Collaborative research: NNA research: interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the arctic

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $726,093 to Boise State University for collaborative research on interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic. Beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, Boise State will conduct ethnographic research at the University of Lapland's Arctic Centre through a $XXX,XXX subaward. Over three years, three researchers will spend half their time in the field to understand changing perceptions of interactions between natural and social systems in the region. A graduate student will also index 25 years of audiovisual materials. Return trips in years four and five will bring results back to Arctic communities. The funding and subaward will support collaborative research examining the integrated impacts of climate, economic, and development factors on Arctic environments and societies.