Svalbard Social Science Initiative

Working with visual methods has become increasingly important to me over the course of my PhD and I am very honored to receive this award! #RachelTanur #VisualSociology #CulturalStudies #Svalbard #phdlife #Arctic #SSSI racheltanurmemorialprize.org/svalbard-railw…

Publishing today! Ice humanities: Living, working, and thinking in a melting world, edited by @klausdodds and Sverker Sörlin. A pioneering collection of essays that tackles the existential crisis posed by the planet's diminishing ice reserves: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157775/…

A new paper on (im)mobilities, politics, and emotions in Longyearbyen during the pandemic, a result of collaboration with colleagues from @SocialSvalbard! tandfonline.com/eprint/MXARUSX…

Recap: Learn more about human geographer Samantha Saville @Samsaville and her work on the “Svalbard Futures” project looking at #conservation and environmental protection measures in #Svalbard, #Norway womeninthearcticandantarctic.ca/2019/02/19/sam…

Our latest @EUPolarNet newsletter is out with the following topics: ❄️Project news ❄️Webinars ❄️Catalyst platform ❄️@EUPolarCluster ❄️Directory & Catalogue of #polar research & programmes ❄️Polar #research highlights & programmes ❄️Events 👉bit.ly/3OOQuNh

Climate Alarm: Warming at #Svalbard is 5 to 7 times higher than global average increase. #ClimateCrisis thebarentsobserver.com/en/climate-cri…

First draft of The Paradox of #Svalbard: Climate change and globalisation in the High #Arctic submitted to ⁦@PlutoPress⁩ (tbp 2023). #Anthropology of #climatechange, #environment, #migration, #tourism, and #justice. ⁦@Unioslo_anthro⁩ ⁦⁦@UHK_cz⁩

#ICASSXI will take place May 30-June 3, 2024 in Bodø, Norway, hosted by @Norduniversitet The Congress will take place together with the @Uarctic Congress and @HNDialogue 2024 and will follow Norway’s Arctic Council chairmanship program @ArcticSAONorway @Nforsk @Visitbodo

Access livestream opening and speeches of #2022ArticArtsSummit via the following links: arcticartssummit.ca/livestreams/, Facebook and YouTube: bit.ly/3Nuxn9L) at 2:30 PST / 5:30 PM EST. (URLs posted 30mins before)

Delegates will help shape the future Arctic research agenda, and ensure that research can meet the needs of the future. Arctic Horizon Scan workshop: 7-9 Sep 2022, Oxford. Apply to attend now! More details 👇 polar.ox.ac.uk/horizon-scan-w…

⌚‼ Save the date! We are pleased to announce the UArctic Congress 2024 will take place May 30-June 3, 2024 in Bodø, Norway hosted by Nord University. uarctic.org/news/2022/6/sa…

📢The CALL FOR PAPERS for the CArGo Conference on Transitions in Climate Arctic Governance (16 Sep) is out! ❄️ Check it out and send your proposals by 🗓️ 1 August. Find more information here 👇 jura.ku.dk/cilg/news/call… @jura_ku

Discovered another #Arctic-related #podcast (yes one of my fav things!) 🎧❄️ "If Oceans Could Speak" interviews researchers, artists & activists about the oceans, their value & vulnerability -incl. eg @cryopolitics @gosiasmieszek @VicBuschman webgate.ec.europa.eu/maritimeforum/… #EU4Ocean

There is still time to apply for two postdoc positions (24M each) in my new "A Planetary Approach to Global #Arctic politics" project @Arctic_Centre of @ulapland. DL. August 15. Please spread the word and share with talented applicants! ulapland.fi/news/Two-post-…

Call for papers for the #NPEsymposium 2022 is open. Theme for the year is “Making sense of the #Arctic world in turmoil”. DL for submitting abstracts is 15 September and event itself will take place Nov 22-23 in Rovaniemi and in hybrid mode. @uarctic arcticcentre.org/events/Norther…

Between ridiculous and scary: the documentary about my work and life on Svalbard (The Visitors, CZ-SK-NO, directed by Veronika Liskova) will be presented on 4 July as Work in Progress at the international film festival #MFFKarlovy Vary. kviff.com/cs/filmovi-pro…