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.
Dr. Dominic Lenzi, Assistant professor in environmental ethics at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Dominic Lenzi's research is in climate ethics and environmental political theory, examining the moral and political implications of climate change and biodiversity loss. He was a chapter author in the IPBES Methodological Assessment on the Diverse Values of Nature (2022) and co-authored a new 'Guidance Note on assessing and managing risks of environmental harm in EU-funded research' for Horizon Europe. He currently leads work packages in two Horizon Europe projects on research ethics and the environment (RE4GREEN; Co-CREATE).
Call for abstracts
The call for posters was open until 15 March 2026.
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
Please register through this link: https://registration.tsv.fi/
Participation fees:
- Speakers and presenters: 175 €
- Other participants: 300 €
- Conference dinner (max. 80 participants): 60 €
Travel instructions
Inari is best reached by flights to Ivalo Airport, and Finnair operates flights from Helsinki to Ivalo once a day. Bus transfers from Ivalo to Inari have been arranged for registered participants for 9-12 June (see below). Finnair's morning flight from Helsinki on 10 June arrives in time to reach Inari by the beginning of the official programme. Participants arriving via Helsinki are encouraged to consider staying in Helsinki overnight, if they intend to arrive on the first day of the symposium.
Bus transfers from Ivalo Airport to Inari have been arranged for the following flights between Helsinki and Ivalo:
- 9 June: bus transfer to Inari for those arriving on Finnair flight AY609 at 9:15pm
- 10 June: bus transfer to Inari for those arriving on Finnair flight AY611 at 10:00am
- 12 June: bus transfer from Inari to Ivalo Airport for Finnair flight AY602 departing at 9:50am
Registered participants will be contacted in advance with more information about the bus transfers.
Accommodation
*NB: Reservation blocks for participants are no longer in place* In Inari, Wilderness Hotel Juutua, Hotel Inari, and Holiday Village Inari have reserved rooms for participants for 10-12 June 2026. THESE RESERVATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS ARE HELD UNTIL 13 MARCH 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. The Visit Inari website: https://visitinari.fi/
Photo: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff / Sámediggi | Saamelaiskäräjät | The Sámi Parliament
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