On November 11th 2020, the APRI General Assembly elected a new APRI Management Team: Wolfgang Schöner (University of Graz): Director Birgit Sattler (University of Innsbruck): Vice-Director Andreas Richter (University of Vienna): Executive Secretary Peter Schweitzer (University of Vienna): Vice Executive Secretary…
Read MoreA research group including Petra Heinz and Patrik Bukenberger discovered a new foraminifera species and named it after the paleonthologist Peter Pervesler: Turrispirillina pervesleri. You can read more about the foraminifera found on the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean and…
Read MoreWe cordially congratulate Annett Bartsch (b.geos) and her colleagues from the Max-Planck-Institute and the University of Helsinki with the ERC Synergy Grant for the project Quantify disturbance impacts on feedbacks between Arctic permafrost and global climate - Q-ARCTIC! The project…
Read MoreAs part of this year's APRI annual meeting, which will be held online, Annett Bartsch (b.geos) will give a presentation entitled Arctic monitoring across disciplines – APRI members’ contributions. The presentation will take place on zoom, from 3-3:50 pm on…
Read MoreThe APRI board has decided that the Austrian Polar Research Institute's Annual Meeting will take place online this year, on Wednesday, November 11th. During the public part, Annett Bartsch (b.geos) will hold a talk entitled Arctic monitoring across disciplines -…
Read MoreBirgit Sattler and Klemens Weisleitner will exhibit photographs from the Arctic and Antarctic at their exhibition "Eis" during the International Nature Film Festival in Innsbruck. The exhibition is in the foyer of the Metropol Kino and can be visited between October 2nd and…
Read MoreThe Saami Council in collaboration with Arctic researchers, including Gertrude Saxinger (APRI), has published a public note on co-designing research projects in the Arctic. The authors share their reflections on their experiences with co-creating proposals and research projects and highlight…
Read MoreOn the occasion of the untimely death of the Swiss Polar Institute’s (SPI) Scientific Director, Konrad Steffen, the Austrian Polar Research Institute wants to express its heartfelt condolences to the SPI and to the family and friends of Konrad Steffen.…
Read MoreThe results of the IASC and IASSA Workshop "Gender in Polar Research" during ASSW 2020 have been published as a poster and will be presented during SCAR 2020. APRI faculty member Gertrude Saxinger was spearheading this process together with numerous co-authors…
Read MoreAm 20. Juli sprach Peter Schweitzer über den klimatischen und gesellschaftlichen Wandel in Sibirien. Der Beitrag ist hier nachzuhören: https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20200720/604895/Sibirien-taut-auf
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