Core Research Team
Our international team features researchers who are at the forefront of renewable energy engineering, education, policy creation, environmental assessment and community engagement. We are pleased to have representation from all eight circumpolar states.
Bonita Beatty Professor
Department of Indigenous Studies, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan
Ken Belcher Professor
Department of Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
Yngve Birkelund Associate Professor and Director
Arctic Centre of Sustainable Energy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Susan Blum Associate Vice-President
Applied Research and Innovation Team, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Hanna Bolin Arctander BSc Research Assistant, Political Science / Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy, UiT - the Arctic University of Norway
Ryan Bullock
Assistant Professor and Director, Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Tony C. Y. Chung Professor
NSERC/SaskPower Senior Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Technologies and SaskPower Chair in Power Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Patricia Fitzpatrick Associate Professor
Department of Geography, The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kevin Hanna Associate Professor and Director
Centre for Environmental Assessment Research, The University of British Columbia Okanagan
Hans-Kristian Hernes Professor
Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Diane Hirshberg Professor and Director
Center for Alaska Education Policy Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
Gwen Holdmann Director
Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Berit Kristoffersen Associate Professor, Political Science / Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy, UiT - the Arctic University of Norway
Berit is an Associate Professor at the Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC) and Department of Social Sciences and works closely with Odin as the leader of the RENEW project. She also leads the work on grounding the project amongst local communities in the Smart Senja project.
Anna Krook Riekkola Associate Senior Lecturer
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Niklas Labba
Professor and Academic Director, Centre for Sami Studies, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Amy Lauren Lovecraft Professor
Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Philip Loring Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Gary Merasty Business Development
Peter Ballantyne Group of Companies, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, Saskatchewan
Clark Miller Associate Professor
School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, United States
Bram Noble CASES Co-Director, Department of Geography & Planning
Co-Director SSHRC Energy Partnership, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan
Greg Poelzer CASES Co-Director, School of Environment & Sustainability
Co-Director SSHRC Energy Partnership, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Charlotta Söderberg
Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Patrik Söderholm Professor
Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Toddi Steelman Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan