A5040208430- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Mining and Resource Management
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Global Security and Public Health
- Regional resilience and development
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Mining Techniques and Economics
- Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Canadian Identity and History
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Global Health and Surgery
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Economic and Social Issues
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
University of Vienna
2011-2024
Austrian Polar Research Institute
2014-2024
University of Bern
2021-2024
Institute for Social Anthropology
2014-2023
Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
2022
Bernstein Clinical Research Center
2016
FH Campus Wien
2016
Yukon University
2015
Universitätszahnklinik Wien
2015
Abstract Truly transdisciplinary approaches are needed to tackle the complex problems that Arctic is facing at moment. Collaboration between Indigenous rights holders and researchers through co-creative research can result in high-quality outcomes, but crucially also address colonial legacies power imbalances, enhance mutual trust, respect of Peoples. However, be successful, collaborative projects have specific requirements regarding designs, timeframes, dissemination results, which often do...
This perspective presents a statement of the 10th International Congress Arctic Social Sciences Indigenous Knowledge and knowledge co-production panel discussion group, 20 July 2021. The is designed to serve as characterization state-of-the-art guidance for further advancement in Arctic. It identifies existing challenges provides specific recommendations researchers, communities, funding agencies on meaningful recognition engagement systems.
The uptake ofCOVID-19 vaccines has varied considerably across European countries. This study investigates people's decision-making process regarding vaccination by analyzing qualitative interviews (n = 214) with residents from five countries: Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland. We identify three factors that shape decision-making: individual experiences pre-existing attitudes towards vaccination, social environment, socio-political context. Based on this analysis, we present...
The sudden and dramatic advent of the COVID-19 pandemic led to urgent demands for timely, relevant, yet rigorous research. This paper discusses origin, design, execution SolPan research commons, a large-scale, international, comparative, qualitative project that sought respond need knowledge among researchers policymakers in times crisis. form organization as commons is characterized by an underlying solidaristic attitude its members intrinsic organizational features which data study shared...
In the past two decades, lithium has gained critical global importance as a transition metal. Under President Evo Morales (2006–2019), Bolivian government launched national extraction industry in Uyuni salt flat. However, efforts to develop industrial-scale of there have been beset by considerable delays. Focusing on period Morales' presidency, this article analyses perceptions and its amongst people living region around flat, specifically urban centres. state media official communication...
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Train rhythms are dictated by regulations as well the collaboration of human and non-human actants. When a railroad is prime form ground transportation mono-industry forming force in cities along railroad, trains have power over everyday life people who rely on them passengers, workforce traders. This case Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) Siberia. The paper tackles interaction natural, technical, bureaucratic economic asks where structures located. Material social networks involved actants shaped...
The Northern Review 47 (2018): 187–207North American Indigenous communities increasingly demand a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to social and natural sciences undertaken on their traditional territories. This article outlines key principles of CBPR, reflecting the “social licence research” how in anthropology other has been practised past. illustrates elements establishing partnerships, knowledge sharing, co-production, data research-product ownership. It also...
Rotational shift work, long-distance commuting (LDC) and fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) have become increasingly prevalent forms of labour force provision in the resource extraction sector worldwide over last few decades. This entails workforce being on move, with cycles long shifts site extended periods back home. article draws ethnographic field work carried out Arctic Russia Subarctic Canada among petroleum mining workers. It focusses sociality processes workers' camps. I employ notion 'meaningful...
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked radical changes in the way life was lived around globe. With rapid reduction human mobility, short-term environmental improvements were seen across world. Work and social routines altered, political action to reduce case numbers seemed open a window of opportunity for socio-environmental change post-pandemic Inspired by conversations “COVID-19 Anthropause,” this paper probes experiences reflections that emerged pause. Three years after onset pandemic, many...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted global interdependencies, accompanied by widespread calls for worldwide cooperation against a virus that knows no borders, but responses were led largely separately national governments. In this tension between aspiration and reality, people began to grapple with how their own lives affected the nature of pandemic. article, based on 493 qualitative interviews conducted 2020 2021, we explore in Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Ecuador, Ireland, Italy Mexico...
The village of Verkhnemarkovo is located in a remote oil region the Irkutskaya Oblast Siberian part Russian Federation. Active socio-economic development began with discovery an field near settlement middle 20th century. In aftermath dissolution Soviet Union once thriving faced massive out migration and also decay good transportation infrastructure. This article shows changes provision transport infrastructure mobility practices this around 2500 people. It raises issue corporate social...
Verkhnemarkovo, a small Siberian town located on an oil field in Russia’s Irkutsk region, is plagued by bad roads and limited mobility. This article explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility wellbeing of individuals communities, with focus transport mobility infrastructure. Some companies, such as Oil Company, are tied to sustainability standards international financial institutions. The addresses question why people limbo state local operating companies. Contemporary...
In this paper, we explore the methodical, methodological, epistemological and outreach potential – related challenges of cartographic storytelling in ethnographic research, based on online portal Life BAM. Our extensive literature review highlights need for deep self-reflection production manifold realities way which visualised stories can be co-produced by local people researchers. It also describes cartography’s conceptual turns its role anthropology ethnography. As an tool, BAM conveys...