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New planning tool to mitigate land use conflicts in Sápmi

The transition to fossil-free energy production and the UN's sustainability goals require the extraction of minerals that cause intractable land conflicts, not least in Swedish Sápmi where the Sámi engage in reindeer husbandry. A new interdisciplinary project explores new strategic planning instrume...

Researcher on the Cementa judgement: Lack of knowledge in the permit examination

Examines how climate change affects industries in the Arctic

Maria Petterson, Professor of Law, participates in an interdisciplinary EU project on the future effects of climate change on small-scale, traditional industries. The project, which requires national co-financing, has been granted funding from Formas of more than SEK 3 million for the period 2020 - ...

Christina Allard provides clarity in the Girjas judgment

After ten years came the verdict: but what does the verdict about Girja's Sami village really say? Christina Allard, Associate professor of law at Luleå University of Technology, made the judgment a little easier to understand in a lecture at Vetenskapens hus.

Luleå research highlighted in Girjas verdict

The Swedish state vs Girjas Sami village is one of Sweden's most noticed legal cases. In the verdict the Supreme court refers to research from Luleå University of Technology.
– It's great to help bringing order and clarity to this matter, says Christina Allard, associate professor of law at Luleå ...

The Speaker lectures at Luleå University of Technology

The Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlén will come to Luleå University of Technology on September 16 to give a lecture to students, staff and the public. The visit is part of the Parliaments celebration of the breakthrough of democracy in Sweden.

Green and climate bonds have potential to become more efficient

There has been an immense growth in the green bond market and the investor demand for green projects keeps growing. However, a Nordic legal framework for green bonds is missing. This is something that will be adressed in a new research project at Luleå University of Technology.

Environmental law professor is the teacher of the year

The teacher of the year – Maria Pettersson, Professor of Law at Luleå University of Technology – has passion for her research, a genuine commitment and cares about the students.

Mining plans creates intractable conflicts

Plans to establish new mines divide local communities and the means for local actors to infuence the Swedish permitting process are limited. This is shown in new research on contested mine establishments in Rönnbäcken (Storuman), Kallak (Jokkmokk) and Rakkuri (Kiruna) – projects which all generated ...

Want legislative changes affecting wind power

Whilst environmental courts take sustainable development into consideration when decisions are made about establishing wind power, the legal basis to take into account the positive environmental impact of wind power is unsupported. Researchers at Luleå University of Technology therefore propose legi...

Philisophy of law conference

A philosophy of law conference, where PhD students from Swedish universities speak, is for the first time organized at Luleå University of Technology.
– The idea is to make room for young researchers, says Caroline Strömberg, lecturer in jurisprudence and philosophy, who is organizing the conferenc...

Awarded for research on Saami rights

Christina Allard, Senior Lecturer in Law at Luleå University of Technology, has received an award for her research on indigenous rights.

Sami rights in international light

The Swedish Sami law is a new legal area with many ambiguities, which paves the way for conflicts. Christina Allard, Senior Lecturer of Jurisprudence at Luleå University of Technology, creates international research on Sami rights issues and criticizes the government for not taking the problem serio...

Durable household research commended

The project "Sustainable Household" (SHARP) that was active between the years 2003 to 2008 are praised heavily in the Environmental Protection Agency's evaluation. Areas highlighted in particular include the citation and the amount of qualitative scientific publications.

Published:8 February 2016

Updated: 21 September 2022

By:Henrik Sundberg

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