The POLARIS project funded by the National Science Foundation seeks to understand how communities in Arctic Alaska are affected by environmental hazards and risks, including coastal erosion and flooding, declining sea ice cover, and changes in the availability and access to wild resources.
How can Alaska businesses realize value by integrating sustainability into everything they do? Kevin Wilhelm has insights and inspiration for us as we consider the challenges and opportunities inherent in today’s environmental and social business concerns.
Hannah Hennighausen, UAA Assistant Professor of Economics, will lead a conversation with 2002 Nobel laureate Vernon Smith on a range of topics.
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) has established the annual Vic Fischer Undergraduate Research Award to provide financial support to an exemplary UAA undergraduate student in the social sciences or other applicable fields interested in studying public policy issues in Alaska or the Arctic.
The Institute of Social and Economic Research and the UAA College of Business and Public Policy are co-hosting an online seminar with Dr. Chad Briggs on Monday, February 27, from 12-1 pm.
