Oct 15, 2022: Session at Arctic Circle 2022

Peter Schweitzer, Olga Povoroznyuk and Timothy Heleniak presented their recent research at the InfraNorth session “Arctic Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Communities” at Arctic Circle 2022, one of the largest conferences on Arctic policy and research taking place annually in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The session was well-attended by researchers, indigenous leaders, representatives of NGOs and governmental bodies from different countries and the presentations were followed by interesting and fruitful general discussion and communication with the audience.

Find more details in the conference program: https://prismic-io.s3.amazonaws.com/arctic-circle-www/786c4152-ee51-4e5f-bf53-70f15c4f1844_B%C3%A6klingur_2022_web_v2.pdf

March 30, 2023: Discussion “Infrastructure, Remoteness & People”

The Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung will host a panel discussion with Peter Schweitzer & Gregor Sailer on “Infrastructure, Remoteness and People”. The discussion will be part of Gregor Saeiler’s photo exhibition “The Polar Silk Road”. Peter Schweitzer & Gregor Sailer will discuss the entanglements of geopolitics, economy, infrastructure, and humans in the polar areas. The discussion […]

Feb 21, 2023: Keynote by Peter Schweitzer at ASSW 2023

Peter Schweitzer will give the opening keynote at the Science Symposium of the ASSW 2023. The title of his presentation is “One, Two or Many? Conceptualizing the Arctic in 2023” and it will take place on February 21 from 11:00 to 12:30 (GMT+1) in the Audimax of the University of Vienna. The lecture is part […]

Feb 20, 2023: InfraNorth Community Meeting at ASSW 2023

InfraNorth invites to an in-person Community Meeting to share information about the project and to talk about Arctic transport infrastructures in general in a relaxed atmosphere with drinks and snacks. The meeting is convened by Philipp Budka & Peter Schweitzer and will take place on February 20 from 18:15 to 20:00 (GMT+1) at Seminarraum 2.

Feb 2023: InfraNorth at ASSW 2023 – Individual Paper Contributions

Several team members will represent InfraNorth at the Arctic Science Summit Week 2023, which is organized by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI), and the University of Vienna from February 17 to 23, 2023 in Vienna, Austria (in chronological order). Olga Povoroznyuk, Nikita Strelkovskii and Peter Schweitzer present a paper […]

Feb 18-23, 2023: Exhibition “Arctic Infrascapes” at ASSW 2023

The art exhibition “Arctic InfraScapes” co-organized by Vera Kuklina, Olga Zaslavskaya and Olga Povoroznyuk displays interim results of several ongoing research projects with the main focus on Arctic infrastructures and features forms of collaboration between artists and scientists. The exhibition  will also include a scientific session and a round table on February 21, 8:30-10:00 and […]