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Session Proposal: Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges (AGU25)

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Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges

Session ID#: 252711

Session Description:
The Arctic region, alongside transforming demographic, economic, and security conditions, is confronting accelerated climate and ecological changes. Arctic research has increasingly adopted convergence approaches that bring together academically-trained knowledge systems, Indigenous knowledges, and practitioner expertise to more holistically understand the interconnectedness of nature, social systems, and the human-built environment. Convergence research demands reciprocal and trust-building collaborations while advancing adaptation, mitigation, and resilience. At the same time, Arctic Indigenous Peoples have raised concerns about inequitable research practices within projects that seek their involvement. These critiques have prompted reflection and shifts in practice regarding how research is conceived, conducted, and communicated. Across the Arctic, numerous projects and institutions are at various stages of implementing more just research practice while improving actionable research. This session invites abstracts that share lessons from convergence research in the Arctic and highlight how building diverse research collaborations strengthens the application of scientific results toward addressing societal challenges.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0799 General or miscellaneous [CRYOSPHERE]
1621 Cryospheric change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
9315 Arctic region [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
Primary Convener:  Matthew L Druckenmiller, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Margaret Rudolf, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, United States and Vera Kuklina, George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Casey Brayton, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
 
Convergence Research: Emergent Processes and Innovative Deliverables within the Rising Voices, Changing Coasts Alaska Hub (Invited) (1856009)
Mr. Kaare Erickson, MA, Ikaagun Engagement, Anchorage, AK, United States and Aidan Dewey, UIC Science, Anchorage, United States
 
The Decolon-ice-ation of Glaciology: An Indigenous, Feminist Analysis (1860046)
Keeya Beausoleil, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
 
Governing Green Steel: Shortfalls of Multi-level Governance (1861835)
Robert Orttung, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, Lalitha Shanmugasundaram, Indiana University, Geography, Bloomington, United States and Sophie Holtzman, George Washington University, Sustainability, Washington, DC, United States
 
Memory Institutions as Urban Adaptation: Biocultural Heritage in Fairbanks, Alaska (1866316)
Diana Khaziakhmetova1, Vera Kuklina2, Aman Luthra3 and Ali Sorrels3, (1)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, United States, (2)George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC, United States, (3)George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, United States
 
The Arctic Rivers Project: Lessons learned and successes in convergence research (1869735)
Keith N Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Geography, Boulder, United States; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, Nicole Michelle Herman-Mercer, USGS, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Denver, United States, Joshua C Koch, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, United States, Cassandra M. Brooks, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, Michael N Gooseff, University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States, Yifan Cheng, University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Sciences, Buffalo, United States, Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States, Andrew James Newman, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and The Arctic Rivers Project Team
 
The Power of Space: co-creating spaces for diverse knowledge systems in the academy (1874533)
Vera Kuklina, George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC, United States, Tatiana Degai, University of Victoria, Anthropology, Victoria, Canada, Matthew L Druckenmiller, National Snow and Ice Data Cen, Boulder, United States, Varvara Korkina, Independent, Hanover, United States, Andrey N Petrov, University of Northern Iowa, Department of Geography, Cedar Falls, IA, United States and James Temte, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, United States
 
Indigenous Methods are Science: Fostering Indigenous-Led Research through an NNA Convergence Working Group (1916597)
Margaret Rudolf, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Dylan Blaskey, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States, Stanislav Saas Ksenofontov, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, United States, Aurora Roth, Carleton College, Northfield, United States, Pacifica Askitrea Leona Mai Takata-Glushkoff, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Fostering Indigenous-Led Research Convergence Working Group
 
A High-Reliability Organizing Approach to Enhance Infrastructure Resilience in Rural Alaska (1968677)
Haniye Safarpour1, Ana Lacau2, Elizabeth Beyer3, Daniel Butcher2, Kasey M Faust4, Keri Stephens5 and Lauryn Spearing6, (1)Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Material Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States, (2)Graduate Student, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States, (3)Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States, (4)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Communication Studies, Austin, United States, (6)Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States
 
