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Statement of solidarity: SSSI condemns Putin’s war
From the solidarity march for Ukraine in Longyearbyen, 1 march. Photo: Dina Brode-Roger. The...
Teenagers without land
A research project on offspring of non-Norwegian migrants to Longyearbyen supported by the...
Fresh from the press: Article on Sustainable Tourism in Svalbard
A new paper about sustainable tourism in Svalbard has just been published in the journal Polar...
Joint article “(Un)inhabiting Svalbard: Stories of makings from a transient place in the High Arctic”
Several SSSI members wrote a joint article on "(Un)inhabiting Svalbard: Stories of makings from a...
SSSI Side Meeting at the Svalbard Science Conference
The SSSI in collaboration with NERSC organized a side-meeting to the Svalbard Science Conference...
The SSSI at the Svalbard Science Conference 2021 in Oslo
Several SSSI members attended the Svalbard Science Conference in Oslo, organized by the Svalbard...
SSSI-NERSC Workshop in Longyearbyen
The SSSI in collaboration with NERSC held a three-days workshop in Longyearbyen at the end of...
LPO and SSSI in Svalbardposten
Svalbardposten published an article about LPO and SSSI winning the «Why the World Needs...
LPO & SSSI project won WWNA Apply Awards
The joint project of SSSI and LPO, People about Longyearbyen as a physical framework, won 2nd...
Nordic Smart City Roadmap
Lisbeth Iversen, one of the founding mebmbers of the SSSI, has been part of the expert panel of...
Hearts in the Ice Community Science Panel
On September 15th, Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby from Hearts in the Ice will discuss climate...
SSSI-NERSC Workshop in Longyearbyen
On October 29-October 31 2021 SSSI members and associates will gather in Longyearben for a...
SSSI Panel about “Changing Svalbard” at the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X)
Twelve interesting papers were presented during three slots of the session on changing Svalbard...
“Temakveld” in Svalbard Church
Svalbard Church and Svalbard Social Science Initiative (SSSI) organized a Temakveld in the church...
New article about the history of coal mining on Svalbard
In a recently published article, SSSI member Ulrich Schildberg traces the history of coal mining...