Polar Educators International

Meet our speaker: Ramcharan Vijayaraghavan🎤✨ Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Ramcharan Vijayaraghavan (Vice President, PEI ExCom) shares insights on: “Learning from Ice: Inter-Polar Educational Pathways for Community Resilience (in the Arctic and the Himalayas)”🌍 Ram brings a unique inter-polar perspective, highlighting how shared learning across regions can strengthen community resilience and connect diverse knowledge systems. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #KnowledgeExchange #CommunityResilience #InterPolar

Meet our speaker: Jill Diederich🎤✨ Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Jill Diederich (PEI Council Member) shares insights on: “Best Practices in Education: A Case Study of Polar Education in Luxembourg”🌍 Jill presents practical approaches and lessons learned from advancing polar education, highlighting how local initiatives can contribute to strengthening global polar literacy. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #KnowledgeExchange #Education #PolarLiteracy

Meet our speaker: Joe Muise🎤✨ Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Joe Muise (PEI Council Member) shares insights on: “Thermal Imaging of Polar Ice”🌍 Joe highlights how thermal imaging technologies can reveal hidden dynamics within polar ice, offering powerful tools to better understand and communicate changes in polar environments. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #KnowledgeExchange #ArcticScience #PolarResearch

Meet our speaker: Lily Thompson🎤✨ Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Lily Thompson (PEI Council Member) shares insights on: “De-polarising the Arctic: Bridging Gaps between Education and Science”🌍 Lily explores how strengthening connections between education and science can foster more inclusive, accessible, and impactful polar knowledge — helping bridge divides and bring communities closer together. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #MeetTheSpeakers #ArcticScience #ScienceCommunication

Meet our speaker: Grace Cordsen🎤✨ Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Grace Cordsen (PEI Council Member) shares: “Expeditions as Classrooms: Designing Learning that Lasts”🌍 Grace explores how real-world polar expeditions can transform education — creating meaningful, lasting learning experiences that connect people directly with the Arctic environment. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #ArcticEducation #Outreach #ExperientialLearning

🎤✨ Meet our speaker: Sandy Netzel Join us at the Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) as Sandy Netzel from the Explore Svalbard team shares insights on: “Explore Svalbard: Explore, Learn, Change & Share”🌍🔍 Through immersive experiences in the Arctic, Sandy highlights how exploration can become a powerful tool for learning, inspiring deeper connections between people, place, and polar environments. 📅 27 March 2026 📍 Aarhus, DK & Online #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #MeetTheSpeakers #Svalbard #ArcticLearning

❄️ Join us at Arctic Science Summit Week 2026! Polar Educators International is bringing together researchers, educators, and communities to strengthen polar literacy and knowledge exchange 🌍 From community meetings to co-creation sessions and global reflections — be part of the conversation shaping the future of polar education and collaboration. 📅 27–29 March 2026 💻 In-person & online 👉/registration #ASSW2026 #PolarEducation #ArcticScience #ScienceCommunication #IPY PolarCommunity

From Tromsø to the world ❄️🌍 Sophie and Lily represented Polar Educators International at Arctic Frontiers 2026 — connecting with youth leaders, policymakers, and researchers from across the globe. From inspiring discussions to new collaborations, the conference truly reflected a Turn of the Tide 🌊 Together, we continue to strengthen our global polar education community and bring voices, knowledge, and action closer together. #ArcticFrontiers #PolarEducation #ScienceCommunication #PolarCommunity #Arctic

🌉Bridges of the Arctic: Education & Communication❄️ How do we strengthen connections between Arctic research, education, and society? Join us on 4 March at 8:30 AM CET for an inspiring discussion bringing together educators, researchers, and science communication leaders from across the Arctic and beyond. 🎙️ Speakers • Matteo Cattadori (Liceo “Fabio Filzi”, Rovereto) • Charleen Fischer (University of Alaska Fairbanks) • Kirk Andersen (UArctic Chair for School Effectiveness) • Sara Fusco (University of Akureyri) • Marco Volpe (University of Lapland) Moderated by Sophie Weeks, President of Polar Educators International. Together, we will explore how education and communication can serve as powerful bridges — connecting communities, disciplines, and generations in a rapidly changing Arctic. #ArcticCircle #PolarEducation #ScienceCommunication #BridgesOfTheArctic #PolarCommunity

🌟Members Monday Spotlight🌟 This week we’re introducing one of our passionate polar minds, Lily!❄️ From exploring big questions in polar research to thinking about how we communicate science more effectively, Lily brings curiosity, warmth, and a deep love for the Arctic community to everything she does. She’s especially interested in bridging gaps — between research and education, science and society, and experts and the wider public🌍✨ Why polar studies?💬 Because the polar regions don’t just tell us about ice — they tell us about our shared future. Fun Fact🎉 Lily firmly believes that the best scientific ideas often happen outdoors — preferably after a long walk and with a good snack involved🧀😉 Drop a ❄️ in the comments to say hello! #MembersMonday #PolarCommunity #EarlyCareerResearchers #PolarScience #WomenInScience

Call for Contributions📣🌍❄️ Polar Educators Community Meeting (ID-84) 📅 27 March | 13:30–15:30 CET (UTC+1) Join us for an interactive session dedicated to education and knowledge sharing in and about the Arctic. We invite contributions that explore how knowledge travels across communities, classrooms, cultures, and creative practices. This might include: - Innovative teaching methods or classroom experiences - Community-based and land-based learning - Science communication and outreach initiatives - Creative approaches to storytelling and visualisation - Tools, resources, or collaborations that strengthen polar engagement Whether you work in research, education, Indigenous knowledge systems, art, communication, journalism, or interdisciplinary practice — we welcome your perspective📽🎨🎶💬💡 We particularly encourage early-career professionals and emerging voices to share their work in this supportive and diverse space. Format 7-minute dynamic presentations🎤 (science slam, storytelling, creative communication, or other engaging formats). How to Apply Email [email protected] by 9 March to share your interest & idea📩 Please note💡 - As session time is limited, we may not be able to accommodate all submissions for this meeting. We warmly welcome additional contributions and will be pleased to consider them for our upcoming Council meetings. - Participants attending are required to complete ASSW conference registration and cover the associated registration fee. #PEI #PolarCommunity #Collaboration #ASSW #Communication

A moment from the Polar Symposium with Dr. Jennifer Spence. Jennifer is Director of the Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School, where her work focuses on Arctic governance, international cooperation, and the science-policy interface at a time of growing geopolitical strain. In this video, we touch on what collaboration looks like in an increasingly fragmented world, and how polar science can continue to act as a bridge across borders when other channels falter. Her perspective speaks to why the Arctic remains a critical space for cooperation, not just competition.