Shaping the future of Arctic industries: a new policy brief from ArcticHubs

How do we create a sustainable Arctic where both traditional livelihoods and new economic opportunities can coexist and thrive? The ArcticHubs project, as part of its ongoing work, has explored this question deeply, resulting in a new policy brief that offers key insights and recommendations for Arctic stakeholders. The policy brief, Desired Futures for Arctic Industries, is the outcome of extensive futures studies conducted in partnership with local and indigenous …

Social Licence to Operate (SLO): introducing the SLO guide for sustainable Arctic industries

In the Arctic, balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability and community needs is crucial for achieving long-term success. The latest ArcticHubs report introduces a comprehensive Handbook for Social Licence to Operate (SLO) in Arctic Industries, which aims to support sustainable Arctic industries in earning the trust and acceptance of local communities—an essential factor for successful operations in these fragile environments. The concept of Social Licence to Operate (SLO) goes beyond …

Introducing the latest ArcticHubs newsletter – Explore our digital game edition!

Welcome to the latest edition of the ArcticHubs newsletter! We are thrilled to introduce you to an exciting new chapter in our journey—our very own digital game, Bridging Worlds. This innovative “serious game” is more than just entertainment; it’s a dynamic tool designed to share, disseminate, and apply ongoing research findings in a way that truly engages our audience. 🔍 What’s Inside? In this edition, we delve into the development …

Discovering the future of Arctic communities through a videobox series

In the framework of the Arctichubs project we are excited to introduce a compelling video series, or “videobox.” This videobox sheds light on our key findings regarding the current perceptions of development within local Arctic communities and explores their envisioned future scenarios. Our focus encompasses both the evolution of existing economic activities and the emergence of new ones in the Arctic region. Highlighted sectors include fish farming, forestry, mining, tourism, …

Malå 2035 – Final Future Forum

A group of researchers and representatives from the Malå Hub, in Sweden, teamed up to prepare a programme for the Malå 20235 Future Forum event. In a variety of ways, the forum addressed actors at different levels and sectors: politics at national/EU level, local politicians, forestry, reindeer husbandry, the mining industry, young people and the local population. Over two days (3-4 June 2024), a range of interlinking activities were carried …

ArcticHubs Inari + Varangerfjord future forum & farewell (for now!)

Just as we were feeling the full benefits of being a close and familiar family, the four years of ArcticHubs project is closing out its busy calendar of research activities and events. To mark one of the important focal points from the concluding work package, local residents, authorities and research teams are converging together to attend the Inari future forum and final meeting between 17-19 June. Generously hosted by the …

ArcticHubs sweeps into Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with Arctic Science Summit Week 2024

Touching on a wide range of issues and methods covering multiple disciplines, the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2024 has rapidly become one of the centrepieces in the Arctic research calendar. Demonstrating the expanding interest and reach of Arctic research, ASSW 2024 was hosted in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Many of the Arctic focused EU Horizon 2020 research projects had a presence at ASSW and gathered around the EU …

ArcticHubs webinar on Environmental impacts in Arctic Hubs gave a kick-start to the ArcticHubs spring webinar series

With the target of summarising our project findings in bite sized chunks, the ArcticHubs spring 2024 webinar series got off to a lively start in February, with the opening session sharing about the environmental impacts on hubs in the Arctic Hubs as organized in work package 2. The objective of that block of research was to assess the changes in the Arctic environment and its ecosystem services that are caused …

Latest workshop to evolve the ArcticHubs research tools 🛠️

Taking advantage of an already strong participation of ArcticHubs researchers at Arctic Frontiers 2024, we doubled up to use the visit to additionally stage an interactive workshop to refine developments around two of our collaborative research tools – namely QMethod, and Social Licence to Operate (SLO) beyond the mining sector. In addition to Arctic Frontiers, the Norwegian Arctic city of Tromsø also hosts three of our consortium organisations (NORCE, NOFIMA, …

ArcticHubs sweeps into Tromsø for Arctic Frontiers 2024 ❄️

Despite significant travel disruptions due to the wild and windy welcome to Tromsø from storm Ingunn, the ArcticHubs project still contributed a strong presence at the 2024 edition of the annual gathering for Arctic Frontiers. The week for ArcticHubs began at the lively inter-disciplinary poster session, where the evolving digital game was presented in poster form. To allow curious attendees an opportunity to play a test version of the game …