Vigdis Nygaard
Senior Researcher
															viny@norceresearch.no
																													+47 976 16 497
								
																						Markedsgata 3, 9510 Alta, Norway
													
 
					Division
Health & Social Sciences
Research themes
																									The High North
																			
																										Democracy, Civil Society and Participation
																								
Research Groups
Sustainable Development in the Arctic
More information about Vigdis
Projects
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												Research reportLærings- og omsorgsbaserte tjenester i reindriften: Underveisevaluering av «Ut på vidda-programmet»– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2025
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												Academic articleBoth right nearby and far away: Rural Sámi entrepreneurs' engagement with spatial contexts– International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development 2025
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												Conference lectureSupport systems for Sámi entrepreneurs anc companies– DutkanSápmi 2025
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												Research reportLeverandørutvikling Forsvaret– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2024
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												Academic articleIndustry-specific impacts of global drivers in the European Arctic– Journal of Land Use Science 2024
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												Academic articleExploring land use conflicts arising from economic activities and their impacts on local communities in the European Arctic– Journal of Land Use Science 2024
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												Feature articleRustent vennskap– 2024
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												Research reportKartlegging av praksis i motsegnssaker– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2024
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												Research reportVennskapskommunesamarbeid i Nord-Norge og Nordvest-Russland– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2024
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												Conference lectureSLO – a relevant concept for cross-industry research?– Arctic Frontiers 2024
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												Academic articleGeopolitical tensions framing different industries in the European Arctic: aquaculture, forestry, mining, and tourism in question– Journal of Land Use Science 2024
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												Conference lectureA helping hand for Sámi entrepreneurs through culture-bases support– Arctic Congress 2024
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												Conference lectureFading friendship - in the face of geopolitical changes– Arctic Congress 2024
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												Research reportCivil society in Murmansk region, Russia Society-state relations– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2023
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												Research reportThe covid-19 pandemic and civil society in a border region Mobilizing voluntary forces in Murmansk region, Russia, and Troms and Finnmark region, Norway– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2023
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												Conference lectureInsights on rural entrepreneurship from a Sámi perspective– PDW: Rural Entrepreneurship in Times of Transformation 2023
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												Research reportKunnskapsgrunnlaget for forvaltning av verneområder: Samiske perspektiver– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2023
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												Conference lectureThe role of Russian socially oriented non-profit organisations under changing conditions - How can context explain different adaption strategies?– 27th World Congress of Political Science 2023
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												Professional articleVoluntary work in the shadow of COVID-19: Experiences from a Norwegian-Russian border region in the Arctic– The Arctic Yearbook 2023
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												Academic chapterMental health research in an Arctic Indigenous context: The presence of silent dominant narratives– 2022
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												Academic chapterOvercoming isolation in the Arctic during COVID-19 times through new ways of co-writing research– 2022
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												Research reportGlobal economic drivers in the development of different industrial hubs in the European Arctic– ArcticHubs 2022
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												Research reportGeopolitical tensions and drivers of different industries in the European Arctic– ArcticHubs 2022
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												Academic articleResponses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arctic: comparing the ways of organizing voluntary work in Northwest Russia and Northern Norway.– The North and the Market 2022
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												Research reportSamisk tradisjonskunnskap om reindrift i arealforvaltningen. RFF Midt-Norge prosjekt 296394– SINTEF Digital 2022
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												Conference lectureRussian SONPOs in the Arctic border region - navigating domestic constraints and funding structures– ISTR - 15th international 2022
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												Research reportHvor går veien? Kartlegging av samisk språk og kultur i språkforvaltningskommunene– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2022
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												Academic articleAdapting to the unpredictable: The story of a Norwegian-Russian study of NGOs in the Murmansk region during a pandemic– Qualitative Social Work 2021
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												Research reportSocio-economic analysis: Interreg Aurora– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2021
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												Academic chapterBrukermedvirkning i Sápmi– 2021
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												Non-fiction chapterSametingets bidrag til næringsutviking i samiske områder - en analyse av endringer i politikk og virkemidler– 2021
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												Conference lectureLessons from the Covid 19 response in the Norwegian- Russian border regions. Crisis management, public discources and the role of non- state actors– Arctic Frontier 2021
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												Academic chapterFeFo møter Sametinget i næringspolitikken. NUSSIR-saken som lyskaster på dyptgripende institusjonelle spenninger i næringspolitikken– 2021
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												Feature articleSamarbeid i en vanskelig tid– 2021
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												Conference lectureLessons from the Covid-19 reponse in the Norwegian-Russian border region– International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences - ICASS 2021