Quantification of Present and Future Arctic Freshwater Flux into the North Atlantic Ocean and Impacts on the New England American Lobster Fisheries (1972841)
Patrick M Alexander1, Joaquim I Goes2, Helga R Gomes2, Morgan Lehman3, Xiaobiao Xu4, Michael R Stukel5, Jaehong Kim5, Marco Tedesco6, Eric Chassignet7, Andrew Goode8, Damian C Brady9 and Christopher Brehme10, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Lamont Doherty Earth Obs, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Clark University, Worcester, MA, United States, (4)Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (5)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (6)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (7)Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (8)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States, (9)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Walpole, ME, United States, (10)University of Maine, Lobster Institute, Walpole, ME, United States
 
Convergence Research and Knowledge Co-production: Highlighting the real work behind the concepts (1972958)
Shauna BurnSilver1, Priscilla Frankson2, Abigail York1, Vera Kuklina3 and Chris Maio4, (1)Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States, (2)Arizona State University, American Indian Studies - Tribal Leadership and Governance, Tempe, United States, (3)George Washington University, Department of Geography, Washington, DC, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Coastal Geoscience Lab, Fairbanks, United States
 
What Do Equitable Arctic Observing Systems Require? Insights from Community-Centered Workshops on Low-Cost, Open-Source Methods (1974467)
Casey Brayton, Columbia University of New York, New York, United States, Howard E Epstein, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, United States and Louise Mercer, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
 
Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction: Study of Arctic Algal Blooms for Utqiaġvik, Alaska (1978365)
Anne Garland, Applied Research in Environmental Sciences Nonprofit, Inc., Smithfield, United States, Donald M Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Kay McMonigal, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Thomas Farrugia, Alaska Ocean Observing System, Anchorage, United States
 
Seasonality patterns of hydroclimate conducive to rain-on-snow events and the impact on reindeer herding in Fennoscandia (1982422)
Wenbo Zhou, PhD1, Aleksey Y Sheshukov2, Jingfeng Wang3, Karl Mertens4, John Ziker5, Peter Ungar6, Gerardo Celis7, Florian Stammler8, Dorothee Ehrich9, Jouko Kumpula10, Mary Heskel11, Iida Melamies8, Matt Sponheimer12, Viola Ukkola8, Marc Macias-Fauria13, Desheng Liu14, Colin Wren15, Oliver Paine16 and Valeriy Yu Ivanov17, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Kansas State University, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Manhattan, KS, United States, (3)GA Ins of Tech-Civil & Env Eng, Atlanta, United States, (4)Boise State University, Boise, United States, (5)Boise State University, Boise, ID, United States, (6)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States, (7)University of Arkansas, Department of Anthropology, Fayetteville, United States, (8)University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, (9)Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway, (10)Natural Resources Institute Finland, Inari, Finland, (11)Macalester College, Biology, St. Paul, United States, (12)University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, United States, (13)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (14)The Ohio State University, Department of Geography, Columbus, United States, (15)University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, United States, (16)San Diego State University, San Diego, United States, (17)University of Michigan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States
 
Redundancy as Resilience: How Remote Alaska Residents Adapt to Infrastructure Gaps (1983986)
Ana Lacau, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Haniye Safarpour, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Material Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States, Kasey M Faust, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Austin, United States, Lauryn Spearing, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, United States and Keri Stephens, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
 
Rethinking Arctic research as collective action to navigate a changing climate (1987796)
Matthew L Druckenmiller1, Nikoosh Carlo2, Anne U Gold3 and Noor Johnson1, (1)National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (2)CNC North Consulting, Seattle, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
 
Equitable Collaborative Research in Practice: Insights from Project Leaders Working with Sivuqaq Indigenous Communities (1990836)
Maria Monakhova1, Abigail York2, Malory Peterson3, Shauna BurnSilver2 and Tatiana Degai4, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, United States, (3)Montana State University, Bozeman, United States, (4)University of Victoria, Anthropology, Victoria, Canada
 
Stabilizing Permafrost: Snow and Meltwater Management and Urban Planning in Utqiaġvik, Alaska (1998214)
Matthew G Jull, Joyce Fong, Ari Bell, Shuai Yuan and Leena Cho, University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Charlottesville, United States
 
Co-developing knowledge sharing tools for community-based research in the Arctic (2000528)
Noor Johnson1, Matthew L Druckenmiller1, Natasha Haycock-Chavez1, Joshua Brown1, Betsy Sheffield1, Agnieszka Gautier1 and Brendan Billingsley2, (1)National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (2)Billingsley Custom Software, Boulder, United States
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