Collaboration
The centre promotes and contributes to strong collaboration with various societal bodies linked to our part of the Arctic – cooperation with municipalities, regions, business, organisations and cultural institutions.
Below are brief descriptions of some of the organisations with which the Arctic and Antarctic Centre has established cooperation.
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a government agency tasked with coordinating and promoting Swedish polar research.
The agency's main task is to organise and support research expeditions to the polar regions and be responsible for research infrastructure. The secretariat also helps to create conditions for polar research conducted without fieldwork.
The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, together with Luleå University of Technology and the Arctic Centre at Umeå University, is a co-founder of the Swedish Arctic and Antarctic Centre. The Director of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat is a member of the operational management group and the steering group of the Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic at Luleå University.
Arctic Centre at Umeå University
The Arctic Centre at Umeå University is a collaborative centre for Arctic research and education.
The purpose of the Arctic Centre is to develop, coordinate and raise the visibility of Arctic research and education, as well as support multidisciplinary Arctic research and inspire interdisciplinary initiatives in the field of knowledge at Umeå University.
The Arctic Centre at Umeå University, together with Luleå University of Technology and the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, is a co-founder of the Swedish Arctic and Antarctic Centre.
The Arctic Six
The Arctic Six is a collaboration between six universities in the Nordic Arctic.
The cooperation aims to collaborate on research, education and innovation for an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable Arctic.
The six universities in the network are Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Nord University, University of Oulu, University of Lapland. The Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic coordinates Luleå University of Technology's participation in The Arctic Six. The following people at Luleå University of Technology participate in the work:
- Dag Avango, member of the Executive Committee
- Pär Weihed, member of the Executive Committee
- Eugenia Segerstedt, member of the working group for research in The Arctic Six
- Staffan Westerlund, Member of the Arctic Six Communication Working Group
Central to the work of The Arctic Six are its Chairs and Fellows. Chairs are senior researchers appointed for a period of two years with the possibility of a one-year extension. Fellows are junior researchers appointed for a period of two years.
The following people are Arctic Six Chairs at Luleå University of Technology:
UArctic
UArctic (Universities of the Arctic) is a network of universities and other research institutions in the circumpolar north.
UArctic was established on the initiative of the Arctic Council to promote education, research and knowledge sharing in the circumpolar north. UArctic has observer status in the Arctic Council and has member organisations in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the UK, Canada and the USA. The Arctic Six is a regional center for UArctic in the Arctic North.
Apecs
Apecs (The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) is an organisation that aims to stimulate interdisciplinary and international collaborations in Polar research.
APECS encourages and supports junior scientists to become future leaders in Arctic and Antarctic research, education and outreach.
Campus total defence
Campus total defence is a strategic collaboration between Swedish universities with the aim of strengthening Sweden's total defence through education and research.
Bringing together academia, government, industry and civil society in a national network creates a robust platform for education, research and collaboration in the field of total defense.
The initiative is led by the Swedish Defence University, Örebro University and Luleå University of Technology, and supported by a number of key actors in both the public and private sectors.
The network for research on Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaiset
As pointed out in the final report “As if we never existed exclusion and assimilation of the Tornedalians, the Quaingians and the Lantalaiset” (SOU 2023:68), there is a huge knowledge gap about several of the Arctic minorities.
The Network for Research on the Tornedalians, the Kvens and the Lantalaiset is an interdisciplinary network consisting of researchers from Sweden and Finland who meet online a few times a year to discuss current research on the Tornedalen and its minorities under the leadership of the Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic (CAA), at Luleå University of Technology.
Contact person: Charlotta Söderberg, Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic, Luleå University of Technology
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