- Science conducted in and around polar and high-altitude regions is critical to understand the evolution of the Earth’s climate.
- Due to the complex logistics, challenging access and difficult safety conditions in these extreme environments, the Swiss polar community requires specific competencies and dedicated support.
- The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) supports scientists based in Switzerland who work in polar regions and remote high altitude environments.
NEWS
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Polar Social Sciences & Humanities: Spotlight on Swiss Research
Date/Time
Date(s) - 18/02/2020
10:00 am - 4:15 pm
Location
Swiss Academy of Human and Social Sciences
Aims of the workshop: Provide a forum for exchange for the Swiss SSH community active in polar regions, create a new dynamic for joint projects or interdisciplinary collaborations, find out about possible unmet needs and potential support
Provisionary Programme
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome & Coffee
10:30 – 10:55 Introduction by Yvon Csonka and SPI
10:55 – 11:15 Round of introduction
11:15 – 12:15 Prof. Peter Schweitzer, Head of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna and Director of the Austrian Polar Research Institute on “How to Foster Arctic Social Science in a Non-Arctic Country”
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break
13:15 – 15:30 Inputs on current research topics and projects by the Swiss research community and new collaboration avenues
15:30 – 15:45 Word from the FDFA, Grégoire Hauser, towards a Swiss polar policy
15:45 – 16:15 Wrap-up by Yvon Csonka and SPI
16:15 Networking drink
RSVP at secretariat.spi@epfl.ch.
GALLERY
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© Parafilms/EPFL, photographer: Noé Sardet
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© Parafilms/EPFL, photographer: Noé Sardet
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© Peter Ryan, photographer: Peter Ryan
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© Parafilms/EPFL, photographer: Noé Sardet
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© Peter Ryan, photographer: Peter Ryan
WHAT WE DO
Swiss Polar Institute
SPI is funded by a consortium of Swiss universities – EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), ETH Zurich, the University of Bern and the University of Lausanne – and by Editions Paulsen. Officially supported by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), the SPI creates synergies and offers services to the Swiss polar community.
Contact
Swiss Polar Institute ENT-R SPI-GE
GR C2 505
Station 2
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone:
+41 21 693 76 74
+41 21 693 10 74
Email:
