The innovative interdisciplinary doctoral course was focused on the actual research questions in reindeer husbandry and related environmental, social and cultural issues. The purpose of the workshop is to stimulate the interdisciplinary approach to studies relating to reindeer and reindeer husbandry. The research in reindeer husbandry has long been dominated by natural sciences whereas the traditions of social sciences have been week or missing. However, it is obvious that a dialogue across discipline borders and a motivated inter-disciplinary approach is necessary to understand and solve many of the current challenges within reindeer husbandry. This workshop aims to increase understanding and partnership particularly between young natural and social scientists, and to foster closer interaction across the borders, especially between the Fennoscandian countries and Russia.
Abstracts submitted by students, speakers at the workshop are here .
This conference, held in April, in Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada focused on technology, methods of uses of antlers. The antler science and production technology center is here . This conference, held in August 1999, in British Columbia, Canada, explored key problems and challenges for both researchers and the resource management communities that exist in integrating information across scales. The conference was held in August 1999, in Tromso, Norway. The conference held in February 1999, in Rovaniemi, Finland, explored the impact of human activity on arctic caribou and reindeer systems and the role of those systems in the resilience of arctic communities.