The international landscape of research ethics has started to recognise a need for developing the ethical framework for research impacting nature and the environment. Particularly in the Arctic, research on nature and the environment has direct connections to the lives and cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples. The Inari Symposium on Research Ethics in Nature, Environment and Indigenous Research (InRENEI2026) is a two-day event in Inari, Finland, with a key theme of ethical principles and ethical review in research on nature, the environment and indigenous peoples.
Date: 10–11 June, 2026
Place: Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos, Inari, Finland
Language of the event: English
Main organiser: The Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK
Co-organisers: The Sámi Parliament, the University of Lapland and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
The symposium highlights the inseparable connection between the indigenous cultures and the environment by taking the discussion on research ethics to the heart of the Sámi homeland. The event is aimed especially at researchers, experts and ethics committees working in the fields of human sciences and research on nature and the environment. It is also the final seminar of the LYTE project.
InRENEI2026 is an in-person event, so there will be no hybrid component or possibility to present online.
Inari is a centre of Sámi culture and Arctic nature. Read more about Inari!
Keynote speakers
Doris Schroeder, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Lancashire
Doris Schroeder is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Director at the Centre for Professional Ethics, UK. Her academic background is in philosophy, politics, economics. Her specialist areas of expertise are global research ethics and benefit sharing. She is the lead author of the TRUST Code (2018) and the PREPARED Code (2025) and assisted with the San Code of Research Ethics (2017). Prof. Schroeder has given invited presentations on questions of international justice, including research justice, on all continents and in 30 countries.
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Call for abstracts
We welcome proposals for posters. The call is open until 15 March 2026. Link to submission instructions
Programme
Information to follow. Preliminary programme: PDF
The conference dinner takes place in the award-winning Restaurant Aanaar, renowned for its locally sourced menu.
Registration
Information to follow. Participation fee will be announced in the first week of February 2026.
Travel instructions
Finnair operates flights to Ivalo airport once a day. The distance from Ivalo to Inari is approximately 50 km, and there is a bus connection from Ivalo to Inari. The morning flight from Helsinki arrives in time to reach Inari by the beginning of the official programme on 10 June. Participants arriving via Helsinki are encouraged to consider staying in Helsinki overnight, if they intend to arrive on the first day of the symposium.
- Website of the Ivalo airport: https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/ivalo
- The Visit Inari website: https://visitinari.fi/
Accommodation
In Inari, Wilderness Hotel Juutua, Hotel Inari, and Holiday Village Inari have reserved rooms for participants for 10-12 June 2026.
- Wilderness Hotel Juutua (Arctic rooms or Superior rooms with a sauna): https://wildernesshotels.fi/
- Hotel Inari (Standard rooms and Superior rooms): https://visitinari.fi/
- Holiday Village Inari (panorama cabins or studios with a sauna): https://visitinari.fi/accommodation/holiday-village-inari/
If you wish to make a reservation, please do so via the websites of the hotels. When booking, please mention that your reservation is for the InRENEI2026 symposium organised by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK.
Photo: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff / Sámediggi | Saamelaiskäräjät | The Sámi Parliament
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