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Co-Create Arctic Research

An initiative to foster co-creating Arctic Research together with Indigenous Rightsholders

Mission statement

  • Fostering equal partnerships between Indigenous research partners/local communities and scientists in (large) research projects
  • Identifying and discussing Indigenous claims/needs for co-design and co-creation of knowledge
  • Perspectives and experiences of (Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers) in collaborative research approaches in different disciplines
  • Turning politics of decolonial Arctic research and ethical guidelines such as IASSA and other Indigenous driven declarations into practice
  • Lobbying at major funding bodies (e.g, EU Commission, national science funds) for funding Indigenous participation and transdisciplinary research. Including/considering Indigenous and local communities into funding calls and funding programs

CO-CREATE: Comprehensive Policy Brief to the EU Commission - A roadmap to decolonial Arctic research

More inclusive, equal and just ways in which Arctic research is conducted and research programs and funding processes are conceived, these are some of the main goals of the Roadmap to Decolonial Arctic Research. On 19 June 2023, a group of non-Indigenous and Indigenous rights holders and engaged scholars, from RIFS and several other organisations across Europe and the Arctic, presented the Roadmap to Decolonial Arctic Research to the public. The publication addresses the greatest challenges, needs and potentials of Decolonial Arctic Research over the next ten years.

Co-creating research projects - some personal experiences from Saami Council and Arctic researchers

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Mailing-list 'Co-creating Arctic Knowledge'

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Contact person: Annette Scheepstra

Last modified:10 January 2024 4.30 p.m.