ARCTIC CONGRESS 2026.

WoA has two sessions open for abstract submission at the 2026 UArctic Congress. See below!

THE GENDER DIMENSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION, MONITORING, AND ASSESSMENT IN THE ARCTIC.

What does it mean to practice ethical research in the Arctic? How can we work across different disciplines, knowledge systems, and social and cultural backgrounds with research integrity in mind? What are the challenges and opportunities when moving ethical, equitable and co-creative research from theory into practice? How do scholars and practitioners navigate consent, guidelines, protocols, co-authorship, data ownership, institutional ethics procedures, and power dynamics? What spaces and formats can help us engage with the ethical dimension of our work, and reflect on how researcher’s positionality, biases, status, and interest affect research relations?

This session invites contributions by Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from all disciplines to present formats and methods for navigating, and thinking through ethical challenges -- whether you’re a natural scientist wondering about environmental ethics and how to work respectfully with and on the land; a group of transdisciplinary researchers

working closely with Indigenous Peoples and northern communities; or conducting research at the science-policy-society interface. We encourage submissions that engage with one or more themes raised in the questions above, consider both the personal and professional dimension, and share experiences, stories and insights focused on process rather than concrete results.

The session will foster exchange and dialogue on navigating ethical challenges in Arctic research, while sharing lessons learned from the ICEBERG Project, focused on the impact of pollution on ecosystems and communities in the European Arctic (Iceland, Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland, and Svalbard), and the SQUEEZE project, looking at Arctic tundra biodiversity, landscape management, and conservation planning in Canada.

PROJECT PARTNERS.

SESSION 2:

MAPPING WOMEN+ OF THE ARCTIC MAPATHON

Mapping Women+* of the Arctic is a prototype digital mapping project that spotlights the lives and geolocations of women of the Arctic from all walks of life – women who live in, work in, or  engage with the Arctic. This project and map challenge conventional ideas of “notability” and  resist dominant colonial and male-centered Arctic histories, which have often sidelined the  central roles of Arctic women+*, especially Indigenous women, knowledge transmission,  survival, navigation, climate observation and action, and cultural life.

Inspired by global efforts to (re-)map women’s stories through female place names and  toponymies in Antarctica and other contemporary digital mapping initiatives, Mapping  Women+ of the Arctic seeks to honour and amplify women’s contributions across the Arctic. In particular, it aims to recognize Indigenous Women+* whose knowledge, leadership, languages, and resilience have shaped Arctic life for generations.

The deadline for submission is 15 December 2025.

We look forward to your submissions!