UA faculty attend Arctic-FROST meeting on Arctic sustainability in the global context
by Michelle Saport |
Davin Holen (UAF), Diane Hirshberg (UAA), Jim Powell (UAS) and Lee Huskey (UAA) attended an Arctic-FROST meeting in Vienna, Austria Sept. 9-12.
Four University of Alaska faculty members from UAA, UAF and UAS recently participated in an Arctic-FROST meeting in Vienna, Austria. The Alaskans met with other researchers from across the globe to discuss Arctic sustainability in the global context, and what the region can learn from or teach the rest of the world.
In attendance:
- Diane Hirshberg, UAA - professor of education policy, director of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research
- Lee Huskey, UAA - professor emeritus of economics
- Davin Holen, UAF - assistant professor and coastal community resilience specialist, Marine Advisory Program
- Jim Powell, UAS - assistant professor of public administration
UA faculty presented papers, participated in panel discussions and helped organize the event. Lee Huskey and Diane Hirshberg serve on the Arctic-FROST Steering Committee; Davin Holen and Jim Powell are 2016 Arctic-FROST Fellows.
Arctic-FROST is an NSF-funded international, interdisciplinary and collaborative network of environmental and social scientists, local educators and community members from all circumpolar countries. Its primary purpose is to enable and mobilize research on sustainable Arctic development. Learn more at uni.edu/arctic/frost.
"UA faculty attend Arctic-FROST meeting on Arctic sustainability in the global context" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.