Teemat

Tutkimusohjelmassa on kolme teemaa. Ohjelmaan on valittu vuosiksi 2012 -2015 tieteellisen arvioinnin perusteella 13 ryhmää. Ryhmät saavat osan rahoituksestaan Thule-instituutin tutkimusohjelmasta. Nämä tutkimusohjelman ryhmät toimivat yliopiston laitoksilla.

Tutkimusohjelmassa on mukana myös instituutin tutkijoiden johtamia määräaikaisia tutkimusryhmiä, jotka toimivat Thule-instituutissa.

Tutkimusohjelman teemat ja ryhmät (suluissa tutkimusryhmän johtajan nimi) ovat:

Climate Change and Life in Changing Northern Hemisphere

Unraveling population history, demography and structure for management of northern populations: Molecular ecology meets population biology (Laura Kvist)
Rapid environmental changes in the Eurasian Arctic – lessons from the past to the future (Juha-Pekka Lunkka, Kari Strand)
Consortium: Streams in the landscape: effects of land use on biodiversity and ecosystem processes in boreal streams (Timo Muotka),
Human impact on Northern groundwater resources: Impact of land-use and climate change on future management of aquifers and connected ecosystems (Björn Klöve)
Evolutionary approach to trophic interactions under climate change (Markku Orell)
Consortium: Mesospheric monitoring of ozone above the polar vortex during solar maximum 24 (MeMO) (Thomas Ulich),
Outer space influence on the low and middle polar atmosphere (Ilya Usoskin)
Consortium: The effect of climate change on scots pine seed and seedling development (SEED) (Hely Häggman),
Biodiversity and people in the land-use (Anne Tolvanen)
Transdisciplinary environmental research (Timo P. Karjalainen)
Climate change and boreal rivers (Heikki Mykrä)
Sedimentary and geochemical research on climate and environmental change (Kari Strand)

Health and Well-being in Circumpolar World

Circles of violence - challenges on building a culture on non-violence in family and school (CIRCLE) (Vappu Sunnari)
Structural racism and its impact on Indigenous Health – a comparative study of Canada, Finland and Norway (Arja Rautio)
Prevention of marginalization in Northern Finland (Juha Veijola, Anja Taanila, Irma Moilanen)
Health and well-being (Arja Rautio)

Sustainability and Environmental Technology

Potentiality of geodiversity information in biodiversity assessments (GEOBIO) (Jan Hjort)
Research Group on Environmental Catalysis: Sustainable abatement and use of gaseous emissions in process industry (Riitta Keiski)
Waste and energy synergy networks in the context of eco-municipalities–Towards resource efficiency in the North (WE2North) (Eva Pongrácz)
Utilization of chemical nonwood resources in local bioeconomies (Jouko Niinimäki)
Environmental technology (Jaakko Rämö)