“We are delighted that Tuija, Philip, and Karl have agreed to join the Academic Advisory Board (Mimir) and we look forward to working with them further” said Gunnar Stefánsson, Vice-President of Research at UArctic.
Karl Kreutz, UArctic Chair in Arctic Ice, Climate, and Environmental History.
Kreutz is the Director of the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and a Professor at the Climate Change Institute - University of Maine. He specializes in the ice core record of climate and environmental change developed from the polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Over the past 20+ years, he has worked on projects ranging from the South Pole to the Arctic to the world’s highest mountains to Maine’s diverse landscape.
Philip Steinberg, UArctic Chair in Political Geopgrahy
Steinberg is a professor of Political Geography at Durham University, where he leads the Durham Arctic Research Centre for Training and Interdisciplinary Collaboration (DurhamARCTIC). His research interests range from legal mechanisms that recognise the sensitivities of sea ice to sonic evocations of Arctic environments, and from media representations of the Arctic as a ‘global’ space to the potential for field-based education to foster understanding between Arctic and non-Arctic peoples. He has published over twenty articles and book chapters on Arctic topics, as well as co-authoring the book Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries of the Circumpolar North (Bloomsbury, 2015).
Tuija Turunen, UArctic Chair in Education for Social Justice and Diversity.
Turunen is a professor and holds a position of Dean at the Faculty of Education, University of Lapland. She is a leader of the teacher education programme and is recognized internationally as an expert in that field. Professor Turunen’s current research interests focus on teacher education, indigenous education, professional development in higher education, educational transitions (especially starting school), multi-professional work in schools, and preventative school welfare work.
