Interview with Kristine Lynge-Pedersen, researcher at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: of interest in the use of fjords

Could you first tell us something about yourself and your role within ArcticHubs? I was employed as a social researcher at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) a year after the start of the ArcticHubs project. As the principal researcher in Nuuk looking at tourism and indigenous livelihoods, I have been most directly involving in introducing and applying for the first time in this context, the research methods such …

Co-creation, synergies and how science can address the current challenges the Arctic is facing today: ASSW 2023 conference

By.Jerbelle Elomina and Ivana Zivojinovic (BOKU, Vienna) The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2023 held in the beautiful city of Vienna just concluded and it was a massive success! Thanks to the organizers: International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI) for providing the extensive opportunities to share research findings. Being hosted this year in BOKU’s home base of Vienna, meant it was an ideal opportunity …

ArcticHubs and NOFIMA team at aquaculture hub: field visit to Ringvassøya island

A snapshot of some of the activities conducted by the ArcticHubs NOFIMA research team in Ringvassøya island and Tromsø. After several productive workshop days indoors at the NOFIMA offices in Tromsø last January, ArcticHubs researchers maintained their tradition of always embracing a hub field visit to further stimulate ideas and an understanding of the multi land and sea use realities in the Arctic region today. The destination this time was to the island …

Land-use, reconciliation and justice in the Arctic: PolarCluster Action Group in Tromsø

On the fringes of the annual Arctic Frontiers event in Tromsø, a smaller gathering of related projects converged at the offices of our partner the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (NOFIMA), where we seized an opportunity to consider the synergies arising from our overlapping research themes.  Four projects @ArcticHubs, @JustNorth, @CharterArctic and @ArcticPassion all form part of the EU Horizon funded Polar Cluster of research (#EUPolarCluster), and, with …