NNA Track 2: Responding to the housing crisis in the Arctic: A transdisciplinary approach across physical, natural, and social systems

新北极航行（NNA）是NSF的十大创意之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的趋同科学挑战。北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和地球仪的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA授权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。这个奖项实现了这一目标的一部分。与美国其他地区相比，阿拉斯加原住民的住房条件明显欠发达。这些条件导致通风和室内空气质量较差，这两者都对居住者的健康产生负面影响。此外，气候变化导致的永久冻土融化和侵蚀造成的生物物理变化也威胁到住房的耐久性。威胁家庭健康的各种问题突出表明，迫切需要考虑住房风险和解决方案，采用一种依赖于多学科和社区特有的当地知识的整体研究方法。该规划项目旨在组建一个由不同领域专家组成的研究团队，与社区共同合作，解决北极地区复杂的住房问题。这项研究解决住房危机的根本原因，弥合学科和社区之间的鸿沟，以确定在阿拉斯加的住房挑战的文化适当的解决方案。因此，该项目有助于更全面和完整地了解住房脆弱性。这项研究的协作性和以社区为中心的性质，发展了对基于社区优先事项和需求的住房脆弱性的理解，从而提高了由此产生的方案和政策的可持续性。这项研究的总体目标是形成一个多学科的研究团队，充分准备使用基于社区的研究方法来评估和确定两个阿拉斯加土著社区的住房脆弱性。在这项研究中，住房脆弱性被描述为住房对生物物理变化的敏感性（例如，永久冻土融化和侵蚀）和家庭暴露于低于标准的生活条件（例如，热舒适性差、通风差）。研究团队包括物理系统（岩土工程，能源和热性能），自然系统（大气科学，侵蚀）和社会系统（社会学，心理学）的专家。在拟议的两年时间轴内，研究小组将战略性地组织一系列活动，以实现这一目标，包括：（1）规划赠款启动会议;（2）利用基于社区的前瞻性研究在两个阿拉斯加土著社区进行需求评估研究;（3）在两个阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（4）北极弹性住房和社区课程设计和实施;（5）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（6）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（7）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（8）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（9）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（10）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（11）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（12）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（12）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（13）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（14）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班;（15）在阿拉斯加土著社区举办讲习班。和（5）规划补助金总结会议。该奖项反映了NSF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.The housing conditions of Alaska Natives are significantly less developed compared to other parts of the United States. Such conditions result in poorer ventilation and indoor air quality, both of which negatively impact the health of the occupants. Additionally, housing durability is threatened by biophysical changes occurring as a result of climate change-driven permafrost thaw and erosion. The combination of issues that threaten household health emphasizes the critical need to consider housing risks and solutions using a holistic research methodology that rely on multiple disciplines and local knowledge unique to a community. This planning project aims to form a research team that consists of experts in diverse fields that collectively partner with communities to address the complex issues of housing in the Arctic. This research addresses the root causes of the housing crisis by bridging the divide between disciplines and communities to identify culturally appropriate solutions of housing challenges in Alaska. As a result, this project contributes to a more comprehensive and complete understanding of housing vulnerability. The collaborative and community-centered nature of this research develops an understanding of housing vulnerability grounded in the priorities and needs of communities, thus improving the sustainability of resulting programs and policies. The overall goal of this research is to form a multi-disciplinary research team that is fully prepared to assess and identify housing vulnerabilities in two Alaska Native communities using a community-based research methodology. In this research, housing vulnerability is described as the housing susceptibility to biophysical changes (e.g., permafrost thaw and erosion) and household exposure to substandard living conditions (e.g., poor thermal comfort, poor ventilation). The team of researchers includes experts in physical systems (geotechnical, energy and thermal performance), natural systems (atmospheric sciences, erosion) and social systems (sociology, psychology). Throughout the proposed two-year timeline, the research team will strategically organize a series of events to work towards this goal, including: (1) Planning Grant Kick-off Meeting; (2) Need Assessment Study in two Alaska Native communities using Community-based Participatory Research; (3) Workshop in two Alaska Native communities; (4) Curriculum design and implementation on Arctic Resilient Housing and Communities; and (5) Planning Grant Summary Meeting.This 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.