Today's Arctic research, funded by FORMAS

Welcome to a morning filled with presentations of contemporary Arctic research projects!

Arctic researchers at Umeå University were very successful when the research council FORMAS announced the projects that were funded for 2021-2024. They represent various disciplines and research areas which is a perfect illustration of the multifaceted arctic research.

You are invited to join ARCUM in an online seminar where science of high quality and society relevance is presented, including biofuel and marine transportation, climate change and aquatic ecosystems, indigenous communities under external pressure, systems for movement of human remains, improved energy systems for second, and the use of drones and artificial intelligence in studies of the carbon dynamics pressure. The seminar offers an insight into the forefront of contemporary arctic research. 

Register below and you will receive the link and more information.

Program

09:25 - zoom opens

09:30
Welcome

09.35
Dalia Abdelfattah, Department of Chemistry: Forest-based biofuels for sustainable Arctic marine shipping

09:50
Cristian Gudasz, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences: Impact of climate change on marine ecosystems in the Swedish Arctic

10:05
Roger Marjavaara, Department of Geography, and Carola Wingren, SLU in Uppsala: A mobile necropolis: Potential, effects and significance of large-scale movement of human remains in Sweden

10:20
Questions, and short break

10:50
Thomas Olofsson, Department of Applied Physics and Electronics: Support for the sector's stakeholders' own commitment to energy renovation: an open-access platform for homeowners in northern Sweden

11:05
Kristina Sehlin MacNeil, Várdduo-Center for Sami Research: Lateral Violence: Effects of External Pressures on Indigenous and Local Communities

11:20
Matthias Benjamin Siewert, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences: Drones and Artificial Intelligence as Tools to Quantify the Ants' Impact on the Carbon Dynamics of the Arctic Ecosystem

11:35
Questions and conclusion