, cultural
and socio-economic related to the research questions in reindeer husbandry.
The Course will be organised as a travel course and will combine seminars
and field excursions in several places in Northern Finnish Lapland, Finnmark
in Norway and Kola Peninsula. The Course will take several approaches to the
studies of reindeer husbandry and environment in the North:
- interrelations between reindeer, husbandry and environmental conditions
- reindeer and their biophysical environment, including global climate
change - reindeer ecophysiology, including the effects of environmental stress on
health and welfare - reindeer husbandry as a component of environmental management
- reindeer herding as a basis of culture, identity and livelihood
- reindeer as an object of domestication and ownership
- safety, health and working conditions for reindeer herders
- contradictions between reindeer herding activity and other activities of
modern society - future prospects and image-related questions of modern reindeer husbandry
The course will be the first in a series of courses organised by the CAES
Network. An intention of the Network is to create links between the courses,
therefore we expect some of the students to attend two or more courses.
Other courses in the chain are:
Industrial impacts on natural and social environments
(Kola Peninsula, Russia) - 2001
Climate change and related natural and social impacts in the Arctic
(Abisko, Sweden, or Svalbard, Norway) - 2002
Forestry activities in the Sub Arctic: environmental assessment and
simulation modelling
(Syktyvkar, Russia) - 2003
In August 1999 the CAES Network organised the 'Reindeer 2000' Workshop that
was a preparatory action for the announced course. The group of students, who
attended the Workshop, is our priority group although a limited number of
places are available for other applicants.
Who can apply:
PhD students or students who are planning to do PhD.
Deadline:
for applications is March 15, 2000.
Please send your applications to Riitta.Aikio [at] urova.fi
If you send the application as an attachment, name the file by your last name.
Please write in the Subject line: 'CAES-Course application'
The Application should include:
- Your first and last name
- Your address, telephones, fax, e-mail
- Degree and present status
- University you are doing your PhD at
- Brief abstract of your dissertation/present research project in a form
that can be presented during the Course and can be published in the
Course materials: Title, author, affiliation, text (400 words) - Key words for your thesis
- What do you expect from the course
- Participated or not in the Workshop 'Reindeer 2000' in August 1999
- Estimated travel expenses from your home to Rovaniemi, Finland, and back
(please check at travel agency cheapest transportation)
Travel grants:
The Course is funded by NorFA and thereby CAES has the possibility to
arrange for travel grants to Nordic and Russian students. However, students
(especially those from North America) are strongly recommended to seek
travel grants also from their universities or other sources.
Special note:
Students, who participated in the Workshop 'Reindeer 2000', should also
apply for the Course and send the listed information.
Contact:
Dr. Katja Ruth
Major Coordinator, CAES Network
Tel.: +46-920-17227
Mobile tel.: +46-708369913
mailto:ekru [at] post.utfors.se
More information about the CAES Network can be found in:
http://www.urova.fi/home/arktinen/caes