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Universitas Borealis: Existing Institutions and their Integration

Universitas Borealis: Existing Institutions and their Integration 147 Universitas Borealis: Existing Institutions and their Integration By Professor Ørjar Øyen * Being now in the heart of the lands of the Sami people it would have been particularly interesting to consider educational and scientific contacts or, shall we say, potential contacts with Sami communities east of the border. Unfortunately, I have nothing to say about such connections, nor of common research interests among people who have similar cultural and linguistic foundations. I have only noted a remark made in a previous conference on the North Calotte (Nordkalotten) that a special chair, an empty chair, should be designated for future observers and participants from the Ko- la peninsula and Sami regions further east. I presume we have such a chair here, per- haps several chairs, to be occupied in future conferences. But now, allow me to introduce the concept of the »immaterial institution«, a strange, but potentially very useful concept. Among the more lively institutions for research and higher education in Norway is one whose image has been that of being »immaterial«. At the time when this institution was being planned and established it seemed very important to maintain this particular feature, and I would assume that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Journal of International Law Brill

Universitas Borealis: Existing Institutions and their Integration

Oyen, Orjar
Nordic Journal of International Law , Volume 55 (1-2): 147 – Jan 1, 1986
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© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0902-7351
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10.1163/157181086X00373
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147 Universitas Borealis: Existing Institutions and their Integration By Professor Ørjar Øyen * Being now in the heart of the lands of the Sami people it would have been particularly interesting to consider educational and scientific contacts or, shall we say, potential contacts with Sami communities east of the border. Unfortunately, I have nothing to say about such connections, nor of common research interests among people who have similar cultural and linguistic foundations. I have only noted a remark made in a previous conference on the North Calotte (Nordkalotten) that a special chair, an empty chair, should be designated for future observers and participants from the Ko- la peninsula and Sami regions further east. I presume we have such a chair here, per- haps several chairs, to be occupied in future conferences. But now, allow me to introduce the concept of the »immaterial institution«, a strange, but potentially very useful concept. Among the more lively institutions for research and higher education in Norway is one whose image has been that of being »immaterial«. At the time when this institution was being planned and established it seemed very important to maintain this particular feature, and I would assume that

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Published: Jan 1, 1986

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