Gateway to the Arctic
Franco-German workshop series of the German Polar Institute AWI (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung) and the research centre CEARC (Cultures, Environnements, Arctique, Représentations, Climat) of the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Early stage researchers from different disciplines in the Humanities and Sciences who are interested in the circumpolar regions participate in these annual workshops offering intensive exchange thanks to presentations, panel discussions and group work, allowing participants to build up their own networks in Arctic studies. The interdisciplinary nature of the workshop allows the two institutions to extend their research themes focused in the case of AWI on natural science and, in the case of CEARC, on human and social science. The workshop is also supposed to lead to interdisciplinary projects on the theme of climate change and the sustainable use of the Arctic environment.