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Presentation of the focus group project at Lokalstyret meeting
On February 11, LPO arkitekter Svalbard and SSSI presented the focus group project at the meeting...
SSSI Annual Report
We are happy to share the first annual report of the Svalbard Social Science Initiative! During...
Local funding for projects of SSSI members
In 2020, Alexandra Meyer received support from the Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund for a...
SSSI Online seminar Dec 10-11, 2020
On December 10th and 11th, the SSSI had its first online internal seminar. Because of the...
Focus groups presented to members of Visit Svalbard
On 25 November 2020, results of the focus group project, developed by SSSI and LPO Arkitekter,...
Presentation by LPO and SSSI about focus group project during the Artcic Innovation Week
Together with our dear colleagues at LPO architects in Longyearbyen we were invited to give a...
Presentation by LPO and SSSI about a collaborative focus groups-project
In spring 2020, LPO arkitekter in Longyearbyen and the SSSI started a collaborative project where...
Joint article by the SSSI on social sciences and humanities research in the Arctic
The ECO Magazine has published an article written in collaboration by several SSSI members about...
Kick-off to collaboration with SVALUR
The project SVALUR - Understanding Resilience and Long-Term Environmental Change in the High...
Longyearbyen Community Dialogue about tourism
On Sept 17, the SSSI together with LPO Arkitekter and Longyerabyen Lokalstyre continued with a...
Presentation at local office of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
On Sept 9, Alexandra Meyer and Zdenka Sokolickova presented about "Longyearbyen in change" and how...
Presentation of research findings & discussion
On Sept 2, Zdenka Sokolickova presented and discussed her research findings at the Longyearbyen...
Focus groups on urban development in Longyearbyen
In cooperation with LPO Arkitekter Svalbard, and as part of their project Rett Plass Rett Form,...
Call for journal manuscripts for a collection of articles on „Changing Svalbard“ in Polar Record
We invite papers for a collection of articles in Polar Record on the human and societal...
Longyearbyen Samfunnsdialoger / Longyearbyen Community Dialogues
In many ways, Longyearbyen is in a time of change. There are challenges, but also opportunities,...