A project of the European Science Foundation (ESF EUROCORES Programme Boreas). Funded by US National Science Foundation, Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Danish Research Agency.

The goal of this project is to develop a better understanding of the patterns, causes, and consequences of migration in the Circumpolar North through interdisciplinary comparative research. The project addresses two important gaps in the research on migration. First, it proposes a set of coordinated quantitative studies of patterns and determinants of migration of Arctic indigenous people in North America, Greenland, Sweden and Russia. Second, it seeks to incorporate the results of that research into a broader synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research on migration of different populations throughout the Circumpolar North. The project takes a comparative approach describing similarities and differences across countries and regions. The range of different circumstances, environments, and policies can identify the factors that affect peoples’ migration decisions, and consequently help predict population movements in response to future social, economic and environmental change in the north.