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

People

UAK includes partners and personnel from Norway, USA and Canada, and brings together leading researchers, educators and young scientists working on Arctic science topics.

Stein Sandven (Project Leader)

Stein Sandven (Project Leader)

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Hanne Sagen (Project Deputy Leader)

Hanne Sagen (Project Deputy Leader)

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Torill Hamre

Torill Hamre

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Lisbeth Iversen

Lisbeth Iversen

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Mathilde Sørensen

Mathilde Sørensen

University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science

Øystein Godøy

Øystein Godøy

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Kjell Eivind Frøysa

Kjell Eivind Frøysa

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Søren Rysgaard

Søren Rysgaard

University of Manitoba

Maribeth Murray

Maribeth Murray

Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary

Peter Pulsifer

Peter Pulsifer

National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado