Sion, 5 July 2023 – Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub will be stepping down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute, effective on 31 August 2023. Prof. Dr. Schaepman-Strub is currently an associate professor of Earth System Science at the University of Zurich and specialises in Arctic […]
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On Thursday 20 April, at Katuaq Culture House in Nuuk, Greenland, a signing ceremony between the Swiss Polar Institute and the Greenland Research Council ushered in a new chapter in the collaboration between Greenland and Switzerland at the service of climate. The signing ceremony was held during the visit of […]
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PRESS RELEASE – The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Greenland Research Council (NIS) to support scientific collaboration. The signing will take place during the second leg of the science-policy exchange between Greenland and Switzerland held from 18 to 21 April 2023 in […]
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PRESS RELEASE – On 13 April 2023 in Montréal, the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI), Université Laval (ULaval) and the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative research in sub-polar and polar regions. A joint online info event on 25 April will inaugurate their shared […]
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PRESS RELEASE The science-policy exchange between Greenland and Switzerland will be held from 3-5 April 2023 in Switzerland. This latest collaboration aims at bringing together stakeholders from both countries concerned with natural hazard risks and sustainable development of areas affected by climate warming and changes in the cryosphere. Amplified climate […]
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The call for the Prix de Quervain for Polar and High-Altitude Research is now open. This year’s Prix de Quervain aims at awarding students and early-career scientists for their research conducted in, or concerning high-altitude regions. The funding organisations are the Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research (SKPH), […]
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Following the first call for applications conducted between September and November 2022, two AUD 10,000 Fellowships have been awarded thanks to the financial support of the Swiss Polar Institute and the Antarctic Science Foundation who will jointly fund a Fellow. The Mertz Fellowship programme is designed to encourage the active […]
Read More PRESS RELEASE Bern, 30 January 2023 – The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and the National Institute of Polar Research of Japan, the Research Organisation of Information and Systems (NIPR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today for collaborative research in the polar and remote high-altitude regions. The signing took place […]
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The researchers from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) continue to be very prolific! We now count more than 75 journal articles resulting from this scientific expedition around Antarctica five years ago. You can now read articles about the trends of adaptation and evolution of sclerite shapes in sea pens with […]
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