How can academia and Indigenous Arctic communities co-create knowledge in an ethically good way? A PhD perspective from the ArcticKnows project.
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Gender, Youth and the Arctic: A Conversation with Anna Mjöll Guðmundsdóttir
In my research I am focusing on the gender and generational dimension of the ArcticKnows project, and how different genders and youth can be empowered to be drivers of change in Arctic regional development, with a focus on environmental and social justice. PhD student in Geography, University of Iceland · ArcticKnows project Why Look at […]
Three Days in Varangerfjord: Inside the ArcticKnows Annual Meeting
In late August 2026, the ArcticKnows consortium travelled to the Varangerfjord region of northern Norway for the project’s Annual Meeting and General Assembly, hosted in Nesseby over three days of presentations, discussion and fieldwork with the local community. Day One: Arriving in Nesseby The meeting opened with a welcome that set the tone for everything […]
Where are the places that matter to you around the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka?
The Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka participatory mapping survey is open One of the questions ArcticKnows keeps coming back to is deceptively simple: who gets to say what a place is for? In the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka Biosphere Reserve, decisions about land use, tourism, nature protection and economic development are made at many different levels — local, regional, national. The people […]
Newsletter 1
June 2026 – News from the field work areasOver the past months, the ArcticKnows team has been in the field in South Greenland, Varangerfjord, Vindelälven-Juntåhkka Biosphere Reserve, and around Lake Inari. Sitting at kitchen tables, walking frozen shorelines, mapping the places that matter, and trying to earn the trust of the communities we are here […]
First fieldwork in South Greenland
What it means to conduct research with a community under economic pressure, external attention, and research fatigue The ArcticKnows Kujataa pilot team consists of four members. Kristine Lynge-Pedersen from Greenland Institute for Natural Resources (GINR) and Rikke Becker Jakobsen, Carine Ren and Astrid O. Andersen from Aalborg University (AAU). Due to upcoming deadlines, two from […]
Giving something back: a letter to the communities we met in Sweden
May 2026 – Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka pilot area In early May, part of the ArcticKnows team spent a week in the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka Biosphere Reserve in Västerbotten, Sweden: one of the four pilot areas where the project is working alongside communities to co-create knowledge about regenerative economies. Over five days we moved through Rusksele, Sorsele, Ammarnäs, Granö and […]
First conversations in Varangerfjord: Sea Sámi fisheries and what the project can offer
Last March, the ArcticKnows team from Nofima held its first workshop with some stakeholders in the Varangerfjord pilot area in northern Norway, a region defined by the sea, fishing, and by the culture and knowledge of the Sea Sámi communities who have lived and worked here for generations. The conversation was honest and open. Exactly what we were hoping for this first meeting. A community that knows what it needs The local fishing organisations and community representatives were keen to participate in shaping the […]