Nordic Research School on Local Dynamics - NOLD

The Nordic Research School on Local Dynamics, NOLD, has since it was established in 2000, arranged seven PhD-courses. The final course was arranged in Klaksvik March 2004.


Previous courses:
-NOLD1: Glocalisation and Regional Policies - Scales and Strategies, June 2001, University of Tromsø
-NOLD2: Rural Development, October 2001, University of Helsinki
-NOLD3: Philosophy of Science and Methodology in Global/Local Analyses, May 2002, Sea Mine Station, Holbæk
-NOLD4: Mobility, Culture and Tourism, September 2002, Reykjavik and Höfn, Iceland
-NOLD5: Regional Development in Place - Between the Cultures of Economic Development and the Economics of Cultural Production, April 2003, Sommarøy, Tromsø
-NOLD6: Environment, Place and Sustainable Natural Resource Management, October 2003, Sunnersta Herrgård, Uppsala
-NOLD7: Embeddedness and Migration - Local Dynamics in a Mobile World, March 2004, the Faroese Islands.

The focus of the research school has been to understand the dynamics taking place within northern local communities, between them and in relation to national, international and global actors and processes. Among themes included are new technology, natural resource management and tourism. The aim of NOLD has been to strengthen the Nordic cooperation within research and education, and includes institutions and PhD-students from all the five different Nordic countries. All courses has also been visited by lecturers, and students, from outside the Nordic region.