Informal Roads

Informal Roads: The Impact of Unofficial Transportation Routes on Remote Arctic Communities (Informal Roads), 2019–2023

Frozen Commons

Frozen Commons: Change, Resilience and Sustainability in the Arctic (Frozen Commons), 2021–2026

We promote convergence of diverse knowledge systems such as Arts, Science, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (ArtSLInK). It encompasses synchronous, equitable, co-productive engagement across the social and natural sciences, the arts and place-based local and Indigenous knowledge systems, each with their distinct modes of exploration and expression.

Our Projects

MUST

Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition
2021–2026

Co-Designing Future Arctic Cities in the Anthropocene

Frozen
Commons

2021–2026

Change, Resilience and Sustainability in the Arctic

Informal
Roads

2019–2022

The Impact of Unofficial Transportation Routes on Remote Arctic Communities

Collaborative projects

2020–2023

Building Socio-Ecological Resilience through Urban Green, Blue and White Space (SERUS)

News

2023 Arctic Development Expo

2023 Arctic Development Expo

From June 12th to 15th, 2023, the MUST team participated in the annual 2023 Arctic Development Expo, held in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. This...

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2023 MUST Expedition

2023 MUST Expedition

The 2023 MUST Expedition to Yellowknife (NWT, Canada) is now underway. Between June 1st and June 22nd, a diverse group of scholars, students, and artists from...

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Field Trip to Fairbanks, Alaska

Field Trip to Fairbanks, Alaska

Spring break was dedicated to getting to know Fairbanks closer. Despite the season for Northern Lights our main focus was to connect with citizens, conduct...

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Exhibitions

We organize exhibitions all over the world, with scientists, photographers, and artists.

Arctic InfraScapes 2023

Arctic InfraScapes was a series of events during the ASSW 2023 including a science session, an exhibition, and a roundtable, where INFRA stands for infrastructures and the SCAPES refers to the multiple ways of convergence of Arts with diverse knowledge systems such as Scientific, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (ArtSLInK).

Latest Expeditions

MUST Expedition 2022

MUST Expedition 2022

The MUST project team visited Luleå in May/June 2022 in order to investigate how this northern city works to become more sustainable. The city is going through a dramatic period of growth now, expecting to add 20,000 residents to the population of 80,000. It is the...

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Meetings

2023 Arctic Development Expo

From June 12th to 15th, 2023, the MUST team participated in the annual 2023 Arctic Development Expo, held in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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