Applications to the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellowship Programme 2018 are now open

Hi UKPN,

Quite a few polar folks have been SSI Fellows over the past few years - check out below for a cool opportunity!

Best,

Allen

P.S. See here for a somewhat embarassing blog post I wrote about my experience as a Fellow: https://www.software.ac.uk/blog/2016-09-12-coding-scientist-i-never-thought-i-would-be 

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From: Raniere Silva <raniere.silva@software.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 9:23 AM
Subject: [fellows-all] Applications to the Software Sustainability Institute's Fellowship Programme 2018 are now open

Hi all,

We are happy to announce that we applications for the Fellowship Programme 2018 are now open. Below you will find something that you can forward to your network. Thanks in advance.

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The Software Sustainability Institute invites everyone involved in research software to apply for the Fellowship Programme 2018.

Visit the Fellowship Programme page for more information and how to submit an application.

We are looking for applicants at any career stage who can demonstrate a passion for their area, the ability to communicate ideas effectively, and a real interest in the role of software in research.

The Software Sustainability Institute's Fellowship Programme will, among many other benefits, support you to talk about software in your research domain to a wider audience, network with others who share a passion for software in research, and learn about key skills to benefit you and those you collaborate with.

Launch Webinar Fellows 2018

The upcoming Fellows 2018 launch webinar will take place on Friday 15th September from 2.00pm to 3.30pm BST.

You will be able to find out more about the programme, the application process, existing Fellows experiences and ask any questions.

If you are interested in participate in the webinar please register your interest.

Further information

In the meantime, if you have questions about the Programme, please contact Raniere Silva, Institute Community Officer at fellows-management@software.ac.uk.

Help us spread the word—Feel free to distribute this email or this flyer to your network, or retweet this announcement!

Kindest regards,

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Raniere Silva

Community Officer, Software Sustainability Institute

+441612753301

http://www.software.ac.uk/

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Arctic Borders Governance

Arctic Borders Governance panel

Tuesday 29 August, 6:30-8:00 pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arctic-borders-governance-emerging-themes-and-challenges-tickets-36970571976

We invite you to join us for an interdisciplinary panel discussion on Arctic Borders Governance to be held from 6:30-8:00 pm on 29 August 2017 at the Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building G08 (enter via Malet Place), University College London. The event is hosted by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), in collaboration with UCL Global Governance Institute, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL Institute for Global Health, Trent University (Canada), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and Arctic Futures.

The panel discussion will look at security in Arctic and sub-Arctic borderlands, with a focus on border governance. It will address questions such as: How do Arctic states, like the US, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, see and manage their Northern borders? What challenges might they face in border governance? How do state and non-state actors respond to disasters that have cross-border implications? How do Indigenous peoples interact with Northern borders? What options might there be for greater cooperation between Northern states? Are there relevant models for border governance elsewhere that might be worth exploring?

Our panellists are:
Professor Heather Nicol, Professor, Trent University, Canada
Dr Ilan Kelman, Reader, University College London
Dr Dwayne Menezes, Founder and Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative
Moderator: Guy Yeomans, Founder and Director, Arctic Futures

Panellist Bios:

Professor Heather Nicol 
Professor, Trent University (Canada)

Dr Heather Nicol is Professor in the School of the Environment at Trent University, Canada. She recieved her BA from the University of Toronto, her MES from York University and her PhD from Queen's University. Her research and teaching interests lie in political and regional studies emphasising borders and borderlands and the circumpolar North. Her research is focused on exploring the dynamics which structure the political geography of the circumpolar North, with a specific focus on the North American Arctic and Canada-US relations. Her work deals with cross-border relations, tensions, geopolitical narratives and mappings of power and sovereignty. Dr Nicol is also involved in the Thematic Network on Geopolitical and Security through the University of the Arctic and the Northern Research Foundation, and she is the Associate Editor for the Northern Series at Athabasca University. She was the 2015-16 Visiting Fulbright Chair to the University of Washington, at the Centre for Canadian Studies and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Dr Ilan Kelman
Reader, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and UCL Institute for Global Health, Thematic Director, UCL Global Governance Institute, University College London (UK)

