Jun 1, 2024: Peter Schweitzer Receives IASSA Award 2024
The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has granted Peter Schweitzer an Honorary Lifetime Membership Award in recognition of his sustained and significant contribution to Arctic social sciences. The award ceremony took place on June 1, 2024, during the 11th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS XI) and as part of the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024.
Besides his leadership of the ERC Advanced Grant project “Building Arctic Futures: Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Northern Communities” (InfraNorth), Peter Schweitzer is Professor at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Research Group Leader at the Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI). In the past, he has been president of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA), chair of the Social and Human Sciences Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and director of the Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI), among other roles.
IASSA is an international association that represents Arctic social scientists, established in 1990 in Fairbanks, Alaska. Since its inception, it has aimed to promote the involvement of social scientists in both national and international Arctic research.
