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Dr. Élise Lépy
Discipline of Cultural Anthropology, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland

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Journal article
Published: 23 April 2020 in Polar Geography
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Simo Sarkki; Sirpa Rasmus; Mia Landauer; Élise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen. Matching societal knowledge demand, research funding and scientific knowledge supply: trends and co-creation dynamics around reindeer management in Finland. Polar Geography 2020, 1 -22.

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Simo Sarkki, Sirpa Rasmus, Mia Landauer, Élise Lépy, Hannu I. Heikkinen. Matching societal knowledge demand, research funding and scientific knowledge supply: trends and co-creation dynamics around reindeer management in Finland. Polar Geography. 2020; ():1-22.

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Simo Sarkki; Sirpa Rasmus; Mia Landauer; Élise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen. 2020. "Matching societal knowledge demand, research funding and scientific knowledge supply: trends and co-creation dynamics around reindeer management in Finland." Polar Geography , no. : 1-22.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in International Journal of Business and Globalisation
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Teresa Komu; Elise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Simo Sarkki. Participatory meaning making of environmental and cultural changes in reindeer herding in the northernmost border area of Sweden and Finland. International Journal of Business and Globalisation 2018, 20, 203 .

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Teresa Komu, Elise Lépy, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Simo Sarkki. Participatory meaning making of environmental and cultural changes in reindeer herding in the northernmost border area of Sweden and Finland. International Journal of Business and Globalisation. 2018; 20 (2):203.

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Teresa Komu; Elise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Simo Sarkki. 2018. "Participatory meaning making of environmental and cultural changes in reindeer herding in the northernmost border area of Sweden and Finland." International Journal of Business and Globalisation 20, no. 2: 203.

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Published: 16 October 2017 in Climate
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In Finnish Lapland, reindeer herders’ activity is strongly dependent on the surrounding natural environment, which is directly exposed to environmental changes and climatic variations. By assessing whether there is any evidence of change in climate in Fell Lapland over the last 50 years, this paper attempts to link global climatic trends with local conditions and respond to the need of information at the local level. It aims at assessing the changes in temperature, precipitation and snow cover at a regional and local scale, as well as determining the climatic trends for the period 1960–2011. Statistical methods were used to conduct analyses of the regional homogeneity, the annual and seasonal variability, and the cold intensity. The results show that the regional climate is not homogeneous and differences exist between locations. Nevertheless, it can be concluded that, in general, a warming trend is discernible for the period 1960–2011, frost and thaw cycles slightly increase, and variations in mean temperatures are more important in the winter. Precipitation is more variable according to the site but, in general, precipitation is increasing with time, especially in the winter, and the snow cover does not seem to contain any discernible trend.

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Élise Lépy; Leena Pasanen. Observed Regional Climate Variability during the Last 50 Years in Reindeer Herding Cooperatives of Finnish Fell Lapland. Climate 2017, 5, 81 .

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Élise Lépy, Leena Pasanen. Observed Regional Climate Variability during the Last 50 Years in Reindeer Herding Cooperatives of Finnish Fell Lapland. Climate. 2017; 5 (4):81.

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Élise Lépy; Leena Pasanen. 2017. "Observed Regional Climate Variability during the Last 50 Years in Reindeer Herding Cooperatives of Finnish Fell Lapland." Climate 5, no. 4: 81.

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Published: 15 August 2016 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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(1) Background: In Finland, slippery snowy or icy ground surface conditions can be quite hazardous to human health during wintertime. We focused on the impacts of the variability in weather conditions on tourists’ health via documented accidents during the winter season in the Sotkamo area. We attempted to estimate the slipping hazard in a specific context of space and time focusing on the weather and other possible parameters, responsible for fluctuations in the numbers of injuries/accidents; (2) Methods: We used statistical distributions with graphical illustrations to examine the distribution of visits to Kainuu Hospital by non-local patients and their characteristics/causes; graphs to illustrate the distribution of the different characteristics of weather conditions; questionnaires and interviews conducted among health care and safety personnel in Sotkamo and Kuusamo; (3) Results: There was a clear seasonal distribution in the numbers and types of extremity injuries of non-local patients. While the risk of slipping is emphasized, other factors leading to injuries are evaluated; and (4) Conclusions: The study highlighted the clear role of wintery weather conditions as a cause of extremity injuries even though other aspects must also be considered. Future scenarios, challenges and adaptive strategies are also discussed from the viewpoint of climate change.

