Team members

på 25. februar 2016

The project is a cooperation between NIBR (Oslo, Norway), Nord University (Bodø, Norway) and the Arctic Centre (Rovaniemi, Finland). The following researchers constitute the project team.

 

NIBR Urban and Regional Research Institute, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

Mikkel Berg-Nordlie.  Key subjects: Urban indigenous governance, urban indigenous spaces, youth organizing, education and kindergardens.  Case areas: Oslo, Trondheim, Alta (Norway).

Jørn Holm-Hansen. Project leader.

 

Nord University

Astri Dankertsen. Key subjects: Urban indigenous identity, youth organizing.  Case areas: Bodø, Tromsø (Norway).

 

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

Tanja Joona. Key subjects: Youth organizing, youth interest representation.  Case areas: Helsinki, Oulu, Rovaniemi (Finland).

 

Researchers with other institutional attachments

Anna Afanasyeva (Centre for Sámi Studies, UiT – Arctic University of Norway). Key subjects: Education and kindergardens.  Case areas: Murmansk province (Russia).

Marit Solstad (Nordland Research Institute). Key subjects: Education and kindergardens.

Marte Winsvold (Institute for Social Research). Key subjects: Youth organizing.  Case areas: Oslo (Norway).

Christina Åhrén (private researcher). Key subjects: Youth organizing.  Case areas: Umeå, Stockholm (Sweden).

 

 

 

Indigenous in the City

på 11. februar 2016

Indigenous peoples worldwide are becoming increasingly urbanized, particularly the young indigenous population. Cultures and identities that were once pushed to the rural peripheries, now have to survive and grow in an urban context. The NUORGÁV project (2015 – 2017) investigates urban indigenous politics, with a special eye to how young indigenous people organize and attempt to influence the provision of services to the urban indigenous populations.

NUORGÁV is an international research project that gathers and compares data from four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The project is focused on the situation of the border-transcending Sámi nation.

The project is a cooperation between the institute NIBR under the Oslo and Akershus University College , the Nord University, and the Arctic Centre under the University of Lapland. It is financed by the Norwegian Research Council’s Programme for Sámi Studies.