Livestream of “Arctic futures, sustainabilities and strategic environmental research” at ICASS 2014
Mistra Arctic Futures and Mistra Arctic Sustainabilities are co-presenting a plenary panel at the International Congress of Arctic Social Scientists VIII. The purpose of this panel is to present insights from some of the projects in the initial Arctic Futures program, as well as goals for the subsequent initiative, in order to provoke discussion of … Read more
Christian Science Monitor on Antarctica and the Arctic
The Christian Science Monitor, a respected US weekly, extensively quoted Dag Avango in their feature story on resource politics in the polar regions. Avango, based at the Division for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment at KTH, is attached to the Mistra Arctic Futures in a Global Context programme where his work focus … Read more
Stockholm Arctic Seminar and Book Launch
Welcome to a seminar and the launch of When the Ice Breaks, a book on media and the politics of Arctic climate change 21 January 2014. The Arctic sea ice reached record lows in 2007, and again in 2012. In the international news media, these moments were reflected via striking images of polar bears and crumbling … Read more