Arktisk vinterskola

UNIVERSEH Arctic Winter School i Kiruna – en veckas spännande föreläsningar och studiebesök tillsammans med kurskamrater från Belgien, Frankrike, Italien, Luxemburg, Tyskland och Polen.

När: 3–7 mars, 2025
Var: Luleå tekniska universitet, Space Campus, Kiruna
Vem kan söka: Samtliga programstudenter vid LTU är välkomna att ansöka! (minst 7,5 avklarade poäng vid LTU).
Vad: Föreläsningar om rymd, snö och is, polartrakternas historia och kulturarv.
Språk: Engelska.

• Environment and society in the changing Arctic.
• Polar atmosphere and its significance for solar-terrestrial interactions, space weather.
• Auroral physics and observations.
• Optical phenomena in the Polar Regions.
• Snow and ice in different perspectives.
• Arctic climate systems and climate change.
• Nano satellites, rockets and balloons for polar research

En vecka i Kiruna, två veckor hemarbete med viss distansundervisning. Uppgifter, praktik- och projektarbete.

Boende och resa till Kiruna tur och retur finansieras av UNIVERSEH (resor inom Sverige).

Ansök senast: 5 december, 2024.

Ansökan

• Skicka in din ansökan senast 5 december (.docx) Word, 38.6 kB.
• Mer information om kursen.

Program

17 February

Team building via Zoom.

Saturday and Sunday 1–2 March

Arrival to Kiruna. Accommodation reserved from March 2.

Monday 3 March

8:15 Bus to the Space Campus.
8:45–9:00 Welcome and introduction – V. Barabash & A.C. Larsson.
9:15–12:30 Presentation of research activities and facilities at LTU, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) https://www.irf.se/en /Links to an external site. and EISCAT Scientific Association https://eiscat.se/ Links to an external site.
12:30–13:30 Lunch.
13:30–15:30 Environment and society in the changing Arctic. Resource extraction and sustainable Arctic communities. D. Avango.
15:45–16:45 Language and linguistic aspects of intercultural communication – A. Krukiewicz-Gacek.
17:00 Bus to the hostel/hotel.
18:30 Dinner ( + language and culture -Anna) at Folkhögskolan.

Tuesday 4 March

8:00 Visit to Esrange Space Center.
12:00 Lunch.
13:00 Snow and ice in different perspectives N. Lintzén.
15:00 Korvgrillning.
18:15 Bus to the hostel/hotel.

Wednesday 5 March

8:00 Visit to LKAB- Europe's largest iron ore producer.
12:00 Lunch.
12:45 Bus to Space Campus.
13:00–14:35 Polar atmosphere and space weather. Auroral practical V. Barabash.
14:45–16:15 Snow and ice clouds – T. Kuhn (lecture room C/B).
16:15–17:50 Arctic climate systems and climate change (TBC).
18:30 Bus to the hostel.

Thursday 6 March

8:15 Bus to the Space Campus.
8:45 Nano satellites and balloons for Arctic research - R. Laufer, T. Kuhn.
9:30 Swedish fika.
9:45 Nano satellites and balloons for Arctic research - R. Laufer, T. Kuhn.
12:00–13:00 Lunch.
13:00–14:35 Linguistic aspects - A. Krukiewicz-Gacek.
14:45–18.30 Product innovation workshop (part 1) – P. Törlind.
18:30 Dinner Ljusgården.
19:30 Bus to the hostel/hotel.

Friday 7 March

08:15 Bus to Space Campus.
08:30 Product innovation workshop (part 2) – P. Törlind.
10:45 Evaluation and feedback from the course participants. Questions related to the assignments – V. Barabash & A.C. Larsson.
12:00 Lunch.
13:00–15:00 Ice Hotel.

Saturday 8 March

Departure from Kiruna or own excursion possible (at own costs). For example, the lovely village Abisko is nearby for a day trip.

Examination

The school is assessed through assignments, practical and project work. In order to pass the course it is required that all compulsory tasks are completed satisfactory with a grade "Pass". The final grade for the course reflects the results obtained for all compulsory tasks and is given after all compulsory tasks are approved. The grading scale for the course is 3, 4, 5.

UNIVERSEH ger dig sju europeiska lärosäten samlade på ett campus. Vi präglas av diversitet, mångspråkighet och inkludering. Du kan läsa kurser, delta i evenemang eller plugga en termin på något av våra partneruniversitet.

Vi är UNIVERSEH: Université de Toulouse (Frankrike), University of Luxembourg (Luxemburg), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Tyskland), Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie (Polen) University of Rome, Tor Vergata (Italien), University of Namur (Belgien)och Luleå tekniska universitet (Sverige).