New Paper on Cultural Consensus Published in Open Access Sustainability Journal
April 1, 2020
A new paper, by Dr. Berill Blair and CAPS Director Amy Lauren Lovecraft appears in the open-access journal Sustainability as part of a . The paper builds on research undertaken as part of the Northern AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Scenarios Project (NASP), and explores consensus about risks and uncertainties in Arctic boroughs grappling with rapid social–ecological transformations in northern AVÀÇÂÛ̳.
Dr. Blair, who worked with Dr. Lovecraft at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks during her PhD, is currently a sustainability scientist, futurist and Arctic researcher at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She specializes in climate change adaptation and resilience issues relevant to the future of Arctic coastal communities and sectors. Berill incorporates futures perspectives and foresight tools into her projects, most recently for the SALIENSEAS project (), in which Berill works to enhance climate services for Arctic marine transport sectors using scenario methods and serious games, in partnership with the Norwegian and Danish Meteorological Institutes and with the partial support of CAPS. Berill has worked extensively in AVÀÇÂÛ̳ and Norway and is currently embarking on a Greenland-focused project.