Partial Support of the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VII)

该项目将主要支持北极土著学者和学生参加2011年6月22日至27日在冰岛阿克雷里Stefansson研究所举行的第七届国际北极社会科学大会（ICASS VII）。ICASS是一个重要的国际会议，由国际北极社会科学家协会（IASSA）管理，每三年举行一次会议，汇集国际北极社会科学家，其他领域的科学家，土著学者和社区成员，以及学生。会议提供了一个场所，让这些团体可以讨论他们的研究成果，更新国际极地年在社会和人文学科的研究进展，并为科学学科之间的合作以及与北方社区的合作创造新的机会，以进行未来的研究。第七届大会的主题是“全球对话中的极地视角：国际极地年之后的社会科学”，并将以2008年在格陵兰岛努克举行的ICASS第六届大会的成功为基础，当时有来自17个国家的300名与会者参与了国际极地年资助的社会科学研究。

This project will provide support to primarily Arctic indigenous scholars and students toparticipate in the Seventh International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VII) to be held June 22-27, 2011 at the Stefansson Institute in Akureyri, Iceland. The ICASS is a major international conference, administered by the International Arctic Social Scientists Association (IASSA) and meeting every three years to bring together international arctic social scientists, scientists from other fields, indigenous scholars and community members, and students for 5 days. The meeting provides a venue where these groups can discuss their research findings, update on the progress of IPY research in the social and human disciplines, and create new opportunities for collaborations between scientific disciplines and with northern communities for future research. The main theme of the VII Congress is "Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue: Social Sciences beyond the International Polar Year" and will build on the success of the ICASS VI held in 2008 in Nuuk, Greeland, which featured 300 participants from 17 countries involved in IPY-funded social science research.