reIMAGINE Arctic Research

reIMAGINE Arctic Research aims to contribute to more ethical and equitable research relations and practices across knowledge systems in Arctic research. It builds on well-established partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, experts, and institutions from across the Arctic and Europe.

Adopting and developing transdisciplinary/co-productive methods and approaches, the project draws insights from and creates synergies across the work of the research group, critically addressing research practices. To foster broader exchange on methods and ethics in Arctic research, a series of workshops on knowledge co-creation and equitable research in the German/European research and funding landscapes has been co-organized.

The project distils insights from across the group’s research activities, often in co-authorship with long-term research partners, RIFS Fellows, and Affiliate Scholars.

Situated within the German Arctic research context, the project provides policy advice, for instance as part of the German Arctic Dialogue. Involvement at the policy level also includes representation as part of the German observer delegation in the Social Development Working Group of the Arctic Council and membership in the Social & Human Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee

The project’s research activities currently focus on:

• Diverse understandings of knowledge co-creation and transdisciplinarity, their embodiment and translations into practice
• Collaboration across knowledge systems
• Co-creative/co-productive and multimodal methods
• Decolonial approaches to Arctic research
• Research ethics, frameworks and protocols, their interpretation and application
• Approaches to project evaluation in inter- and transdisciplinary research projects
• Local implications of and youth perspectives on the energy transition in Sápmi in connection with the EU Green Deal
• Challenges to ethical and collaborative research of current funding and academic structures