UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/project/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Sámi and Indigenous law / rights and human rights. The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF at UiT together with Prof. Øyvind Ravna. This is an opportunity to accelerate your research career while living in the urban research city of Tromsø, uniquely located at the top of the world surrounded by some of Europe’s last pristine wild nature. 

This call is one of 70 from pre-selected supervisors at UiT The Arctic University of Norway through the “Arctic MSCA-PF program”. Successful postdoc candidates will be invited for a three-day MSCA-PF symposium June 3-5, 2025 (hybrid physical/digital event, see details at https://uit.no/arcticmsca/programstructure). At this event, the candidates will present their past research achievements, discuss future plans with their potential supervisor and learn how to write a successful MSCA-PF application. The selected candidates will, jointly with the supervisor, write the MSCA-PF application by the deadline of September 10, 2025. 

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Sámi and Indigenous law / rights and human rights as presented by Prof. Øyvind Ravna:

Professor Ravna has been actively involved in key research initiatives concerning the Sámi Rights Committee, the Finnmark Act, and various legal surveys of land rights in Sápmi. His work also encompasses significant contributions to the study of legal conflicts related to wind power developments and their impact on reindeer husbandry, including the high-profile Fosen case and the Jovsset Ánte Sara case on forced reindeer herd reduction. Between 2008 and 2024, Ravna authored five academic monographs, which have become foundational texts in their respective fields. Translated into English, these include: 1) Legal Clarification and Regulation of Use in Reindeer Husbandry Areas (2008), 2) The Finnmark Act and Land Rights in Finnmark (2013), 3) From Little Bighorn to Standing Rock: A Modern Indian Story (2018), 4) Sámi and Reindeer Husbandry Law (2019; 2nd ed. 2024), 5) The Common Land Laws in Norway (2023, co-authored with G. Eriksen).

Please send your CV (max 3 pages) and describe a research project that will strengthen and complement the presented research (max 2 pages) to oyvind.ravna@uit.no by Feb 16th 2025. Mark your application "Arctic MSCA". Successful candidates will be contacted in late March 2025.