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Research interests
I am a university lecturer and feminist arctic scholar working at the University of Lapland. I hold a Title of Docent in World Politics at the University of Helsinki. My critical research addresses the problematics of power, social sustainability, resilience and gender, with particular reference to Arctic politics. In my recent research I have examined the links between hope and politics. My latest monograph, co-authored with Marjo Lindroth, is The Colonial Politics of Hope: Critical Junctures of Indigenous-State Relations (Routledge, 2022).
View more information about my research from Futurities of Hope and Resilience
Field of science
- Multidisciplinary
- Gender studies
- International political science
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Projects
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Politics and Power of Resilience-POWERS
Lindroth, M. (Principal Investigator), Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Collaborative Investigator) & Reid, J. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.01.2023 → 30.09.2025
Project: Co-funded project
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Profi 3: Yliopistojen profiloitumisen vahvistaminen
Uotila, M. (Principal Investigator), Koikkalainen, P. (Collaborative Investigator), Syväjärvi, A. (Principal Investigator), Rätti, O. (Principal Investigator), Valkonen, S. (Other), Magga, S.-M. (Collaborative Investigator) & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.04.2017 → 30.11.2021
Project: Co-funded project
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WAITING: Indigeneity in waiting: elusive rights and the power of hope
Reid, J. (Principal Investigator), Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Collaborative Investigator) & Lindroth, M. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.09.2016 → 31.08.2020
Project: Co-funded project
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Recognising indigenous rights and local perspectives on Arctic development: Lessons from Greenland, Norway and Finland
Lindroth, M. (Principal Investigator), Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Principal Investigator) & Vola, J. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.06.2016 → 31.08.2018
Project: Co-funded project
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HOPE: Indigeneity in waiting: elusive rights and the power of hope
Reid, J. (Principal Investigator), Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Collaborative Investigator) & Lindroth, M. (Collaborative Investigator)
01.01.2016 → 30.06.2017
Project: Co-funded project
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The Colonial Politics of Hope: Critical Junctures of Indigenous-State Relations
Lindroth, M. & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H., 2022, Routledge. 148 p. (Interventions).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Harmful Hopes in Sustainability Transitions
Ahola-Launonen, J. (Editor), Kurki, S. (Editor), Lindroth, M. (Editor) & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Editor), 5 May 2025, In: Futures. Special issueResearch output: Contribution to journal › Editing special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Racialised vocabularies of resilience: Inequality, body and mind, refusal
Lindroth, M., Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. & Wrangel, C. T., 13 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Language and Politics. 25, 2, p. 175-193 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Discourses on Racism and Resilience: Between Power and Resistance
Lindroth, M. (Editor), Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Editor) & Tängh Wrangel, C. (Editor), 13 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Language and Politics. 25, 2, p. 175-294 120 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editing special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Unsettling Hopes: Sustainability and the Politics of Future-Making
Lindroth, M. & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H., 14 Apr 2026, Decolonizing the Sustainable Development Goals : Community Perspectives, Social Justice, and the Challenges of Pluralism. Toivanen, R., Vladimirova, V. & Ojala, C.-G. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 155-169 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Acting as the Opponent at a thesis defense
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Opponent)
27 May 2026Activity: Evaluation, assessment or examination › Pre-examination of dissertation, acting as opponent to a doctoral student, member of dissertaton committee
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Invited speaker, seminar on gender sensitivity in youth services
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2026Activity: Presentation › Public or invited talk
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Invited keynote speaker at an interdisciplinary research workshop "Law, Sustainability & Digital Transitions"
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Speaker)
22 Apr 2026Activity: Presentation › Keynote or plenary presentation
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Invited lecturer, PUC-Rio, International Relations Institute, PhD seminar
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2026Activity: Presentation › Public or invited talk
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Invited speaker at the conference "Euro-Latin America & Caribbean Cooperation in Governing Climate and Biodiversity and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. (Invited speaker)
23 Mar 2026 → 25 Mar 2026Activity: Presentation › Conference presentation
Press/Media
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Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis? (Jonathan Watts)
Sinevaara-Niskanen, H. & Lindroth, M.
24.10.2024
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Society
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Heidi Sinevaara-Niskanen – Monitieteisyyttä hengittävä toivon tutkija
01.10.2021
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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Tutkijanuran sietämätön keveys
Rossi, L.-M. & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H.
04.12.2018
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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Sorto pukeutuu toivon kaapuun – alkuperäiskansat ovat nykypäivän siirtomaita
Lindroth, M. & Sinevaara-Niskanen, H.
19.02.2018
1 item of Media coverage
Media contents: Research