News from CSPR

NORD-STAR post doc position: Visualization supported decision processes

2013-06-17T09:55:40+02:00

The postdoctoral fellow will research ICT based visualization-supported dialogues and decision processes. The work will involve method development as well as collaboration on ICT based visualization. in decision processes of land use and climate adaptation in the Nordic Countries. The study lies within the Nordic Centre of Excellence on Nordic-Strategic Adaptation Research (NORD-STAR) and the sub-project ’Interactive visualization for analysis of linkages between adaptation and mitigation strategies’.

Tomasz Opach - new post doctoral research fellow in the In Hac Vita project

2013-06-12T10:23:07+02:00

Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research / WES welcomes Tomasz Opach as a postdoctoral research fellow. Tomasz is a NORD-STAR Postdoc from the Department of Geography Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on cartographic interactive visualizations, graphic design and cartographic representations of natural and cultural heritage. He will participate in the development of the VisAdapt visualization platform.

5th Nordic Geographers' Meeting

2013-06-10T11:51:37+02:00

Julie Wilk is invited as a keynote speaker at the 5th Nordic Geographer's Meeting, June 11-14th, 2013 on Reykjavík, Iceland. The theme of this year's meeting is Responsible Geographies. Julie will speak on the topic: Responsibility to what and whom? - reflections on research with local communities.

Discussions on a new climate agreement

2013-06-03T08:27:42+02:00

During the upcoming UN climate change conference, due in Bonn in June 3-14, discussions will focus on how a new global climate agreement will be designed and take effect in 2020.
The researchers Mathias Friman and Prabhat Upadhyaya will attend the conference to follow the negotiations on climate finance and various other aspects relating to nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in developing countries."