Crown Princess Victoria shows strong interest in Arctic climate challenges
On 13 February 2026, the Interreg Aurora funded project CLAP was invited to an event where the County Administrative Board of Norrbotten hosted the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria on the Bothnian Sea outside Luleå. CLAP is a project running from 2024 to 2026, aimed at building climate change adaptation capacity within the management of protected […]
New Voices Behind the Lens: Students Bring Stories to Life at Sámi Allaskuvla
Students from the JOU 181 Film Production course during workshop sessions in Guovdageaidnu, February 2026. Photo: Egil Pedersen / Indigenous Digital Storytelling with New Media (Interreg Aurora). A short film production is progressing at Sámi Allaskuvla as part of the course JOU 181 Film Production: Sámi and Indigenous Storytelling through Film. In late February 2026, […]
University of Oulu is seeking project partners for a project idea about TRUST-RURAL – Building Trustworthy Digital Public Services for Rural Inclusion in Northern Europe
Partner search: Rural and sparsely populated regions in Northern Europe continue to face digital exclusion despite high levels of infrastructure and service availability. This project addresses the often-overlooked psychological barriers to digital inclusion—particularly trust, perceived control, and autonomy—by examining how the design of digital public services influences citizens’ willingness to engage. Through cross-border collaboration between […]