Event Details
Thanks to everyone who joined us, both attendees and speakers on the afternoon of June 3rd, 2017 in the Durham University Department of Geography (Durham, UK). This educational outreach event communicated the effects of climate change on the Arctic to the public and included educational posters, film screenings and a discussion panel discussing the implications of climate change on an Arctic environment.
A live stream of the event can still be accessed here. For more information and updates from to the event, check out these social media outlets: Facebook and Twitter.
We hope to make similar events happen in the future, so keep your eyes peeled for updates on that!
A live stream of the event can still be accessed here. For more information and updates from to the event, check out these social media outlets: Facebook and Twitter.
We hope to make similar events happen in the future, so keep your eyes peeled for updates on that!
Discussion Panel Speakers
Dr Simone Abram
Dr Simone Abram is a member of the Department of Anthropology at Durham University and a Co-Director of the Durham Energy Institute. Simone’s research broadly focuses on the political processes that shape the landscape and the built environment, examining the role of planning systems within the field of anthropology. In the Arctic Simone has recently studied the influence of tourism and travel writing, developing a postcolonial approach towards understanding the lives of Arctic communities. Simone particularly addresses the role of culture within planning systems in the Norwegian High North.
** Find out more about Simone and her research here.
Dr Rachel Carr
Dr Carr completed her PhD at Durham University, her thesis entitled ‘Ice-ocean atmosphere interactions in Arctic Seas’. She is currently a lecturer at Newcastle University, and is interested in studying response of glaciated regions to climate change. Her work has included areas such as the Russian High Arctic and Greenland, using numerical modelling, GIS and remote sensing techniques to analyse changes in these areas. Many of her publications have been produced in collaboration with Chris Stokes, a lecturer here at Durham University. Rachel’s work within the Arctic has focused on glacial response to climate change, and the controls associated with such change.
** Find out more about Rachel and her research here.
Professor Phil Steinberg
Professor Phil Steinberg has been a member of Durham University’s Department of Geography as a Professor of Political Geography since 2013. Phil’s work focuses on the projection of social power onto spaces resistant to state territorialisation, through their geophysical and geographic characteristics. At present, Phil’s research is focused predominantly in the area of Arctic geopolitics and sovereignty. Phil is currently directing the Project on Indeterminate and Changing Environments: Law, the Anthropocene and the World (the ICE LAW Project) and the Seabed Resources working group of the European Commission's OceanGov (Ocean Governance for Sustainability) COST Action.
** Find out more about Phil and his research here.
Professor Terry Callaghan
Professor Terry Callaghan is a professor from Sheffield University whose research focuses on the relationships between Arctic environments and the ecology of Arctic plants and animals. Specifically, he investigates how organisms and ecosystems are changing and adapting to shifting environmental conditions in the Arctic, resulting from climate change. Terry has contributed a great deal to his field and this year has been awarded the International Arctic Science Committee Medal for ‘outstanding contributions to International Arctic science collaboration’. In 2007, he was also one of the lead authors for the IPCC report, which brings together all current information on the impacts and risks of climate change.
**Find out more about Terry and his research here.
Professor Chris Stokes
Professor Chris Stokes is teaches and conducts research in the Department of Geography at Durham University. His research in the Arctic has evaluated the response of glaciers to climate change in the Russian High Arctic islands, Siberia and Greenland; however his broader research investigates change in both small mountain glaciers and ice sheets on both short and long timescales. Additionally, Chris lectures on an integrated fieldtrip module at Durham entitled ‘the Arctic’, which approaches teaching about Arctic environments from social, political and physical science perspectives. In 2013, Chris was awarded the British Society for Geomorphology’s Gordon Warwick Medal and is President of the International Glaciological Society’s British Branch.
**Find out more about Chris and his research here.