The Arctic is home to approximately four million people, counting numero us ethnicities among its inhabitants. More than ten percent of the total po pulation living in the Arctic is Indigenous peoples. In modern times, rapid and extensive changes has brought opportunities but also challenges to peo ples and places in the north, including climate change, industrial extracti on, pollution, globalization, migration, food- and water insecurity and wid ening socio-economic gaps.
Social sciences and humanities have a grea t responsibility to address these challenges. Through focusing on people an d place we highlight the many variances across the Arctic region in terms o f sustainabilities, political systems, demography, infrastructures, histori es, languages, legal systems, land and water resources, public health and s o on.
Arcum (Arctic Research Centre), Sámi dutkan (Language studies) and Vaartoe (Centre for Sami Research) at Umeå University are pleased to ho st “People & Place” - the ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sci ences (ICASS IX) organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Asso ciation (IASSA). We encourage Indigenous peoples, northern residents, decis ion-makers, politicians as well as academics to participate.
More inf ormation on the conference website
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