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