NEWS The university alliance The Arctic Six has recently appointed 14 new Fellows who will carry out their projects relevant to the Arctic during the academic years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027. From ͯÑÕÊÓƵ, two research fellows were appointed.
Every second year, The Arctic Six appoints a new team of early-career researchers tasked with initiating new research and education projects over a two-year period. Their mandate is to find innovative ways to build interdisciplinary collaboration between six Arctic universities in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
For the academic year 2025–2026, 14 researchers, including postdoctoral fellows and doctoral candidates, have received grants to conduct research. Their projects span fields such as cold climate research, climate and environmental studies, food security, education, reconciliation processes, technology, digitalisation, geography, and business development.
From Umeå University, two Postdoctoral fellows were selected: Dorothee Bohn and Michel Rouleau-Dick.
Dorothee Bohn is Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Geography. Her research project focuses on sustainable business strategies for Arctic regions, and aims to map how innovation and specialisation strategies, particularly in tourism, can affect employment and adaptability in Arctic regions.
Michel Rouleau-Dick is Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Law. His research project asks whether digital citizenship can protect against future threats, and hopes to provide solutions for protecting minorities such as the Sámi, as well as populations in states threatened with disappearance due to climate change.