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Élise Lépy; Sinikka Rantala; Antti Huusko; Pentti Nieminen; Marjo Hippi; Arja Rautio. Role of Winter Weather Conditions and Slipperiness on Tourists’ Accidents in Finland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2016, 13, 822 .

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Élise Lépy, Sinikka Rantala, Antti Huusko, Pentti Nieminen, Marjo Hippi, Arja Rautio. Role of Winter Weather Conditions and Slipperiness on Tourists’ Accidents in Finland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13 (8):822.

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Élise Lépy; Sinikka Rantala; Antti Huusko; Pentti Nieminen; Marjo Hippi; Arja Rautio. 2016. "Role of Winter Weather Conditions and Slipperiness on Tourists’ Accidents in Finland." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 8: 822.

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Published: 01 January 2016 in Ecology and Society
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Sarkki, S., T. Komu, H. I. Heikkinen, N. Acosta García, É. Lépy, and V.-P. Herva. 2016. Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood. Ecology and Society 21(4):14.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08819-210414

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Simo Sarkki; Teresa Komu; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Nicolás Acosta García; Élise Lépy; Vesa-Pekka Herva. Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood. Ecology and Society 2016, 21, 1 .

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Simo Sarkki, Teresa Komu, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Nicolás Acosta García, Élise Lépy, Vesa-Pekka Herva. Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood. Ecology and Society. 2016; 21 (4):1.

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Simo Sarkki; Teresa Komu; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Nicolás Acosta García; Élise Lépy; Vesa-Pekka Herva. 2016. "Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood." Ecology and Society 21, no. 4: 1.

Journal article
Published: 02 January 2014 in Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
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Élise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Timo P. Karjalainen; Kaarina Tervo-Kankare; Pekka Kauppila; Tiina Suopajärvi; Jouni Ponnikas; Pirkko Siikamäki; Arja Rautio. Multidisciplinary and Participatory Approach for Assessing Local Vulnerability of Tourism Industry to Climate Change. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 2014, 14, 41 -59.

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Élise Lépy, Hannu I. Heikkinen, Timo P. Karjalainen, Kaarina Tervo-Kankare, Pekka Kauppila, Tiina Suopajärvi, Jouni Ponnikas, Pirkko Siikamäki, Arja Rautio. Multidisciplinary and Participatory Approach for Assessing Local Vulnerability of Tourism Industry to Climate Change. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. 2014; 14 (1):41-59.

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Élise Lépy; Hannu I. Heikkinen; Timo P. Karjalainen; Kaarina Tervo-Kankare; Pekka Kauppila; Tiina Suopajärvi; Jouni Ponnikas; Pirkko Siikamäki; Arja Rautio. 2014. "Multidisciplinary and Participatory Approach for Assessing Local Vulnerability of Tourism Industry to Climate Change." Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 14, no. 1: 41-59.

