THULE INSTITUTE
Thule Institute is a multidisciplinary research centre in the field of environmental and northern issues and natural resources at the University of Oulu. Thule Institute has four operational units: Centre for Arctic Medicine, NorNet, NorTech Oulu and Oulanka research station.
The basis of research consists of three multidisciplinary research programmes: Global Change in the North, Northern Land Use and Land Cover as well as Circumpolar Health and Wellbeing. The research programmes are implemented jointly with different units of Oulu University, other universities, research institutes and the business sector. The Thule Institute also plans and promotes basic and post-graduate studies within the area of focus.
The Institute takes part in national and international research strategy work, aimed at focusing research and teaching into areas that are important and topical from the point of view of society. The Institute also arranges seminars and courses and provides information on northern and environmental issues.
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