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												Conference lectureGlobal drivers affecting the mining industry– Global drivers and the future of key industries in the European Arctic 2021
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												Research reportKunnskapsgrunnlag/områdeanalyse Nordland, Troms og Finnmark, Sapmi– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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												Research reportSamisk fjordbosetning og utmarksbruk i Gáranasvuotna/Ramfjord– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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												Academic articleIndustrial development in the North - Sámi interests squeezed between globalization and tradition– Acta Borealia 2020
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												Academic articleThe institutionalisation of Sami interest in municipal comprehensive planning – a comparison between Norway and Sweden– International Indigenous Policy Journal (IIPJ) 2020
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												Academic articleBrukermedvirkning på systemnivå for samiske pasienter i spesialisthelsetjenesten. Hva sier offentlige dokumenter?– Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid 2020
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												Research report0-24-samarbeidet i Finnmark. En erfaringsoppsummering 2018-2020– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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												Feature articleHvor står samiske interesser i kommunal arealplanlegging?– 2019
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												Research reportEvaluering av prosjektet Vardø Restored (5-2019)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2019
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												Research reportFra STN til kulturbasert næringsutvikling? Innspill til arbeidet med Sametingets næringsmelding. (7-2019)– NORCE Research AS 2019
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												Feature articleReindrift og arealplan, i Sortland og i Norge ellers– 2019
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												Research reportUtredning om forholdet mellom sørsamisk språk, kultur og næring– Norut rapport 3/2019 2019
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												Academic chapterForeign Direct Investment and regional renewal– 2018
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												Research reportSamisk kultur og samfunn i Nordkapp kommune – møte med nye arealinngrep. (7/2018)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2018
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												Research reportSamfunnsaksept og interessekonflikter knyttet til mineralnæringen. (N1/2018)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2018
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												Academic chapterSamiske hensyn i planleggingen– 2018
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												Conference lectureMineral industries in Sami Areas - the role of the Sámidiggi– ICASS 2017
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												Conference lectureIndustrial development in the North-Sami indigenous interests between globalization and self-determination– ICASS 2017
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												Conference lectureSupporting entrepreneurship in Sami areas - between State policy and local co-participation– ECPR 2017
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												Conference lectureMineral industry in Sami areas - the role of the Norwegian Sami Parliament– Alta2017-4th international indigenous social work conference 2017
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												Academic articleSamiske interessers legitimitet og status i politiske og forvaltningsmessige plan- og beslutningsprosesser– Tidsskriftet UTMARK 2017
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												Research reportINNOVASJON OG POLITIKK FOR ET GLOBALISERT NÆRINGSLIV Resultater fra VRI-forskerprosjektet i Finnmark 2014-2016. N1/2017– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2017
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												Research reportMuligheter og barrierer for entreprenørskap i samiske områder. (9/2017)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2017
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												Conference lectureHow to secure indigenous capacity in New industries– UArctic 2016
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												Conference lectureChallenges to new path development in green Arctic wind– RSA conference 2016
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												Academic articleForeign direct investment and renewal of industries: framing the reciprocity between materiality and discourse– European Planning Studies 2016
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												Research reportÁvjovárri urfolksregion i et samisk perspektiv - Utredning med utgangspunkt i kommunereformen (9/2016)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2016
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												Academic articleSocial impacts of the "glocal" mining business: case studies from Northern Europe– Mineral Economics 2016
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												Academic articleDo indigenous interests have a say in planning of new mining projects? Experiences from Finnmark, Norway– The Extractive Industries and Society 2016
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												Academic chapterSamiske interesser - bremsekloss for utvikling av mineralnæringen?– 2016
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												Conference lectureInnovating in MNCs Innovation modes and outcomes at play– International Regional Innovation Policy Seminar 2016
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												Academic articleSocial sustainability in northern mining communities: A study of the European North and Northwest Russia– Resources Policy 2016
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												Academic articleLegal Protection of Sami Traditional Livelihoods from the Adverse Impacts of Mining: A Comparison of the Level of Protection Enjoyed by Sami in Their Four Home States.– Arctic Review on Law and Politics 2015
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												Conference lectureGlobalization and local content in extractive industries in the North– Global Growth Agendas; Regions, Institutions and Sustainability 2015
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												Research reportKartlegging av årsaker til frafall fra finsk som andrespråk (14/2015)– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2015
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												Academic chapterStedstilknytning: Materialitet, relasjoner og følelser– 2015
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												Conference lectureMining in Kolarctic local communities– Thorvald Stoltenberg Conference 2014
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												Popular scientific articleVekst og utvikling i nord– Plan: Tidsskrift for samfunnsplanlegging, byplan og regional utvikling 2014
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												Academic articleTransboundary EIA in the Barents Region– Nordisk miljörättslig tidskrift 2014