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The Arctic Winter College was a series of weekly webinars for 60 emerging leaders and experts, bringing diverse insights, and hosted by organizer Victoria Herrmann (President and Managing Director of The Arctic Institute). It focused on the theme "Arctic on the Move." The class schedule featured 20 great researchers, policy practitioners, and Traditional Knowledge holders, presenting the following topics:
- Indigenous People's Decision Making In the Arctic (Aleksei Tsykarev, Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy «Young Karelia») | Arctic Energy Before Petroleum (Dr. Bathsheba Demuth, Brown University)
- Terrestrial Arctic Change: Greening – Do frozen pizzas melt? (Jeffrey Taylor) | Increasing fires in the north (Brian Buma, University of Colorado, University of Alaska, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center)
- The Story of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (Gwen K. Healey Akearok, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre) | Mercury in the Arctic (Amina T. Schartup)
- Icelandic fisheries: Migrations and movements, fisheries governance (Catherine Chambers, University Centre of the Westfjords) | Indigenous Peoples and the Loss of Arctic Autonomy (Austin Ahmasuk)
- Arctic Migration (Dr. Nafisa Yeasmin, Arctic Centre) | Immigrants in the North of Iceland (Markus Meckl, University of Akureyri)
- Climate Change negotiations and the Arctic (Arne Riedel, Ecologic Institute) | Conservation Arctic Flora and Fauna (Tom Barry, Arctic Council)
- Geopolitics and security in the Arctic (Dr. Barbora Halaskoá, Masaryk University) | Learning from the Local Scale (Tracie N. Curry, Northern Social-Environmental Research)
- Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response in the Arctic (Dr. Daria Shapovalova, University of Aberdeen) | The Wonders of Whale Snot (Justine Hudson)
The resulting policy briefs from the Arctic Winter College 2021 can be found on the Arctic Institute's website.
The 2021 Arctic Winter College built on Ecologic Institute's successful experiences with the Arctic Summer College in the years from 2011 to 2020.
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The Arctic Institute, United States Ecologic Institute, Germany - Team
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Victoria Herrmann (The Arctic Institute)
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Arctic, globalwebinar
Michał Łuszczuk et al. 2022: Governability of Regional Challenges: The Arctic Development Paradox. Politics and Governance 2022, Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 29–40
https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i3.5341.
Wissenschaftlicher Begleitkreis Mare:N "Forschungsagenda Polarregionen im Wandel" (Ed.) 2021: Forschungsagenda Polarregionen im Wandel. Konzeptpapier des Mare:N-Begleitkreises.
Riedel, A., Bach, I., Abhold, K., Hoffmann, H., Stephen, K., Schopmans, H., 2020: Ökologisch nachhaltige Nutzung mit hohen Umweltstandards in der Arktis – Umweltleitlinien deutscher Arktispolitik. Abschlussbericht. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Roßlau.
Alken, K., Smieszek, M., Riedel, A., Rachold, V., Grosfeld, L. 2020: Arctic Governance. Current Knowledge on the Theme. Fact Sheet by German Arctic Office at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar und Marine Research, Potsdam.
Federal Environment Agency 2018: Spuren in der Arktis. Animated Video. Online: https://youtu.be/02C5sN98-RU.
EU4Ocean Coalition 2021: If Oceans Could Speak: A podcast about the sea and its people.