Dear Students,
Please see below for funded research opportunities that focus on the Arctic and Alaska. Applications are due February 15.
From: Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic <nalajbeg>
Subject: Fwd: Reminder: Arctic Internship Fellowship Application Deadline: February 15, 2022This is a reminder that the application deadline for the PICS Arctic Internship Fellowship is Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Undergraduate students at the University of Michigan from any department may apply. Students graduating in winter/spring/summer of 2022 are not eligible to apply.
There are several options for the fellowship this year.
- Students can secure their own internship from a reputable organization with a focus on the Arctic
- Students can create an independent Student-Designed Research Project
- Student can intern with the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska (ICC-AK)
- Students can intern through a research internship with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic and Northern Studies Program
If you are interested in a research internship through the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska (ICC-AK) potential projects include:
- ICC-AK Archiving Project: assist with organizing information for archiving project, ability to work independently, strong organizational skills, archiving experience, research skills, knowledge of ICC-AK history
- Indigenous Knowledge Project: ability to work independently, strong research skills, attention to detail, excellent writing skills, and ability to synthesize/summarize heavy research documents
- Food Sovereignty Initiative: help with developing communication and outreach materials, strong communication skills, ability to use multimedia programs including Adobe, social media savvy, knowledge of Inuit food sovereignty and food security
- ICC General Assembly: Assist with planning and implementation of a virtual meeting. Specific tasks are yet to be determined
- Communications Support: assist with updating communications plan and implementing communications and outreach projects, knowledge of ICC-AK
- Research: general research and compilation
If you are interested in a research internship through the University of Alaska Fairbanks, we have identified the following projects for which different professors there are looking for assistance:
Students interested in research projects with Dr. Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, Center for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, are welcome to look at the Center for Arctic Policy Studies website www.uaf.edu/caps, and choose any of the themes there that may be of interest. Specific example research topics for Summer 2022 include (but are not limited to):
1. Questions of justice and equity across different groups in the Arctic. For example: questions about Indigenous participation in governance from local to Arctic Council scales; or they could address the nature of Alaska as an Oil State. Or they could think through how climate change affects different groups differently and often unfairly.
2. Political economy – how does the State of Alaska operate in different ways from other states? This could be a federalism question but focused on our economy which is boom-bust with annual seasonal changes. Fish, oil, tourism, if any aspects of this interest the student we can use Alaska as an example of how we might (or might not) be able to create stable/sustainable economies in Alaska and the Arctic.
3. Federalism but from a government perspective – how is Alaska governed as a periphery from its Southern Core (both U.S. and AK)? This could compare Alaska at a state to state/national level. But, we can also compare Alaska from an Arctic perspective…
4. U.S. Arctic policy – any subject related to how AK makes the U.S. an "Arctic nation" and what the interests of the U.S. are.
5. Strategic foresight – any business majors or others interested in the future of Alaska and the Arctic across any policy domains.
