Ageing and Gender in the Arctic! Lead: Prof. Päivi Naskali Vice-Lead: Dr. Shahnaj Begum Unit for Gender Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland 3/20/2020 1
Why Ageing and gender is important in the context of Arctic “The population is aging in many parts of the Arctic, triggering the Region? need to better understand the social, cultural, economic and -Ageing population is the demographic challenge for the political role this segment of the population does and could play. Qualitative research is needed to investigate both the needs of Arctic! older people, including their gendered dimensions, and available The AHDR-I (2004) identifies children, women and older capacities of regional policy-makers to respond to those needs persons as the three most vulnerable groups in the Arctic. “(AHDR- II, 2015, p.23). -Long distance -Out Migration 3/20/2020 2
Aims & Objectives of the TN Our central objective is to strengthen the existing network as part of the UArctic Thematic Network. We aim to carry out following activities: • Research cooperation amongst the members of the thematic network. • Cooperation with other thematic networks in order to undertake multi-disciplinary research projects. • Organizing, and attending at, seminars and conferences in order to disseminate results produced by the members of the network. • Contribution in curricula development in teaching and education with focus on ageing and gender in the Arctic. • Taking part in the preparation of joint funding application along with other members both within and beyond network. • Promoting institutional linkages in research and education on ageing and gender. • Organizing guest lectures at the institutions involved within the network. 3/20/2020 3
Who are our partners and participants? 2. Norway 1. Finland Affiliation Contact phone & Email Marit Aure Professor, Arctic University of Norway +47 41 24 00 34; marit.aure@norut.no Ann Therese Professor and Vice Dean for Research +47 776 45 715 Lotherington Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT Mobile: +47 918 11 551: ann.t.lotherington@uit.no The Arctic University of Norway PO. Box 6050 Langnes Päivi Naskali Professor, Unit for Gender Studies, +358 (0)40 484 4127; 9037 Tromsø Faculty of Education, University of paivi.naskali@ulapland.fi Lapland, PL 122 ‐ P.O. Box 122 96101 Trine Kvitberg Researcher, Arctic University of Norway +47 776207163; trine.kvitberg@uit.no Rovaniemi, Finland Claus Albretsen Director of Neurology UNN, +47 97573341; claus.albretsen@unn.no 3. Sweden Shahnaj Post ‐ doctoral researcher, Unit for +358 (0)50 4635987/ (0)40 484 4122; Lena Wennberg Assosiate professor, +46907869937; lena.wennberg@umu.se Begum Gender Studies, Faculty of sbegum@ulapland.fi Department of Political Science, University of Umeå, Education, University of Lapland Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, A5 49 31,Umeå universitet, Lempiäinen Professor, Faculty of Education, +358 40 484 4068; 901 87 Kirsti University of Lapland kirsti.lempiainen@ulapland.fi Eva ‐ Maria Svensson Professor, Department of Law School of Business, +46 31 786 12 98; Economics and Law, Gothenburg University, Box 650, SE ‐ evamaria.svensson@law.gu.se Heidi Lecturer, Faculty of Education, +358 (0)40 484 4132; 405 30 Sinevaara ‐ University of Lapland, University of heidi.sinevaara ‐ 4. Russia Niskanen Lapland niskanen@ulapland.fi Elena Yu. Golubeva ‐ Institute of Pedagogic, Psychology and Social Work +79217204311; Virpi Lecturer, University of Lapland +358 40 484 4144; NArFU, (Arkhangelsk) scorpic2005@mail.ru Vaattovaara virpi.vaattovaara@ulapland.fi Päivi Rasi Associate professor, University of +358 40 484 4240; 5. Iceland Lapland paivi.rasi@ulapland.fi Eydís Kristín Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of +354 460 8482 Minna Associate professor, +358 (0)400 13 8878; Sveinbjarnardóttir Akureyri, Office: Sólborg, A324, Iceland Eydis@unak.is and Zechner Faculty of Social Science, University Minna.Zechner@ulapland.fi of Lapland Arnrún Halla Adjunct, School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Tel: +354 820 874; arnrunh@unak.is Arnórsdóttir Office: Sólborg, A324, Iceland Marjo Outila Researcher & lecturer, Faculty of +358 (0)40 484 4176; 6. Denmark ‐ Social Science, University of Lapland marjo.outila@ulapland.fi Eva Cecilie Bonefeld ‐ Centre for Arctic Health & Molecular Epidemiology, +45 ‐ 87168012/ +45 ‐ 28992480 ebj@ph.au.dk Jørgensen Department of Public Health, Build. 1260, Bartholin Allé 2, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Tiina Seppälä University lecturer, Faculty of Social tiina.seppala@ulapland.fi Science, University of Lapland 7. Canada Joan Harbison Dalhousie University, School of Social Work, Department 902 494 6709; joan.harbison@dal.ca of Sociology and Anthropology, Canada. Marjaana Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, +358504489118, +358294124586; Seppänen University of Helsinki, marjaana.seppanen@helsinki.fi Liesl L. Gambold Associate Professor, Dalhousie University 902 494 ‐ 3689; liesl.gambold@dal.ca PL 54 (Unioninkatu 37) 00014 Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Gender and Women's Studies Program, Halifax, Nova Finland Scotia CANADA Post ‐ doctoral researcher, Thule +358 294 483 563; Anastasia Tuula Heinonen Dr. Professor Emerita,University of Manitoba 204 4515956 Institute, University of Oulu Anastasia.Emelyanova@oulu.fi Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, CANADA tuula.heinonen@umanitoba.ca Emelyanova PO Box 7300, FI ‐ 90014, Oulu, Finland Hai Luo Ph.D. Assistant Professor 204 ‐ 474 ‐ 8543 Professor, Faculty of Humanities and +358406641514 Heli Valokivi Faculty of Social Work, 212 Tier Building Hai.Luo@umanitoba.ca Social Sciences, PO Box 35, FI ‐ 40014 heli.valokivi@jyu.fi University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 +358406641514, University of 3/20/2020 4 Jyväskylä, Finland
What are our near ‐ future plans? August 2020 Meeting as part of the ESA Ageing in Europe midterm conference, Jyväskylä, Finland. October/November First meeting of the network at the University of 2020 Lapland Spring 2021 Virtual meetings to discuss future activities to undertake and possible sources for funding Autumn 2021 Possible funding application to NCM; NordForsk; Academy of Finland; Research Council of Norway; Horizon 2020 etc. 3/20/2020 5
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