Report Available Online
Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)
International Polar Year Planning Report
The HARC report is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/harc/dc_spring_07/index.html
For further information, please contact:
Maribeth Murray
Director, HARC Core Office
University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-mail: ffmsm [at] uaf.edu
A report on "Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) Open Meeting
and Planning Core Office Activities for the International Polar Year" is
now available online. The report provides a review of the HARC Open
Meeting, held as part of the Arctic Forum in May 2007 in Washington, DC,
and planning by the HARC Core Office of activities to further human
dimensions research during and beyond IPY.
The HARC Open Meeting included an overview of the development and role
of HARC within the National Science Foundation's Arctic System Science
(ARCSS) Program and an introduction to the current organizational
structure of the HARC Core Office and the members of the HARC Science
Steering Committee. The meeting also included a summary of recent Core
Office activities and accomplishments and information on funding
opportunities for human dimensions research.
The report features proposed activities to further human dimensions
research within the context of IPY and over the longer term, including
proposal pressure on behalf of human dimensions-related research,
entrainment of early career scientists, HARC participation in upcoming
conferences and meetings, and establishing a publications database and
survey of international human dimensions projects.
As part of the ARCSS Program, HARC aims to increase integration between
social and natural science researchers, as well as contribute knowledge
about the human aspects of the arctic system to ARCSS researchers, the
global science communities, and decision-makers and stakeholders.
The HARC Core Office welcomes input on the report and its proposed IPY
activities.
The HARC report is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/harc/dc_spring_07/index.html
For further information about HARC, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/harc/index.html
or contact:
Maribeth Murray
Director, HARC Core Office
University of Alaska Fairbanks
E-mail: ffmsm [at] uaf.edu