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APECS Workshop “Voices from the North. Exploring research on resource extraction, local communities and built environments in Northern Sweden”

The  workshop is organised by APECS Sweden (Association of Polar Early-Career Scientists) at Luleå University of Technology. It will explore the process of resource extraction, which has been shaping Northern Sweden both physically and socially, from a local perspective. Three speakers from Luleå University of Technology will present their ongoing research on the local context …

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Successful first Workshop of 2019: “Exploring the frontiers of Antarctic research in Sweden”

Last Thursday (23rd May) we had our first workshop for this year: APECS Sweden workshop “Exploring the frontiers of Antarctic research in Sweden”. Ca. 15 participants from University of Gothenburg, Stockholm University and other universities gathered at the Department of Earth Sciences in Gothenburg and had an interdisciplinary workshop about research in Antarctica with talks …

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APECS & SPRS Workshop: Exploring the frontiers of Antarctic Research in Sweden

APECS Sweden in cooperation with the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) brings together early-career polar researchers and Swedish Antarctic researchers to discuss where the research frontiers in their field lie, how to take them further and combine them with those in other disciplines – as well as what is the social relevance of these endeavors.