For more information on The Second Northern Research Forum Open
Meeting, scheduled for 19-22 September 2002 in Veliky Novgorod,
Northwest Russia, please see the web site:
For those interested in attending, please send a note to:
NRF secretariat: nrf [at] unak.is
Lassi Heininen, Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee:
lassi.heininen [at] urova.fi
or Andrei Golovnev, NRF of Russia: golovnev [at] basko.ru
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INTEREST TO ATTEND: 31 May 2002
The Second Northern Research Forum Open Meeting
Northern Veche
Veliky Novgorod, Northwest Russia
19-22 September 2002
The Northern Research Forum announces a call for participation in the
second NRF Open Meeting, Northern Veche, to be held in Veliky Novgorod,
Northwest Russia, 19-22 September 2002. For those interested in
attending, please send a note to:
NRF secretariat: nrf [at] unak.is
Lassi Heininen, Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee:
lassi.heininen [at] urova.fi
or Andrei Golovnev, NRF of Russia: golovnev [at] basko.ru
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INTEREST TO ATTEND: 31 May 2002
Young researchers and professionals - primarily graduate students AND
those who have recently passed their degrees - please note that you
could be considered to receive travel funding from the NRF to attend the
meeting. In order to be considered, you must submit a one-page resume
and a brief statement of interest. Please describe, based on your
background, what you would like to bring to the 2nd NRF Open Meeting, or
simply how your research and experience relate to the particular themes
or projects which will be focused on during the 2nd Forum. We will also
accept abstracts at this stage, especially if you would like to be
considered to give a presentation during Veche, or Open Square Hour, in
the 2nd Forum. Please send these written materials with email to
nrf [at] unak.is
Below you will see brief descriptions of what the NRF stands for and of
the 2nd NRF Open Meeting program, themes and formal arrangements. For
further information, please consult our web site: http://www.nrf.is
or write to a member of the NRF secretariat or Steering Committee:
NRF secretariat: nrf [at] unak.is
Lassi Heininen, Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee:
lassi.heininen [at] urova.fi
or Andrei Golovnev, NRF of Russia: golovnev [at] basko.ru
The purpose of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) is to promote intensive
dialogue among members of the research community and a wide range of
other northern stakeholders. This dialogue addresses the critical
issues, problems, and opportunities facing circumpolar peoples in the
context of social and environmental changes and economic globalization.
The Forum provides an open meeting for policy-relevant discussion on the
role of research in addressing issues of sustainable development,
community viability, peace and security, social and environmental
policy, and the impacts of global change. Developing the capacity to
address these issues is central to the mandate of the University of the
Arctic which has incorporated the Forum as one of its key programmatic
activities.
The NRF convenes an open meeting every second year, rotating among the
different northern countries in order to address sub-regional and local
concerns as well as region-wide issues. Participants at each session of
the NRF include researchers, educators, politicians, business leaders,
civil servants, community leaders, NGO representatives, resource users,
and managers. The Forum encourages participation by younger people and
those with new and unconventional approaches.
Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of Iceland, launched the idea
of the NRF in September 1998 on the occasion of his speech commemorating
the official opening of the twentieth academic year of the University of
Lapland in northern Finland. Subsequently, the University of Lapland
prepared a feasibility study regarding this initiative. The NRF began
its work in Iceland in October 1999 with the formation of a Steering
Committee and a secretariat. The first Open Meeting of the NRF, North
Meets North - the proceedings of which are now published as a book and
on http://www.nrf.is - took place in Akureyri, Iceland and at the
Icelandic president's residency on 4-6 November 2000.