Arctic Social Sciences Program | 2001 Workshop Agenda

Wednesday, January 17
19:00-21:00	Evening Reception/icebreaker at the Hotel Edgewater
Thursday, January 18
8:00	Registration and buffet breakfast
PLENARY
8:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks Workshop co-chairs, Harald Gaski and Carole Seyfrit
8:45	Tom Pyle, Arctic Section Head, National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs
9:00	Context and Goals Fae Korsmo, Arctic Social Sciences Program Manager, National Science Foundation
9:15	Research, Assessment, and the Importance of the Social Sciences Robert Corell, American Meteorological Society
9:45	The Architecture of Decision: What Drives Policy Choices? Bryan Jones, Director of Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of Washington
10:15-10:45	Break and Informal Discussions
10:45-12:15	Roundtable: Introduction of Arctic Social Science Issues
	Moderated by Rick Wilson
	Panelists Herbert Anungazuk, Audrey Khalkachan, Jack Kruse, Vera Metcalf, Ludger Muller-Wille, and Vigdis Stordahl
	What research questions are of the greatest importance in the Arctic today? What topics in Arctic social sciences research are of the most compelling intrinsic interest? What are the promising research intersections between the social sciences and other disciplines, and how can the social sciences contribute most effectively to interdisciplinary arctic research?
12:15-13:30	Lunch
Arctic Social Sciences: Where do we go from here?
CONCURRENT WORK SESSIONS
13:30	Break into four working groups to address a series of questions for each of the following thematic research areas: [Working groups will be asked to prepare their information either on overheads or on a computer for presentation during plenary and for use in subsequent integration and synthesis.]
	WG 1. The role of humans in northern environmental history and pre-history. Leader Dennis O'Rourke WG 2. Institutional development in the Arctic, such as self-governance, common property management, and informal decision-making. Leader Jens Dahl WG 3. Linkages between identity and socioeconomic transitions in the Arctic. Leader Louis-Jaques Dorais WG 4. Traditional knowledge and the intersection between the social sciences and the humanities. Leader Harald Gaski
	Each of the four concurrent working groups will develop ideas and information to report back to the larger group on the following questions: What is the "state of the art" in this area of research? What are the critical unknowns (the gaps in knowledge that prevent further inquiry in these areas)? With regard to these unknowns, which are most tractable and mature (ripe) for research efforts? What are the impediments to the conduct of this priority research?
PLENARY
15:30	Working group reports and discussion
17:00-18:30	Poster Session with refreshments
18:30	Adjourn for the day
Friday, January 19
8:00	Buffet Breakfast
PLENARY
8:30	Roundtable: The Challenge of Doing Social Science Research that Meets Agency Needs
	Moderated by Chris Elfring
	Panelists Sally Brandel, Dept. of State; Taylor Brelsford, USFWS; Virginia Cain, NIH; John Calder, NOAA; Fran Stefan, EPA
10:00-10:30	Break and informal discussions
WORK SESSIONS
10:30-12:00	Break into the four concurrent working groups (WG #1-4) by the same thematic areas to address:
	What unique lessons can be learned from the arctic environment? How can comparative research be designed to help sort out the unique contributions of the arctic? What research questions would benefit from more extensive collaboration between academia and agencies? How? What research questions in the identified thematic area (#1-4) intersect with other fields, either within or beyond the social sciences disciplines--i.e., in the natural sciences and the humanities?
12:00-13:00	Lunch
PLENARY
13:00-14:30	Roundtable: International Collaboration and Cooperation in Arctic Social Sciences
	Moderated by Yvon Csonka
	Panelists Gerard Duhaime, Vigdis Stordahl, Fae Korsmo, Richard Langlais
	Identify common themes between various circumpolar research projects and national, regional, or professional society agendas. How might international collaboration be fostered? (e.g., we have models such as the circumpolar Ph.D. network; IASSA circumpolar mobility program; and the U.S. memorandum of understanding with Iceland regarding research)
14:30-15:00	Break and informal discussions
WORK SESSIONS
14:00-16:00	Concurrent working groups (WG #1-4) address:
	What is needed to move research in this area forward and how could that best be accomplished? (i.e., improved interagency collaboration, a focused research initiative, better links with scientists of other disciplines, more international research collaborations, more dedicated funding.) What planning mechanisms will best support these actions (i.e., small focused workshop or a series of workshops, a large conference, a single proposal, other?) Is planning needed?
PLENARY
16:00	Working group reports on questions above and discussion
17:30	Adjourn for the day
	Dinner on your own
Saturday, January 20
8:00	Buffet breakfast
PLENARY
8:30	Summary of process and discussions thus far Workshop Co-chairs Harald Gaski and Carole Seyfrit
9:00	Ad Hoc panel discussion
	Moderated by Henry Huntington
	Participants selected by each working group
	Where are social sciences headed in the next few decades in the Arctic? How do we get there? What do we need to do to make the right things happen?
10:30	Break
11:00	Synthesize and define recommendations from working group presentations
	Outline next steps, actions, products, and timelines
	Discuss and reach agreement on plan
12:30	Adjourn