Periodically and the Early Career Community of Practice will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working in the polar regions. This regular round-up aims to highlight and celebrate the work being done by early career researchers in Arctic research. If you have information you would like to submit, please see the link below.
Are you or do you know an early career researcher who has recently published work related to the Arctic? We at and the Early Career Community of Practice want to highlight your work! Please fill out this form with any Arctic publications, webinars, posters, etc. and we will share on the Early Career Community of Practice and with our Twitter followers. Anyone who identifies as early career is eligible to submit! Any questions? Email usapecs@gmail.com for more information. Submit documents here.
Publications:
Catherine J. Bruns and Ida Vikøren Andersen, “The Worth of Nature: Valuations of Glaciers in Alaskan and Norwegian Media Discourse”
25 October 2023
Type: Paper
Keywords: Alaska, Norway, Glacier, Media, Newspaper, Environmental Value
Author website: http://catebruns.com
Emily E. Hayden and Larry W. O’Neill, “Processes Contributing to Bering Sea Temperature Variability in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century”
8 December 2023
Type: Paper
Keywords: Bering Sea, Air-sea interactions, Ocean temperature variability
Anna Ivanova and Paul Thiers, “Conflict disruptions of epistemic communities: initial lessons from the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine”
20 March 2024
Type: Paper
Keywords: Epistemic communities, resilience, Russian-Ukrainian war, Arctic Council, European Space Agency, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Opportunities:
Sign up for the 2024-2025 session of the Collaborations Mentorship Program
The sign-up period for the 2024-2025 Collaborations Mentorship Program is open through August 23. The program brings together small groups of polar researchers and other professionals to discuss career opportunities and issues, learn from and support one another, and grow together. Participants are placed in small mentoring circles (4-5 people per circle) that include individuals from a spread of career stages and types of career.
The 2024-25 session of the Collaborations Mentorship Program will run from September 2024 to May 2025. It will kick off at a launch meeting on September 5 at 9am AKT; after that, mentorship groups will meet at least monthly. There will be two to three additional all-cohort webinars throughout the session focused on trainings and networking.
Learn more
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8th Annual International Polar Film Festival - Final Call for Films
In conjunction with International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists () is hosting the eighth annual international Polar Film Festival in September 2024! For five days, the Polar Film Festival will showcase short videos on topics related to the polar regions to the public and broader Polar research community. Films will be hosted digitally on our website each day during International Polar Week and we will host an online panel discussion with filmmakers about their works.
Submissions of independently created films, typically 1-30 minutes in length, created by the submitter individually or as part of a group are welcomed. In the past, we’ve featured a range of works, such as academic documentaries, independently-produced videos, interviews, sneak peaks of upcoming full-length films, and news reports. We welcome a diversity of submission types and topics related to the Polar regions. Previous years’ film festivals can be viewed here.
Deadline for film submissions is: 15 August, 2024
If you would like to submit or suggest any short films or videos (1-30 minutes long) for viewing, please submit them using this google form.
We are also looking for people to host in-person screenings this fall, so if you’re interested in doing so, please indicate this on the film submission form. We look forward to another exciting Polar Film Fest!
Call for Applications: Fundamentals of Qualitative and Quantitative Arctic Research Using R
The Arctic Data Center is accepting applications for a 5-day in-person workshop for Arctic researchers to enhance their programming skills. The workshop covers reproducible and ethical research practices, data documentation and preservation, and an introduction to R programming. It also focuses on qualitative data management, including handling sensitive data.
Topics covered:
- Reproducible research and data management
- Ethical data collection and qualitative data handling
- Introduction to R programming and text analysis
- Data cleaning, wrangling, and publishing
Applications close on August 16, 2024!
The workshop will be held in Santa Barbara, CA. at NCEAS from January 25-31, 2025. Limited support for travel is available. For more information, visit the course application.
Call for Navigating the New Arctic Community Office Advisory Board Self-Nominations
The Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (-CO) invites self-nominations to serve on the -CO Advisory Board. The -CO is looking to fill the board with a combination of PIs and Co-PIs, Indigenous community members/scholars/organizational and Tribal representatives, early career researchers (<8 years since terminal degree), and non- Arctic experts. Open the self-nomination form to learn more and/or nominate yourself.
Nominations are invited through Friday, August 9, 2024 at 11:59pm MT. If you have questions about the nomination form or the -CO Advisory Board, please contact the -CO at contact@nna-co.org.
Self-nomination form
PhD Student Opportunity in Circumpolar Anthropology
The University of Cologne, Germany is advertising a PhD student position for someone interested in doing circumpolar anthropology. The position is in the research hub Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities (MESH). Applicants should have a master's degree or equivalent. Tasks include:
- conducting academic research (PhD thesis) in the environmental anthropology of the Circumpolar North, preferably in the Canadian Arctic
- supporting MESH‘s research activities (projects, publications, grant applications, organization of conferences and workshops)
- teaching and grading one academic course at BA level per year
- administrative duties
Application deadline is August 21, 2024.
Apply for the Sikumiut Field School
We are requesting applications from all sea ice knowledge holders to participate in the Sikumiut Field School, which will take place in Utqiaġvik, Alaska on 7-11 April 2025.
What is the Sikumiut Field School? Sikumiut, meaning "people of the ice" in Iñupiaq, is a field-based experience designed to bring together sea ice knowledge holders from Indigenous and scientific ways of knowing to create a learning environment that blurs the line between students and instructors. Participants will learn about sea ice using methods based on Indigenous Knowledge, On-Ice Observations, Remote Sensing, and Numerical Modeling.
Who should apply? Sea ice knowledge holders of any discipline and career stage interested in learning about other ways of exploring and understanding sea ice are encouraged to apply! All attendees will be experts and learners during the field school. We expect there to be 14 applicants selected, for a total of 24 field school participants. Applicants from U.S. institutions are eligible to participate.
How will we get there? Attendees will have all travel, accommodation, and meal expenses covered.
How do I apply? Fill out this application form by 15 September 2024. Attendees will be selected through a short application process and notified in October 2024.
DEI-aligned Travel Grants for 2024 Fall Meeting
Applications are now open for DEI-aligned AGU24 travel grants from the Cryosphere Sciences section.
Eligibility: Students from any high school, tribal schools/college, community college, university, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and recent graduates (within 3 years of earning their degrees) who are presenting their research at the 2024 Fall Meeting and are affiliated with the Cryosphere section are eligible to apply. Students who self-identify to be from traditionally marginalized groups, including, but not limited to, Black/African American, Indigenous/Native American, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian/Asian American, women, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities, are especially encouraged to apply. US citizenship is not required.
Application Deadline: September 1, 2024 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time.
Submit your application here.
