Organisers

Organisers

Scientific Committee for the 6th Nordic Conference for Rural Research

Tuija Mononen, University researcher, Department of geographical and historical studies, Joensuu, University of Eastern Finland

Lise Herslund, Associate professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thoroddur Bjarnason, Professor of Sociology, University of Akureyri, Iceland

Maja Farstad, Senior researcher, Institute for rural and regional research (Ruralis), Trondheim, Norway

Patrik Cras, Researcher PhD, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Local committee

The conference is organized by Department of Geographical and Historical Studies (University of Eastern Finland) and The Finnish Society for Rural research and development.

The organisation team members are:

Tuija Mononen

Kaisu Kumpulainen