I communicate perspectives and research results using public forums. To co-create research that connects with decision-making needs, I privilege transdisciplinary approaches to connect with stakeholders and policy makers.
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Delegation to the Danish Parliament on Arctic SDGs
Publication for Polar Research and Policy Initiative
PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLICATIONS:
Blair, B. (2022). Melting ice a hot topic: Trust in sea ice information products essential to safely navigate a changing arctic ocean. SKEMA Business School. [URL]
Blair, B. (2019). Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic. Polar Research and Policy Initiative. [URL]
Blair, B. (2017). U.S. Arcticness 150 Years After the Alaska Purchase. Polar Research and Policy Initiative. [URL].
Blair, B. (2016). Beyond Transitions: US Arctic Leadership and the Future for Climate-Displaced Populations. Polar Research and Policy Initiative. [URL].
SELECT PRESENTATIONS:
2021 “Experiences from the SALIENSEAS Project” -Coproduction in the European Arctic Weather, Water, Ice and Climate Services, PPP-SERA Workshop [online]
2020 “Foresight Work in the SALIENSEAS Project” –Roundtable, Foresight Europe Network [online]
2020 “ICEWISE: A game to test the effects of sea ice forecast reliability on voyage planners’ confidence” General Assembly, European Geophysical Union [online]
2020 “Socio-economic scenarios to aid coproduction of climate services in sea ice social-ecological systems” -Arctic Frontiers, Tromsø, Norway.
2019 “An Agent-based Mobilities Assessment for Enhanced Arctic Climate Services” -Polar 2018 Conference, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the International Arctic
Science Committee, Davos, Switzerland.
2018 “Participatory risk and vulnerability assessment to decrease uncertainties in Arctic weather and sea-ice forecasting” Arctic Frontiers, Tromsø, Norway.
2017 “Toward Arctic Transformations and Sustainability: Modeling Risks and Resilience Across Scales of Governance“ -Globalizing Polar Issues conference, Crans-Montana,
Switzerland.
2017 “Modeling Risk Priorities: Comparing Views on Sustainability between North Slope Tribal Leaders and State and Federal experts” – Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, Alaska USA.
2015 “Raising the New Without Razing the Old: Arctic Alaska Communities Navigating Sustainability and Risks in the New Millennium” -1st Central European Polar Meeting
Vienna, Austria.
2015 “Scenarios planning as a tool for risk management” -Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, Alaska USA.
2014 “Engaging scale and meaning in formulating policy learning for disaster governance“ -Arctic Change Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
2014 “Long-term planning for healthy sustainable communities: A focus on risks, learning and education” -Arctic Science Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska USA.
2014 “Meeting institutional criteria for social resilience: a nested risk system model” -Resilience 2014 Conference, Montpellier, France
2014 “Risk Perception as a Complex Dynamic System: Scenarios as a Tool for Assessment” – Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage, Alaska USA.
Berill Blair 