20: The Arctic: new narratives for a disputed territory
In cooperation with Canadian Embassy in Vienna
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in englischer SpracheOur changing climate is most apparent in the Arctic, where warm temperatures are displacing entire ecosystems and redetermine the lives of local populations. While we have a wealth of scientific data, we still lack the narratives to help us organise facts into stories of personal significance and turn a chaotic moment in human history into an opportunity for development. What are the ways forward?
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Chantal BILODEAU
Artistic Director, The Arctic Cycle, New York City
| since 2002 | Freelance writer and translator |
| since 2009 | Artistic Director, The Arctic Cycle |
| since 2012 | Founder & Editor, Artists & Climate Change |
| since 2015 | Co-organizer, Climate Change Theatre Action |
| Curator, "Theatre in the Age of Climate Change" series on HowlRound |
Dr. Lassi HEININEN
Professor, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi; Editor, Arctic Yearbook; Chair, Northern Research Forum, Steering Committee, Akureyri
| 1990-1991 | Researcher at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Finland |
| 1991-1995 | Co-ordinator of Arctic Studies Program at Arctic Centre, University of Lapland |
| 1995-2005 | Senior Scientist, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland |
| 2000-2001 | Postdoctoral researcher of Academy of Finland at Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland |
| 2002 | Visiting Professor and Holder of the Chair of Finnish Studies at Lakehead University, Canada |
| 2003-2006 | NorFA Visiting Professor (NorFA-gästprofessor) on European and Nordic studies at Petrozavodsk State University, Russia |
| 2005-2007 | Senior Scientist at Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland |
| 2007-2013 | University Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland |
| since 2011 | Editor of the Arctic Yearbook |
| 2017 | Foreign Experts Professorship, Tongji University, Shanghai |
Jennifer MORGAN
Executive Director, Greenpeace International, Amsterdam
| 1988 | Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, German, French, Italian, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |
| 1992 | Master of Arts: International Affairs, American University, Washington, D.C |
| 1994-1998 | Coordinator, US Climate Action Network, Washington, D.C. |
| 1998-2006 | Director, Global Climate Campaign, WWF - Worldwide Fund for Nature, Washington D.C.; Berlin |
| 2006-2009 | Director, Global Climate Program, E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism, London |
| 2009-2016 | Global Director, Climate Program, World Resources Institute, Washington D.C.; Berlin |
| since 2016 | Executive Director, Greenpeace International, Amsterdam |
Anni REISSELL
Director, Arctic Futures Initiative International Program Office, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
| Anni Reissell is currently Science Coordinator at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and a research scholar at IIASA. She holds a PhD in atmospheric chemistry of biogenic volatile organic compounds. Her background includes radiopharmaceuticals, natural radioactivity, air quality measurements of inorganic and organic compounds, analytical chemistry. Previous positions include research scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, a research chemist at the Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, and Executive Officer of the Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS). | |
| Dr. Reissell's research interests are broad and include integrated land-ecosystem atmosphere processes in relation to climate change and global change. She has 20 years' experience in chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and global change research, and with international global change research programs and policies. |
MA Christoph SEIDLER
Science Editor, Spiegel Online GmbH, Hamburg
| 2000 | Intern, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich |
| 2000-2001 | Journalistic Training, SPIEGEL ONLINE/DER SPIEGEL, Hamburg/Berlin |
| 2001-2008 | Freelance Journalist for German Public Radio, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Süddeutsche Zeitung and others |
| 2002 | Intern, Canadian Embassy in Germany, Berlin |
| 2003 | Intern, German Public Radio, Brussels |
| 2004-2005 | Intern, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva |
| 2006 | Intern, German Embassy in Romania, Bucharest |
| since 2008 | Science Editor, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Berlin |
