Rector of the University of Lapland Mauri Ylä-Kotola appointed Research Professor Timo Koivurova as the Acting Director of the Arctic Centre between 1st August and 31st October 2015.

Research Professor Timo Koivurova is currently working
as director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at
the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland. As its name says, NIEM has
specialized in the issues of environmental and minority law. The Institute was
founded in 1985.

In addition to the appointment of the Research
Professor Koivurova, Senior Scientist Osmo Rätti from the Arctic Centre’s
Arctic Global Change research group was appointed as the Acting Deputy Director for
the same period as Research Professor Koivurova.

Rector of the
University of Lapland Mauri Ylä-Kotola decided the appointments on June 25th
2015.

Additional
information:

Rector Mauri Ylä-Kotola
Tel. +358 400 276 288
Director of Administration Markus Aarto
Tel. +358 40 484 4000
forename.surname@ulapland.fi