Umeå University is highly represented at Arctic Congress 2024

Umeå University is an Arctic university, standing on traditional Sámi land, and has a wide range of Arctic-related research and education. At the congress, Umeå University researchers of all degrees were presenting their research within many different research areas. Some of the areas covered were Education, Health Care, Well-being, Medicine, Food Systems, Art, and Research Collaboration.

Rebecca Tapper

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Among the sessions, three researchers from Umeå University were hosting and presenting at a session about Occupational Medicine. Associate Professor and Arctic Five Fellow Albin Stjernbrandt talked about how cold exposure and hand-arm vibration may contribute to the development of Raynaud’s phenomenon. This has been examined through surveys of 5000 subjects who work outdoors in cold environments with vibrating tools. At the same session, Doctoral student Rebecca Tapper presented her research where she has conducted a scoping review to examine current knowledge on working in cold environments, as well as differences between sexes. Convener of the session was Hans Pettersson, Research fellow and Arctic Five Chair. All three work at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine at Umeå University.

Magnus Zingmark

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Among other researchers holding sessions were Danielle Wilde from Umeå Institute of Design, Lennart Sauer from the Department of Social Work, and Magnus Zingmark from the Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation. Among the conveners were Postdoctoral Fellow and Arctic Five Fellow Audrey Schillings, Professor Peter Sköld and the University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dieter Müller. Apart from researchers holding sessions, representatives from the Arctic Centre were also present at the Congress to tie connections, present new reports from the Centre’s report series, and represent Umeå University at the connected UArctic Assembly.

The Congress really highlighted the width of the Arctic, its people, and its researchers all over the world conducting research of Arctic relevance throughout all research fields. As Sweden’s Arctic University, Umeå University is proud to have such great researchers representing both the University and the future of the Arctic!

The Arctic Congress 2024 was held in Bodø, Norway, and organised by Nord University, together with Nordlandsforskning AS - Nordland Research Institute and the conferences IASSA, UArctic (University of the Arctic) and High North Dialogue.