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 at 17.00

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.
8:45–9:15 Welcome and introduction – V. Barabash & A.C. Larsson.
9:15–10.00 Ongoing research activities at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) Länk till annan webbplats.
10.00-10.20 Ongoing research activities at EISCAT AB Länk till annan webbplats.
10.20-10.50 Ongoing research activities at the Division of Space Technology, Atmospheric Science | Luleå tekniska universitet Länk till annan webbplats.
Space Systems | Luleå tekniska universitet Länk till annan webbplats.
10.50-12.15 Tour to the research facilities at IRF and LTU
12:30–13:30 Lunch. (paid by LTU)
13:30–16.45 Environment and society in the changing Arctic. Resource extraction and sustainable Arctic communities. D. Avango.
17:00 Bus to the hostel/hotel.
18:00 Dinner at Ann's Kök (Malmfältens Folkhögskola) and interactive session (L.Alfredsson & AC Larsson)
Dinner paid by LTU

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 Traditional "Korvgrillning". (paid by LTU)
15.15 Bus back to Malmfältens Folkhögskola

Wednesday 5 March

8:00 Visit to LKAB- Europe's largest iron ore producer.
12:00 Lunch.(paid by LKAB)
12:45 Bus to Space Campus.
13:00–15.00 Polar atmosphere and space weather. Auroral practical, Arctic climate V. Barabash.
15.15–17.00 Snow and ice clouds – T. Kuhn (lecture room C/B).
17.30 Bus to Malmfältens Folkhögskola

Thursday 6 March

8:15 Bus to the Space Campus (bring your bags, you will change to Hotel E10)
8:45 -12.00 Nano satellites and balloons for Arctic research - R. Laufer, T. Kuhn
12:00–13:00 Lunch (paid by LTU)
13:00–14:30 Work with the Assignment 4: Project - Space for a sustainable Arctic
14:45–17.30 Product innovation workshop (part 1) – P. Törlind (room D1)
17:30 Dinner at the campus (paid by LTU)
18:30 Bus to Hotel E10

Friday 7 March

08:15 Bus to Space Campus.
08:45-10.00 Product innovation workshop (part 2) – P. Törlind.
Break - Swedish Fik Länk till annan webbplats.a
10:45-12.00 Evaluation and feedback from the course participants. Questions related to the assignments – V. Barabash & A.C. Larsson.
12:00 Lunch. paid by LTU
13:00–15:00 Visit to the Ice Hotel Länk till annan webbplats.

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).

Grant agreement number: 101124303 / Funding Scheme: Erasmus+ / European Universities. This project has been funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.