Conference: Partial Support for Model Arctic Council (MAC)

会议：部分支持模拟北极理事会（MAC）

• 批准号: 1546202
• 负责人: Brandon Boylan
• 金额: $ 3.5万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-15 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1546202&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Partial; Support; Model; Arctic

This award supports the expenses for student participation in the Model Arctic Council (MAC) 2016 workshop. MAC 2016 will engage graduate and undergraduate students from universities in the United States and other Arctic countries in a simulation of Arctic Council processes. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) will host the event in March 2016 during the United States' Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, immediately before the Senior Arctic Officials meet at UAF. Students will assume roles of the Arctic Council Member States, Permanent Participants, and Observers in addressing matters of concern in the Arctic. The seven-day program includes plenary lectures by experts on Arctic social and environmental issues and simulated meetings of a working group and Senior Arctic Officials, followed by a simulated Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council.Students will present their resolutions to the actual Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials on the final day of the MAC exercise. The program is designed to be a biennial event hosted in even years by a UArctic partner university in the country chairing the Arctic Council. Biennial US-only events held at American partner universities in odd years will expand opportunities for American students and enhance continuity. The objectives of the MAC are to: 1) develop students' knowledge of the Arctic as a region, of circumpolar politics, and of northern Indigenous peoples; 2) increase students' understanding of Arctic Council objectives and processes; 3) prepare students to assume leadership roles in the circumpolar north; and 4) enhance student and faculty collaboration among UArctic institutions. Students will prepare for the simulation within university courses on international relations or related topics offered by collaborating faculty at UAF and other participating universities.The goal of the workshop is to increase knowledge among the participants and stimulate their interest in the Arctic and potential to contribute to or utilize Arctic social science research in future decision making. In addition there is the potential contribution to the literature on experiential learning and the synergy with other Arctic Council activities, as well as the Arctic Science Summit Week. The broader impacts of the workshop will be realized by the international student participation; increasing knowledge of a wide spectrum of issues and concepts that affect Arctic communities among young scholars; influencing potential young leaders to take an interest in the Arctic - and supporting an Arctic Council activity during the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The student selection process is appropriately rigorous, including a plan for recruiting participants from underrepresented groups; the activity supports international collaborations with other institutions in Norway, Russia, and Iceland; and there is a good dissemination plan for the results documents, both in public and academic fora.

该奖项支持学生参加模拟北极理事会（MAC） 2016年研讨会的费用。MAC 2016将吸引来自美国和其他北极国家大学的研究生和本科生参与北极理事会进程的模拟。在美国担任北极理事会主席期间，阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学（UAF）将于2016年3月在UAF举行北极高级官员会议之前主办该活动。学生将扮演北极理事会成员国、永久参与者和观察员的角色，解决北极地区的问题。为期七天的计划包括北极社会和环境问题专家的全体讲座，模拟工作组和北极高级官员会议，随后是模拟北极理事会部长级会议。在MAC演习的最后一天，学生们将向北极理事会高级北极官员展示他们的决议。该项目每两年举办一次，由北极大学在北极理事会主席国所在国的一所合作大学主办。在奇数年在美国合作大学举办的仅限美国的两年一次的活动将扩大美国学生的机会，并加强连续性。MAC的目标是：1)培养学生对北极地区、极地周边政治和北部土著人民的认识；2)增进学生对北极理事会目标和过程的理解；3)培养学生在北极地区担任领导角色；4)加强北极大学院校之间的师生合作。学生将在UAF和其他参与大学的合作教师提供的国际关系或相关主题的大学课程中为模拟做准备。研讨会的目标是增加参与者的知识，激发他们对北极的兴趣和潜力，为未来的决策做出贡献或利用北极社会科学研究。此外，还有可能对关于体验式学习的文献和与北极理事会其他活动以及北极科学峰会周的协同作用作出贡献。国际学生的参与将使研讨会产生更广泛的影响；增加青年学者对影响北极社区的广泛问题和概念的了解；影响潜在的年轻领导人对北极产生兴趣，并在美国担任北极理事会主席期间支持北极理事会的活动。挑选学生的过程相当严格，包括从代表性不足的群体中招募参与者的计划；该活动支持与挪威、俄罗斯和冰岛的其他机构开展国际合作；在公共和学术论坛上都有一个良好的成果文件传播计划。