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 …

Participatory research tools: Q-methodology to study perspectives

As used in ArcticHubs, Q-method is being conducted as part of the in-depth analysis of local people’s perception of the existing and new economic activities in the Arctic. It is being used in particular to assess local stakeholders, policy makers and citizens’ perceptions, in order to identify and cluster like-minded people into so-called opinion types. This makes viewpoints across different parts of the Arctic region and industries comparable. Hereafter a …