Four UiT researchers appointed as Arctic Five Chairs

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The Arctic Five is a partnership between Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, the University of Lapland, the University of Oulu and UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

The mission of the alliance is to advance and share knowledge, develop education, and create innovations for the advancement of our region and a sustainable Arctic.

As part of the Arctic Five’s flagship Chairs & Fellows programme, the Chairs initiative represents a group of scholars with the will and capacity to form original research and education alliances. Thus today, the Arctic Five institutions have collectively appointed 15 Arctic Five Chairs – all of whom are highly ranked scholars from across the human, social, natural and technical sciences.

Dag Avango, Co-director of the Arctic Five, and head of the Chairs initiative, states that:

These appointments will help build a strong foundation for the Arctic Five alliance, and the collective efforts of our Chairs offer great potential for the stimulation and growth of cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary research and education.

This inaugural group of chairs represents a new collaboration format for the Arctic Five, and each
chair has defined their scope of collaboration by framing their research focus and plans, including
potential linkages with educational activities.

The four prominent UiT researchers appointed as Arctic Five Chairs are:

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjörv, Professor in Security Studies and International relations at the
Centre for Peace Studies, whose research interest include gender, intersectionality, societal
trust, societal resilience, civilians, cyber infrastructure threats, and disinformation.

Alun Hubbard, Professor at the Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate,
whose research interest include Arctic, Svalbard, Greenland ice sheets and glaciers, Barents
Sea, sea-ice loss, climate change, extreme rain, mass-balance, and global sea-level rise.

Gregor Maxwell, Associate Professor in Pedagogy and Inclusive and Special Education at the
Department of Education, whose research interest include Arctic pedagogy, inclusive
education, digital competences, and newly qualified teachers.

Torjer Olsen, Professor in Indigenous studies at the Centre for Sami Studies, whose research
interest include gender, power, and positions in Indigenous studies, Sámi research
methodologies, and the history of religions in Sápmi and Northern Norway.

The funded term for each Chair is 2 years (2022-2024), with the possibility of an additional 1-year
extension. All appointments corresponding to this round will formally commence on June 1st, at
which time the chairs will begin establishing and leading their respective cross-disciplinary group of
colleagues from other Arctic Five universities and beyond.

For more information, visit the Arctic Five website.

Aaraas, Elisabet elisabet.aaraas@uit.no Senior kommunikasjonsrådgiver

Publisert: 31.03.22 10:30 Oppdatert: 05.02.24 13:25

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