The Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) 2025 is collaboratively organized by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO), and the Early Career Ocean Professionals Programme (ECOP Programme). The PECWS 2025 Organizing Committee is seeking enthusiastic polar early career scientists to join the PECWS 2025 Planning Team to help plan and steer the summit’s activities.
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ASA-APECS Canada Mentor Award 2024
Do you know anyone who has made a meaningful impact on scientific research and community collaboration in the North? Do you feel like this person’s dedication should be recognized?
Read more ...APECS Cozy Coffee Hour
The APECS Community Development, DEI, and Mental Health Project Groups are collaborating to host a virtual gathering on June 26th at 14:00 GMT.
Read more ...APECS Canada 2024 Arctic Science to Art contest now launched!
APECS Canada is now accepting submissions for the 2024 Arctic Science to Art (AS2A) contest! Are you an early-career researcher, student or northern research assistant working in the Canadian Arctic?
Read more ...The first annual Arctic Youth Dialogue
Youth Together for Arctic Futures is a project that aims to bridge Arctic youth to their European peers. By fostering collaboration and mutual learning between Arctic and European youth, the project aims to provide Arctic and European youth with the necessary knowledge, skills, and opportunities to advocate for policy promoting a peaceful, sustainable and prosperous Arctic future.
A key part of the project is the establishment of an EU-Arctic Youth Dialogue, held alongside the EU Arctic Forum and the Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue. The first EU-Arctic Youth Dialogue was held on 15 May 2024, as the last day of a five-day Arctic Youth Dialogue (AYD) program (11-15 May 2024) held in Brussels, Belgium.
Read more ...APECS at Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 took place from 29 May to 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and Nord University. The event brought three conferences together in the European Capital of Culture 2024: the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) XI, UArctic Congress 2024, and High North Dialogue 2024.
APECS, the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and the High North Dialogue Academy hosted an early career and youth networking event on 29 May in the foyer of the Stormen Concert Hall, before the overall conference ice breaker. There were approximately 150 attendees. The event provided a fun and informal way for people to meet each other and share ideas and interests before the rest of the conference program began. Each organization was briefly presented and attendees were engaged in brainstorming how (polar) early career organizations could best support their work.
Read more ...Call for Council Leadership and Project Group Leader positions
Do you want to contribute to APECS and be a part of our Council? Applications for Council Leadership and Project Group Leader positions are now open!
The 2024-2025 Council term is from 1 October 2024 through 30 September 2025. APECS Council members value the international networks they develop through the Council, as well as the recognition and accomplishments they gain through their work.
Are you interested? Find out more about the different APECS Council roles and how to apply on the Apply for Council webpage.
Read more ...APECS International Directorate summer closure
The APECS International Directorate will be closed 24 June - 14 July 2024 due to summer holidays of its staff members.
Read more ...SOOS Censusing Animal Populations from Space CWG - Call for early career participants
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS, http://www.soos.aq) are looking for an early career scientist to join the SOOS Censusing Animal Populations from Space (CAPS) Capability Working Group (CWG) as ECR representative.
Read more ...Save the date - networking & social event at Arctic Congress Bodø on 29 May
You are invited to join other Arctic early career individuals at a networking event & social co-hosted by APECS, PSECCO, and the High North Dialogue Academy on Wednesday, May 29th from 5:00 to 7:30pm (CEST / local time) in the Foajé of the Stormen Concert Hall in Bodø, Norway.
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