The ADVANCEing FieldSafety program consists of three main components:

A 7-module online course that focuses on creating a safe field environment, fostering a safe field culture, and building teams from varied backgrounds.

Two 90-minute, interactive online workshops—one that provides practice in bystander intervention strategies and another that models how to compose norms agreements.

A toolkit of resources such as checklists, fillable documents, and implementation guides that can be customized for a wide range of field contexts.

ScaliFar is a PhD- and Master’s course about systematics, morphology and ecology of the scalidophoran taxa, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera and Priapulida. The course is organised within the UArctic Network, and in collaboration with the University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Island’s National Museum, BioFar, the Natural History Museum of Denmark and four additional universities and research institutions.
The course is a one-week’s field course and takes place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands on July 15 to 22, 2026.

The Science Day at Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2026 on 29 March 2026 will bring together researchers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and Arctic stakeholders to share recent advances in Arctic science. This one-day event will feature parallel thematic sessions reflecting the five IASC Working Group themes: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial, along with a dedicated Indigenous-led Research and Knowledge Co-production session and one session showcasing Cross-disciplinary research.

Reflecting on conditions, practices and institutional structures for sustainable polar research

Within both the ICARP IV process and the first IPY-5 document, ambitions are high, for instance regarding co-creation of (working with different) knowledge (systems), international cooperation, more holistic research approaches, contribution of science to address climate, environmental and societal problems and more communication and outreach activities. Furthermore, there is an increasing awareness that research should be conducted in an environmentally sustainable as well as healthy way. At the same time, rapid action and complex research requirements put scientists under pressure in terms of the existing mismatch of the conventional environment in academia with high-speed production and precarious working conditions for many.

Help Us Understand & Improve Fieldwork for Parents in the Arctic & Beyond

Researchers behind the ICEBERG project have launched a survey to better understand how parents navigate field-based research, whether bringing children into the field or arranging care from afar. Led by Christine Liang (UFZ) and Tahnee Prior (Women of the Arctic) under Work Package 4 (co-creation, ethics, equity, gender, fairness, and citizen science), the study aims to identify challenges, effective strategies, and the state of institutional support for parent-researchers.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Plastic in Polar Environments Expert Group (SPEG) invites you to the Kick-Off meeting.