The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat invites Early Career Scientists to take part in a research program on a joint expedition with the Swedish Icebreaker Oden and the Canadian Icebreaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent 9 August – 19 September 2025.
The Early Career Scientists program will be running in parallel to the Canadian activities on board. The program consists of the course "The Arctic Ocean Climate System" with a study load of 10 ECTS. The course combines practical work with observations and measurements in defined work packages with a curriculum of lectures covering the coupled Arctic climate system, and it will also allow for the enhancement of the participant's own research projects. As an Early Career Scientist (ECS), you will participate in the data acquisition and ideally use the collected material and data in your research.
Read more ...EU PolarNet Launches Stakeholder Engagement Portal
EU-PolarNet 2, a H2020 - Coordination and Support Action funded project, has launched an open access Stakeholder Engagement Portal.
The portal supports researchers in deciding which stakeholders and/or rights holders they should involve in the planning and implementation of research in the polar regions and in conducting a two-way dialogue. It is designed to be used for either Arctic or Antarctic. It provides guidelines by linking to existing resources for identifying, determining the role of stake- and rights holders, dialogue, resources and opportunities, support and continuing cooperation.
The portal aims to share information and support the decisions of projects and researchers themselves.
Why not test it today? It’s freely available at https://polarcatalyst.eu/.
Webinar "Research Ethics in Indigenous Studies" by the Arctic Youth Network
The event is co-organized by the Arctic Centre of the University of Groningen and the Arctic Youth Network Indigenous Peoples Working Group.
Speakers TBAKarthaus summerschool on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System - Application deadline 10 January 2025
The Karthaus Summerschool on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System will (hopefully) take place from 20 May - 29 May 2025 in the South Tirolian town Karthaus, Italy. The Karthaus Summerschool is a 10-day international course intended for early stage PhD candidates that work in glaciology-related climate projects from all over the world.
The course provides the students with a thorough introduction into the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interaction. Although the course is anchored in continuum-mechanics and numerical modelling, it also provides lectures on ice-atmosphere interaction, climate of ice sheets and glaciers, glacier hydrology, ice-ocean interactions, geomorphology, and geodynamics. An important part of the course is networking and community building, for participants and teachers.
The course has place for 36 students.
Application deadline: 10 January 2025
See for more information: https://www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/karthaus/
CALL FOR SECRETARY TO JOIN SCAR EDI ACTION GROUP
SCAR is recruiting a Secretary to join the SCAR Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Group (AG).
This role will be an opportunity for early-career researchers, particularly students and those new to SCAR, to gain experience in project management, expand their network, familiarize themselves with SCAR and SCAR groups, as well as contribute to the activities of the EDI AG.
Register now for the 2025 Toolik Field Station All Scientists Meeting
Toolik Field Station welcomes all to join them at the 2025 Toolik All Scientists Meeting, celebrating 50 years of Toolik research. The meeting will take place January 16-18, 2025 in Santa Barbara, CA. Register on our website by Dec. 6 (https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/news/all-scientists-meetings/index.php).
The All Scientists Meeting is intended to spark conversation, inspire new ideas, and garner feedback amongst the Toolik community. All are welcome to attend the meeting, including science talks, poster presentations, and breakout discussions/workshops on topics like education & outreach, equitable Arctic research with Alaska Native communities, creating field safety & inclusion plans, and station support needs.
Picture by Jason Stuckey, UAF
Read more ...Workshop Registration Open for Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research
The Arctic Data Center is happy to announce we opened applications for our 5-day in-person "Scalable and Computationally Reproducible Approaches to Arctic Research” workshop this April 7-11, 2025!
This 5-day in-person workshop will provide researchers with an introduction to advanced topics in computationally reproducible research in python, including software and techniques for working with very large datasets. This includes working in cloud computing environments, docker containers, and parallel processing using tools like parsl and dask. The workshop will also cover concrete methods for documenting and uploading data to the Arctic Data Center, advanced approaches to tracking data provenance, responsible research and data management practices including data sovereignty and the CARE principles, and ethical concerns with data-intensive modeling and analysis.
