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Jan 31, 2024: Timothy Heleniak on the “Borders & Belonging” Podcast

Timothy Heleniak has been featured on the “Borders & Belonging” podcast (Episode 6, Season 2), hosted by Maggie Perzyna, a researcher with the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University. During the podcast, he highlighted the InfraNorth project and talked about his fieldwork in the Faroe Islands, when asked about the interactions between (transport) infrastructure and demographic changes in the Arctic.

The “Borders & Belonging” podcast shares stories from around the world, spotlighting regional issues and uncovering the global forces that shape them. In this episode, titled “The Arctic: Climate, Resources, and Migration in Times of Change,” Heleniak and other experts discuss how global market forces and climate change are shaping migration to the Arctic in new and complex ways.

You can listen to the episode here:

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Aug 2026: Introduction to InfraNorth Special Issue in Polar Geography

The quarterly peer-reviewed journal Polar Geography has published the introduction to the forthcoming special issue “Transport infrastructure and population in the Arctic.” The introduction has been written by InfraNorth senior researcher Timothy Heleniak and principal investigator Peter Schweitzer. Published online in August 2026, the introduction presents the special issue emerging from the InfraNorth project. At […]

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Aug 28, 2026: Interview with Peter Schweitzer on JETZT

An interview with InfraNorth principal investigator Peter Schweitzer has been featured in an article by journalist Nico Knappe for the Austrian media outlet JETZT, titled “All Eyes on Arktis: Wie Russland vom tauenden Eis profitiert” (“All Eyes on the Arctic: How Russia is benefiting from melting ice”). Taking the experiences of an Austrian resident of […]

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Aug 25, 2026: Interview with Philipp Budka at Canada’s National Observer

An interview with InfraNorth researcher Philipp Budka has been featured in an article by journalist Jamie Voyles for Canada’s National Observer, titled “As Canada bets on Churchill to diversify trade away from US, climate disasters sideline its railway link.” The article explores Canada’s plans to strengthen Churchill, Manitoba, as an Arctic trade gateway and diversify […]

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May 4, 2026: Presentation by Philipp Budka at the 24th STS Conference Graz

Philipp Budka will present new research at the STS Conference Graz 2026 examining how infrastructures are lived and governed in remote Canada. His presentation, titled “Infrastructural Sovereignty in Practice: Built Environment, Care, and Intervention in Remote Canada,” will be part of Session 32 on May 4, 2026, from 15:45 to 17:45 CEST at Das Weitzer […]

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Apr 2026: Article by Katrin Schmid in the Food, Culture & Society Journal

The international multidisciplinary journal Food, Culture & Society has recently published a new article by InfraNorth researcher Katrin Schmid, titled “Transporting Arctic foodways: the infrastructure of food sovereignty in Nunavut, Canada.” The conversation around sustainable food in Canada’s Arctic today is inherently connected to the logistics of transportation. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork (2022–2025), this research […]

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Mar 2026: Article by Alexandra Meyer in Polar Geography Special Issue

The quarterly peer-reviewed journal Polar Geography has published the article “Hyperconnected remoteness: the Svalbard airport and community transitions in Longyearbyen” by InfraNorth researcher Alexandra Meyer. The article examines the role of Svalbard Airport in shaping socio-economic transitions and everyday life in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, complemented […]