Áile Aikio

Áile Aikio (she/her) is a Sámi scholar from Ohcejohka. Aikio holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and works as post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lapland, in the project “Sámi Political Traditions and Thought in Co-becoming with the Environment”, funded by Academy of Finland. Her research interests include Sámi studies, museums and cultural heritage, duodji, and decolonization and indigenization practices. Before her academic career Aikio has worked as Curator at the Sámi museum Siida, Inari.