ArcticHubs Consortium Partners set to host next General Assembly in Alagna Valsesia, Italy in September 2023

The ArcticHubs Consortium, comprised of a group of international partners, is eagerly preparing for its upcoming General Assembly, scheduled to take place in Alagna Valsesia, Italy, in September 2023. The host of this significant event will be the University of Turin, one of the prominent members of the project Consortium. This gathering marks an important milestone for the Consortium as it brings together partner organisations and hub leaders in one …

Call for participation. Your opinion matters!

What do you think about the development of Arctic’s economic activities? A Q-study. We would like to invite you to be part of our study to investigate perspectives on the current development of economic activities in the Arctic e.g. fish farming, forestry, mining, tourism, and indigenous people’s activities such as reindeer herding, fishing and, hunting. This study is part of the Arctichubs project being implemented in 6 different European Arctic countries …

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 …

What the forests should be used for? How practice-based solutions are reached for forestry, at hub level in Sweden

At a recent workshop with local stakeholders in MalĂĽ, Sweden (click here to read more about MalĂĽ hub #6), organised by our partner Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the issue was raised of how and for which purpose the forest should be managed and used. The workshop was an ideal occasion for our partners to gather information and work together with various local stakeholders and communities representatives linked to …