Welcome APECS Sweden’s new Executive Secretary!

We are happy to announce that Patrícia Pečnerová became the APECS Sweden’s Executive Secretary for 2016. Patrícia is a PhD candidate in Systematics and Evolution at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. Patrícia’s research is focused on investigating genetic diversity of the last population of the woolly mammoth before its extinction. In 2015, Patrícia joined the Petermann …

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Successful seminar on the nexus of science and politics in the Arctic

As part of the annual Polar Forum, APECS Sweden organized and hosted the seminar ‘International Science and Policy in the High Arctic’ on 6 November together with the Stockholm Association of International Affairs. The seminar took place on a snowy morning at the offices of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, and included highly interesting presentations …

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Upcoming APECS Sweden seminar on 6 November: International Science and Policy in the High Arctic

6 November 2014, 9:00 – 11:45. Location: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Pontins väg 6, Stockholm APECS Sweden together with the Stockholm Association of International Affairs presents a seminar that explores historical precedents and contemporary expressions of the interface of science and politics in the Arctic. Conducting scientific research in the High North has become a …

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