Aurora Xiao Nicoline Ressler has defended her Master’s thesis: The Friendship Cooperation Between Karasjok and Lovozero: A Qualitative Study of a Multidimensional Cross-border Friendship Between Two Sámi Capitals at Oslo Metropolitan University (Social Welfare and Health Policy). Aurora has been an active participant in the RE:Barents project, and we are proud of her great work. Congratulations to Aurora!
The Arctic Congress https://www.arcticcongress.com/ is this year’s biggest venue to present social science results of ongoing research in the Arctic. The event took place in Bodø and gathered more than 1000 participating researchers. Vigdis Nygaard from NORCE represented RE:Barents, and her presentation “Fading friendship – in the face of geopolitical changes” told the story about friendship agreements between Northen Norwegian and Russian municipalities, and the abrupt halt caused by the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