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Published: 20 December 2013 in Polar Record
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In recent decades, the mining industry has expanded globally especially in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Mines often boost rural economies, but may have also negative impacts on environment and local livelihoods, such as tourism and reindeer herding. That is why acceptability and undeniable right to operate – the social licence (SL) to mine has become more and more important in mining related discussions. We examine empirically issues relating to SL in two mining projects in Finnish Lapland, Hannukainen in Kolari and Suurikuusikko in Kittilä. The main results emphasise the importance of transparency in mining operations and the continuity of communications with local stakeholders in building and maintaining the SL to mine. If the transparency of operations is lacking and issues come to publicity only via the media, this may affect the public image of a company and finally challenge its SL to operate and, in the long term, potentially effect the financing decisions of mining investors. We show that acquiring and keeping up a SL links not only to the developments in the actual mining site, but is also connected to processes taking place in other localities. These connections may emerge in various scales; between various local communities, mining companies and global financing principles, for instance. We use and propose ‘multi-sited ethnography’ as a method to describe and better understand complex linkages which may effect the SL to mine.

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Hannu I. Heikkinen; Élise Lépy; Simo Sarkki; Teresa Komu. Challenges in acquiring a social licence to mine in the globalising Arctic. Polar Record 2013, 52, 399 -411.

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Hannu I. Heikkinen, Élise Lépy, Simo Sarkki, Teresa Komu. Challenges in acquiring a social licence to mine in the globalising Arctic. Polar Record. 2013; 52 (4):399-411.

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Hannu I. Heikkinen; Élise Lépy; Simo Sarkki; Teresa Komu. 2013. "Challenges in acquiring a social licence to mine in the globalising Arctic." Polar Record 52, no. 4: 399-411.

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Published: 25 January 2013 in Physio-Géo
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Alors que la variabilité spatio-temporelle des conditions glacielles de la mer Baltique témoigne des variations du climat régional, il semble pertinent de tenter une reconstitution historique de ses glaces de mer. Nombreuses sont les sources à la fois historiques, littéraires, statistiques ou encore cartographiques. Cet article éclaire sur l'histoire des conditions des glaces de mer de la Baltique d'une part relatées dans les récits des voyageurs depuis le XVIème siècle et d'autre part étudiées par de nombreux scientifiques riverains de la Baltique avant tout pour répondre aux besoins de la navigation hivernale dès le XIXème siècle.

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Élise Lépy. Les conditions glacielles de la Baltique du XVIème au XXIème siècle. Physio-Géo 2013, 1 -18.

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Élise Lépy. Les conditions glacielles de la Baltique du XVIème au XXIème siècle. Physio-Géo. 2013; (Volume 7):1-18.

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Élise Lépy. 2013. "Les conditions glacielles de la Baltique du XVIème au XXIème siècle." Physio-Géo , no. Volume 7: 1-18.

Research article
Published: 31 January 2012 in Polar Record
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The Baltic Sea is one of the major maritime highway. During the middle ages, many of its southern ports belonged to the Hanseatic League. Since then, maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea has grown, having its trading activities internationalised through the diffusion of new shipping technologies. In 2007, the volume of cargo handled in Baltic ports was approximately 850 million tons. Moreover, the Baltic has an excellent network for passenger transportation: approximately 30 million people travel every year by ferry. Nowadays, its winter traffic represents about one quarter of the annual traffic. Nevertheless winter navigation is relatively recent in the extremities of the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. Indeed, at the beginning of maritime transportation, the activity was seasonal and occurred only in open water, threatening to stop completely in winter due to sea ice formation. But for over a century, the evolution of materials and shipping techniques has allowed continuous maritime navigation. Despite the fact that sea ice conditions require the assistance of icebreakers, adapted port infrastructures, the introduction of ice classes and winter restrictions to the navigation, harsh winter conditions inevitably induce an increase in maritime incidents. There is the question of the future of winter navigation in the context of global warming and a possible significant reduction of sea ice.

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Élise Lépy. The recent history of Finnish winter navigation in the Baltic Sea. Polar Record 2012, 49, 33 -41.

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Élise Lépy. The recent history of Finnish winter navigation in the Baltic Sea. Polar Record. 2012; 49 (1):33-41.

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Élise Lépy. 2012. "The recent history of Finnish winter navigation in the Baltic Sea." Polar Record 49, no. 1: 33-41.