Project Overview

Initiated in late 2022, the purpose of this international collaborative project is to investigate in a historical perspective how Indigenous societies survive and maintain cohesion when faced with changing physical conditions due to colonialism and environmental change. The knowledge produced will be of essential relevance for understanding and identifying human responses to climate change and loss of biodiversity.

With a current team of diverse researchers from Finland, Sweden, and the United States, the SUN project aims to collaborate with a multitude of individuals and Indigenous communities across the globe in order to accomplish these goals.

Current Initiatives

Lindsay Doran Lindsay Doran

Theory & Method

Working with appropriate, relevant, and Indigenous-led/researched historical sources.

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This project is supported by Formas – a Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development.

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