Programme

09:00-10:15 Registration, Vistas (Foyer)

10:15-10:30 Welcome to Nordic Ruralities, Kaamos

10:30-11:15 Keynote 1, Kaamos

Åsa Larsson Blind, Integrating Sámi Knowledge and Perspectives into Nordic Rural Development and Sustainable Transitions

11:15-12:00 Keynote 2, Kaamos

Laura Junka-Aikio, Decolonizing Arctic Geopolitics: Subaltern security dilemmas and the politics of rural land use in times of the green transition and militarization

12:00-13:00 Lunch, Restaurant

13:00-15:00 Parallel Session 1, various locations (see details below)

15:00-15:30 Coffee break, Vistas (Foyer)

15:30-17:30 Parallel Session 2, various locations (see details below)

19:00-21:00 Dinner, Restaurant

Parallel Session 1

Working Group 1.4.1

Rural Education and its Role in the Sustainability of the Local Environment, Dálvi B

Working Group 2.1.1

Exploring social sustainability in the Nordic context, Dálvi C

Working Group 2.6.3

Open group theme 2: Sustainable use of natural resources, Producenten

Working Group 1.5.1

A history perspective to the people, places, resources, economies, and policies of rural regions, The Hiker

Working Group 1.2.1

Critical reflections on lifestyle migration and sustainable rural development, The Trekker

Working Group 2.3.1

Transitioning Nordic Ruralities: between extraction and care, The Climber

Parallel Session 2

Working Group 1.1.1

The benefits of migration in Nordic rural areas, Dálvi B

Working Group 2.1.2

Exploring social sustainability in the Nordic context, Dálvi C

Working Group 4.1.2

Accessibility and mobility in rural areas – development of policy, Producenten

Working Group 1.5.2

A history perspective to the people, places, resources, economies, and policies of rural regions, The Hiker

Working Group 1.2.2

Critical reflections on lifestyle migration and sustainable rural development, The Trekker

Working Group 3.3.1

Open group theme 3: Rural economy and entrepreneurship, The Climber

08:00-08:30 Registration, Vistas (Foyer)

08:30-10:30 Paralel Session 3, various locations (see details below)

10:30-11:00 Coffee break, Vistas (Foyer)

11:00-12:00 Keynote 3, Kaamos

Hanne Wittorff Tanvig, Rural development – what happened to the good old ‘bottom up’?

12:00-13:00 Lunch, Restaurant

13:00-15:00 Parallel Session 4, various locations (see details below)

15:00-15:30 Coffee break, Vistas (Foyer)

15:30-17:30 Parallel Session 5, various locations (see details below)

19:00-22:00 Banquet, Dálvi A

Parallel session 3

Working Group 1.7.1

Rural and regional universities: Doing big things in small places, Dálvi B

Working Group 2.4.1

Micro-level actions and consequences related to green transitions in rural areas, Dálvi C

Working Group 2.5.1

Food security and preparedness of the Nordic region in times of the war in Europe, Producenten

Working Group 3.1.1

Working the fields and forests – labor relations in (and out of) place, The Hiker

Working Group 4.2.1

Ecologic and social justice in transitions - alliances in and between peripheralized places, The Trekker

Working Group 2.2.1

Mining, minerals, and society in Nordic, The Climber

Parallel session 4

Working Group 1.6.1

Stories of smoke: Rural ethnographies and landscapes in transition, Dálvi B

Working Group 1.9.2

Open Group Theme 1: Cultures and peoiple, places and identities, Producenten

Working Group 3.2.1

Local communities as main actors in rural change, The Hiker

Working Group 4.2.2

Ecologic and social justice in transitions - alliances in and between peripheralized places, The Trekker

Working Group 4.5.2

Open theme 4 Policies and politics of the rural, The Climber

Parallel session 5

Working Group 2.6.2

Open Group Theme 2: Sustainable use of natural resoruces, Producenten

Working Group 3.2.2

Local communities as main actors in rural change, The Hiker

Working Group 4.2.3

Ecologic and social justice in transitions - alliances in and between peripheralized places, The Trekker

Working Group 4.4.1

Local economic sustainability in rural areas: Place-based policies, practises and partnerships, The Climber

09:00-10:00 General Assembly:

The future of Nordic Ruralities Conference, Dálvi A

10:00-10:30 Coffee break, Vistas (Foyer)

10:30-11:30 Keynote 4, Kaamos

Nils Björling, Re-industrializing Sweden – What is the mission?

11:30-12:00 Conference summary and farewells, Kaamos

12:00-13:00 Lunch, Restaurant