The Swiss Polar Institute is committed to empowering an engaging dialogue between scientific research and local communities. Its various outreach channels focus on raising awareness about the importance of polar science in better understanding the links between local and global climate change.
Fieldnotes
Written by beneficiaries of SPI funding, these engaging narratives present their authors’ impressions and reflections on fieldwork.
Swiss Polar Class
Tailored for schools, the Swiss Polar Class free educational programme offers learning content in German and French and is centred on the polar regions and their fragility.
Collaborations with museums and cultural organisations
2024
- Ferme-Asile, Sion: Grand Nord
- Swiss Alpine Museum ALPS, Bern: Greenland Everything Will Change
2023
- Cerny Museum of Circumpolar Art, Bern: Various workshops, Swiss Polar Class Festival
- NONAM, North American Native Museum, Zurich: Various workshops
- Swiss National Museum – Forum Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz: Grönland 1912
- Member of Science Valais / Wallis Wissenschaft network
2022
2018
- Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Neuchâtel: Pôles, feu la glace