Dr Ilan Kelman is Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and the UCL Institute for Global Health. He is also Thematic Director for Global Environmental Sustainability at the UCL Global Governance Institute; Professor II at the University of Agder, Norway; and Co-Director of Many Strong Voices (MSV). His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. He focuses mainly on polar regions and island communities. This work covers three main areas: i) Peace and Conflict: How and why disaster-related interventions (disaster diplomacy, including for climate-related hazards) and health-related interventions (health diplomacy, including pandemics) do and do not influence conflict and cooperation; ii) Island Sustainability: Creating and maintaining safer and healthier communities on islands and in isolated areas, such as border, Arctic, and mountain communities; and iii) Risk Education: Increasing the effectiveness and impact of risk education, focusing on health and disaster risks, including climate change. 

Dr Dwayne Menezes
Founder and Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and Human Security Centre (HSC)

Dr Dwayne Menezes is the Founder and Director of two London-based think-tanks, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), which deals with Arctic, Nordic and Antarctic issues, and Human Security Centre (HSC), which addresses current and emerging threats to human security around the world. He is also the Head of the Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yemen in the UK Parliament; Honorary Fellow at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at UCL; and Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Formerly, he served as Consultant to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; Principal Consultant to the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief; and Research Associate to a UN Special Rapporteur. Dr Menezes read History at the LSE and University of Cambridge, graduating from the latter with a PhD in History. He also served as Research Associate at the Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR), University of Cambridge; Visiting Academic at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford; and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London. He is the Director of Think-Film Impact Production (TFIP) and Associate Producer of four films: My Enemy, My Brother (2015, 2017); La Soledad (2016); Complicit (2017); and The Number (2017).

Moderator: 
Guy Yeomans
Founder and Director, Arctic Futures

New Open Access book: Arcticness: Power and Voice from the North

***We apologise for any cross-posting***

UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of Arcticness: Power and Voice from the North, a new free book that may be of interest to members of this list. Download it free from https://goo.gl/jEfo1z

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Arcticness: Power and Voice from the North
Edited by Ilan Kelman

Download free: https://goo.gl/jEfo1z
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Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests, and needs of the peoples who live in the region? What about the myriad of other factors affecting the Arctic and its peoples? This book explores opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the change, through the lens of understanding Arcticness: what the Arctic means to Arctic peoples socially and physically. The chapters bring together a variety of disciplines, such as law, politics, geography and the arts, to examine what Arctic peoples could learn from and teach elsewhere, across disciplines and across locations. The authors reflect on philosophies of change in tandem with philosophies of the Arctic, particularly as represented by everyday experiences, memories and geographical imaginations.

Download free: https://goo.gl/jEfo1z

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UK Polar Network committee 2017/18

Dear all,

The UKPN Committee consists of volunteers based across the UK. Members organise workshop and networking events in addition to keeping members up to date with funding and job opportunities via the mailing list and website.
Committee members have the opportunity to represent the UKPN at national and international meetings, which has led to some having had tea with Princess Anne.

Traditionally the majority of the committee are PhD students, but Post-docs, Masters Students, and non-academics are always very welcome.

Below you can find a list of the positions and attached a short description of the roles and responsibilities available for 2017/18. Please contact president@polarnetwork.org if you are interested in any of the roles, or have further questions.

• President/s
• Vice-president/s
• Secretaries
• Treasurers
• Education & Outreach (Head)
• Education & Outreach (School visits)
• Education & Outreach (Antarctica Day event)
• Education & Outreach (Antarctic Flags)
• Social media
• Members-at-large


Kyle Mayers
PhD Student Marine Biogeochemistry - National Oceanography Centre Southampton
UK Polar Network President

Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction

Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction session at the conference Arctic Change 2017.

Québec City, 11-15 December 2017.

Call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations including graduate students.

Session NAV05 at http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/topical-sessions.php

Submit your abstract at http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/abstracts.php