Research school on cross-disciplinary science in the Arctic and collaboration with local communities


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Introduction
The research school is organised by the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center under the project Useful Arctic Knowledge: partnership for research and education (UAK) funded by the INTPART programme 2018-2020. INTPART (International partnerships for excellent education, research and innovation) is funded by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education. The project, which includes partners from Norway, USA and Canada, brings together leading researchers, educators and young scientists working on Arctic science topics described below. These include natural and human-made hazards, ocean acoustics, community-based monitoring and cross-disciplinary data management. The research school is also a contribution to the H2020 project INTAROS – Integrated Arctic Observation System
Download the full program for the research school.
Application to participate in the research school:
The research school consists of lectures, group work and exercises with data and analysis tools.
Students and young scientists are invited to submit application to participate in the research school. The criteria for applications are:
• Scientific background related to one of the topics of the research school (see program)
• Current position: PhD, postdoc, data manager, or similar
• Background in data processing, data management and experience with some data analysis tools
• Plan for a small project/task to be conducted by the applicant during and after the research school.
The application deadline has been postponed to 5 October 2018. Reply to the applicants by 15 October 2018.
Successful applicants can get financial support to cover their travel and accommodation costs.
Please fill in the application form below.
Research school on cross-disciplinary science in the Arctic and collaboration with local communities, Longyearbyen 2-7 December 2018
(when you have filled in the form, submit it together with your CV)