During ConnectED project's research visit to the University of Lapland, Associate Professor Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R and PhD Researcher Knút Háberg Eysturstein (University of the Faroe Islands) attended University lecturer Erika Sarivaara's course "Sámi Presence in Educational Settings" in the session: "Sociolinguistic perspectives in education".

The University of Lapland, Umeå University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and the University of Helsinki have been awarded €75,000 funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers to develop Sámi language studies during the years 2023–2025.