Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN): Perspectives and Priorities of the next Generation on Permafrost Research

• Main Authors: Lenz, Josefine, Kuznetsova, Elena, Tanski, George, Bevington, Alexandre, Högström, Elin, Frolov, Denis, Harder, Silvie, Strauss, Jens, Maslakov, Alexey, Schneider, Andrea, Longo, William, Recio Blitz, Cayetana, Radosavljevic, Boris, Fritz, Michael, Morgenstern, Anne, Nieuwendam, Alexandre
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Arctic; Association of Polar Early Career Scientists; International Permafrost Association; International Polar Year; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38005/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/38005/1/Poster_ASSW_2015_PYRN.pdf; http://www.assw2015.org/program/index.html; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.45561; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.45561.d001

The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN, pyrn.arcticportal.org) is an international network fostering innovative collaboration, seeking to recruit, retain, and promote future generations of permafrost researchers. Established in 2005, in the framework of the 2nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II), PYRN is evolving and expanding its network, bringing together young and enthusiastic permafrost scientists from all around the world (Fig. 1) to exchange ideas and knowledge. We strongly benefit from our cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and our overarching organization, the International Permafrost Association (IPA), as well from partnerships with Climate and Cryosphere Project (CliC) and Polar Educators International (PEI). Currently about 1,200 members are involved in PYRN, including young researchers from natural and social science, engineering and humanities. By bringing together these different disciplines, PYRN fosters research on how the arctic, antarctic and mountain permafrost regions play a key role in the Earth’s system. It has long been acknowledged that early career scientists need to be included in future polar activities since they develop, direct, and realize ideas; they frame upcoming projects, and find answers to the rising questions in our scientific frame. In the framework of large organizational activities, like the 4th International Polar Year in 2007-2008 or ICARPIII, we are able to give PYRN members a voice. Over the past years, PYRN hosted workshops during regional and international permafrost conferences. It is increasingly present at such conferences with sessions and social network events. The latest activities have been arranged at the European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP4) in Évora/Portugal. Here, a workshop for around 100 early career permafrost scientists from 20 countries was jointly organized by PYRN, APECS, PAGE21 (Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century), and ADAPT ...