The Stefansson Arctic Institute (SAI), established in 1998 and located in Akureyri, Iceland, is an independent governmental research institute within the Icelandic Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, with a long established collaboration agreement with the University of Akureyri. The SAI takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human- environment relations in the Circumpolar Arctic. Particular emphasis is on research and scientific assessments concerning economic systems and human development, marine-resource governance, political ecology of agricultural systems, development of Arctic specific sustainability indicators, and the impacts of and adaptation to past and present climate change.
The SAI has a long history of international leadership of large-scale circumpolar projects on Arctic living conditions and human wellbeing (e.g. AHDR (2004, 2015), Arctic social indicator research (e.g. ASI (2010, 2015)) and Arctic Youth and Sustainable Futures (2016-2019), and of working closely with stakeholders. SAI is a core partner in the Centre of Excellence (REXSAC) on Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities.
Main tasks in the project
SAI leads the WP8 - partnerships for solutions.
SAI staff involved in illuq
WP8 lead Prof. Joan Nymand Larsen Stofnun Vilhjálms Stefánssonar Borgum við Norðurslóð 600 Akureyri
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