The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is getting older: The past, present, and future of our evolving community Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractA lasting legacy of the International Polar Year (IPY) 20072008 was the promotion of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN), initially an IPY outreach and education activity by the International Permafrost Association (IPA). With the momentum of IPY, PYRN developed into a thriving network that still connects young permafrost scientists, engineers, and researchers from other disciplines. This research note summarises (1) PYRNs development since 2005 and the IPYs role, (2) the first 2015 PYRN census and survey results, and (3) PYRNs future plans to improve international and interdisciplinary exchange between young researchers. The review concludes that PYRN is an established network within the polar research community that has continually developed since 2005. PYRNs successful activities were largely fostered by IPY. With >200 of the 1200 registered members active and engaged, PYRN is capitalising on the availability of social media tools and rising to meet environmental challenges while maintaining its role as a successful network honouring the legacy of IPY.

published proceedings

  • POLAR RECORD

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Tanski, G., Bergstedt, H., Bevington, A., Bonnaventure, P., Bouchard, F., Coch, C., ... Lantuit, H.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Tanski, George||Bergstedt, Helena||Bevington, Alexandre||Bonnaventure, Philip||Bouchard, Frederic||Coch, Caroline||Dumais, Simon||Evgrafova, Alevtina||Frauenfeld, Oliver W||Frederick, Jennifer||Fritz, Michael||Frolov, Denis||Harder, Silvie||Hartmeyer, Ingo||Heslop, Joanne||Hoegstroem, Elin||Johansson, Margareta||Kraev, Gleb||Kuznetsova, Elena||Lenz, Josefine||Lupachev, Alexey||Magnin, Florence||Martens, Jannik||Maslakov, Alexey||Morgenstern, Anne||Nieuwendam, Alexandre||Oliva, Marc||Radosavljevi, Boris||Ramage, Justine||Schneider, Andrea||Stanilovskaya, Julia||Strauss, Jens||Trochim, Erin||Vecellio, Daniel J||Weber, Samuel||Lantuit, Hugues

publication date

  • July 2019