Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
Time: 15:30–17:00
More information: Event details
On November 12th, Linda Tallberg and Tiamat Warda will participate in the Studia Generalia public lecture series, organised by and bringing together members of the University of Lapland’s Sustainable Naturecultures and Multispecies Futures Research Community (SuMu) at the Rovaniemi Main Library.
Linda and Tiamat will share findings from ethnographic research conducted within the sled dog tourism sector in Finnish Lapland as part of the PAWWS project between 2024 and 2025. Through two separate talks, followed by an extended opportunity for discussion, the session will explore current welfare conditions for commercial working sled dogs and the role of rehoming as a pathway to retirement for some of these dogs. Together, the talks will invite attendees to critically reflect on the responsibilities of different stakeholders within Finnish Lapland’s tourism industry towards working animals, both during their working lives and following retirement.
The event also coincides with the release of a report authored by Tiamat and Linda, together with José-Carlos García-Rosell (University of Oulu) and Mikko Äijälä (University of Lapland), entitled Sled dog welfare report: The case of Finnish Lapland. The report will be made available as a PDF here on the day of the event.