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Svalbard Social Science Initiative

@SocialSvalbard

Svalbard Social Science Initiative

Joined March 2019
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We are delighted to share the news that #SSSI Member Dina Brode-Roger has won The Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology, awarded for essays on one of her own pictures and one of Rachel's. Working with visual methods is an important part of Dina's research. Congratulations Dina!
Dina Brode-Roger, PhD (@Dina78N) profile pictureDina Brode-Roger, PhD@Dina78N1 Aug 2022
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…
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New #Arctic #SocialScience #AcademicBook. "Ice humanities: Living, working, and thinking in a melting world" edited by Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin.
Manchester University Press (@ManchesterUP) profile pictureManchester University Press
@ManchesterUP2 Aug 2022
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…
Ice humanities: Living, working, and thinking in a melting world

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#CoffeeBreakReading from the #ArcticInstitute. "Geopolitics of Subsea Cables in the #Arctic" by Alexandra Middleton (@arcticsense) and Bjørn Rønning.
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Zdenka Sokolíčková@ZdenkaSokolka28 Jul 2022
Watch the trailer and tell me what you think. Stories of people in #Longyearbyen, including my own, told through images. Will they resonate? #Svalbard #anthropology #documentary ⁦@FilmFestLocarno⁩ @Unioslo_anthro⁩ ⁦⁦@UHK_cz⁩ locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locar…
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New paper from four #SSSI members. "Caught in between and in transit: forced and encouraged (im)mobilities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Longyearbyen, Svalbard" by Dina Brode-Roger, Jasmine Zhang, Alexandra Meyer & Zdenka Sokolíčková. Check it out!
Jasmine Zhang (@JZmorethanhuman) profile pictureJasmine Zhang@JZmorethanhuman18 Jul 2022
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/MXARU…
Caught in between and in transit: forced and encouraged (im)mobilities during the Covid-19 pandemic...

Caught in between and in transit: forced and encouraged (im)mobilities during the Covid-19 pandemic...

When Europe shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, Longyearbyen, the main settlement of Svalbard, was moving from a coal-based economy to one based on science and tourism. The remote...

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Learn more about #SSSI member Dr Samantha Saville and her fascinating work on the Svalbard Futures project which focuses on conservation and environmental protection measures in #Svalbard.
Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (@arctic_in) profile pictureWomen in the Arctic and Antarctic@arctic_in18 Jul 2022
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…
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Oxford Polar Forum@OxPolar18 Jul 2022
Profound Arctic change poses great challenges to communities in the Arctic regions and beyond. Delegates to polar.ox.ac.uk/horizon-scan-… will work to ensure the Arctic research agenda is fit to serve the needs of the future, by identifying research priorities for the next decade.
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#CoffeeBreakReading Latest newsletter from @EUPolarNet project.
EU-PolarNet (@EUPolarNet) profile pictureEU-PolarNet@EUPolarNet6 Jul 2022
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
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#News Warmest June ever in Svalbard. "Average temperature at Svalbard airport Longyearbyen was 6,0°C, which is 2,4°C above average for June and the warmest ever recorded."
The Barents Observer (@BarentsNews) profile pictureThe Barents Observer@BarentsNews2 Jul 2022
Climate Alarm: Warming at #Svalbard is 5 to 7 times higher than global average increase. #ClimateCrisis thebarentsobserver.com/en/cl…
#SSSI member Dr Zdenka Sokolíčková has been working hard to finish the first draft of 'The Paradox of #Svalbard: Climate change and globalisation in the High #Arctic.' We can't wait to for it to be published next year!
Zdenka Sokolíčková (@ZdenkaSokolka) profile pictureZdenka Sokolíčková@ZdenkaSokolka3 Jul 2022
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
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Important dates for your diary - #ICASSXI 30 May - 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway.
IASSA (@IASSA_SocSci) profile pictureIASSA@IASSA_SocSci28 Jun 2022
#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
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Interested in #ArcticArts? This might be for you! #2022ArcticArtsSummit continues today and tomorrow. For livestreams follow the links below.
2022 Arctic Arts Summit (@ArtsArctic) profile picture2022 Arctic Arts Summit@ArtsArctic27 Jun 2022
Access livestream opening and speeches of #2022ArticArtsSummit via the following links: arcticartssummit.ca/livestre…, Facebook and YouTube: bit.ly/3Nuxn9L) at 2:30 PST / 5:30 PM EST. (URLs posted 30mins before)
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#HybridEvent Oxford Polar Forum's #Arctic Horizon Scan Workshop. Online and in person in Oxford, UK, 7-9 September. More info via the link below.
Oxford Polar Forum (@OxPolar) profile pictureOxford Polar Forum@OxPolar27 Jun 2022
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-…
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Klaus Dodds@klausdodds20 Jun 2022
A question for #Arctic #security scholar colleagues; am I right in thinking that #Svalbard has never for treaty reasons been integrated into NATO command structure but were/are there other ways in which Svalbard is integrated into NATO planning....
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The event will take place together with the International Congress of #Arctic #SocialSciences (ICASS 2024) and the High North Dialogue 2024.
UArctic (@uarctic) profile pictureUArctic@uarctic21 Jun 2022
⌚‼ 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/save…
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#ConferenceAlert #CallForPapers CArGo Conference on Transitions in Climate Arctic Governance in Copenhagen on 16 September. No registration fee. Find out more via the link below and get your abstracts in by 1 August. #Arctic #Climate #Governance
CLIMA (@CLIMA_UCPH) profile pictureCLIMA@CLIMA_UCPH16 Jun 2022
📢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-fo… @jura_ku
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Always grateful for #Arctic-related #podcast recommendations. Thanks for sharing @IngridAgnete!
Dr Ingrid Agnete Medby (@IngridAgnete) profile pictureDr Ingrid Agnete Medby@IngridAgnete20 Jun 2022
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/maritim… #EU4Ocean
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#JobFairy These two #Arctic postdoc positions advertised earlier this year are still open.
Sanna Kopra (@SannaKopra) profile pictureSanna Kopra@SannaKopra17 Jun 2022
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-do…
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#HybridEvent #CallForPapers on the theme "Making sense of the #Arctic world in turmoil" for the Northern Political Economy Symposium, 22-23 November in Rovaniemi. Deadline for abstracts is 15 September. More info via the link below.
Arctic_Centre (@Arctic_Centre) profile pictureArctic_Centre@Arctic_Centre15 Jun 2022
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/Nort…
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#SSSI Member Dr Zdenka Sokolíčková is about to hit the big screen at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in a documentary about her work and life in #Svalbard.
Zdenka Sokolíčková (@ZdenkaSokolka) profile pictureZdenka Sokolíčková@ZdenkaSokolka14 Jun 2022
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-profesi…
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