NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: Planning for Climate Resiliency Amid Changing Culture, Technology, Economics, and Governance

导航新北极（NNA）是美国国家科学基金会的十大构想之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的融合科学挑战。北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和全球的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA支持从地方到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，并整合知识的共同生产。这个奖项部分实现了这一目标。该项目采用了一种独特的方法来调查使北极生存社区在未来保持可持续发展所需的条件：质疑气候影响和海冰损失是影响北极生存活动的最重要变化的普遍假设。该小组将广泛考虑一系列相互关联的因素和反馈，除气候外，还包括不断变化的文化、技术、经济和治理。该提案包括一个明确的计划，以整合知识的合作生产，并抓住研究人员和土著社区之间的联系。该项目可能会导致对北极生存生活演变的整体方法，并创建一个实践社区，包括拥有传统知识的北极人民和受过大学培训的科学家。这个项目正在探索一系列假设，旨在对快速的自然环境变化在破坏北极沿海社区传统生活方式中的作用进行压力测试。一个由来自不同学科的学者和北极地区乌特基亚维克和科泽布的居民组成的实践社区正在建立，以考虑一个核心的指导性问题：在一个没有其他东西是静态的世界里，阿拉斯加的自给自足社区如何才能最好地准备和适应气候变化？这项工作的成果包括了解阿拉斯加土著社区气候适应动机和评估其有效性的工具和方法。该项目还共同制定了一项未来研究计划，旨在提高社区和个人在面对即将到来的北极变化时的恢复能力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, and integrates the co-production of knowledge. This award fulfills part of that aim.This project is taking a unique approach to investigating what is needed to enable subsistence communities in the Arctic to remain sustainable in the future: questioning the common assumption that climate impacts and sea ice loss are the most important changes impacting subsistence activities in the Arctic. The group will broadly consider a set of interconnected factors and feedbacks, including changing culture, technology, economics, and governance in addition to climate. The proposal includes a clear plans to integrate co-production of knowledge and to capture the linkage between researchers and native communities. This project may lead to a holistic approach to the evolution of subsistence living in the Arctic and to create a community of practice including Arctic peoples with traditional knowledge and university-trained scientists.This project is exploring a series of hypotheses designed to stress-test assumptions about the role of rapid physical environmental change in disrupting traditional ways of life for Arctic coastal communities. A community of practice composed of academics from various disciplines and residents of the Arctic communities of Utqiagvik and Kotzebue is being established to consider a central guiding question: How can Alaskan subsistence communities best prepare for and adapt to climate change in a world where nothing else is static? The outcomes of this work include tools and methods for understanding motives of climate adaptations in Alaska Native communities and assessing their effectiveness. The project is also coproducing a plan for future research aimed at improving community and individual resilience in the face of impending Arctic changesThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.