The goal of the Useful Arctic Knowledge: Partnership for research and education (UAK) project is to develop long-term collaboration between Norway, Canada and USA to improve multidisciplinarity in Arctic research and education. The project is focused on selected topics of importance to local communities and operators in the Arctic, namely the nature of natural and human-made hazards and ocean acoustic environment, all of which can have significant negative impact.
UAK addresses the following topics:
- Cross-disciplinary data management and integration
- Natural and human-made hazards
- Ocean acoustic environment
- Community based monitoring
- Communication between academic research groups and local communities
Our Website
The UAK website shares news about project activities and is a hub for Arctic educational resources, including lectures and exercises from Arctic researchers. The website was formulated at UAK’s first meeting, in July 2018 at the University of Calgary.
People
UAK includes partners and personnel from Norway, the USA, and Canada, and brings together leading researchers, educators, and young scientists working on Arctic science topics.
Stein Sandven (Project Leader)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Hanne Sagen (Project Deputy Leader)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Cente
Torill Hamre
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Cente
Lisbeth Iversen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Cente
Mathilde Sørensen
University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science
Øystein Godøy
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Kjell Eivind Frøysa
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Søren Rysgaard
University of Manitoba
Maribeth Murray
Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary
Peter Pulsifer
National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado
