The ColdCast

This special episode of the Coldcast features Sehoya Cotner as the host, with students Sunniva Sheffield and Anna Goedde as guests. It is produced by Ingrid Ballari/UNIS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THIS IS A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE COLDCAST, RECORDED IN NORWEGIAN. Vi tar en prat med tidligere kirke-, utdannings- og forskningsminister Gudmund Hernes. Hernes ble tidlig bitt av "Svalbardbasillen" og var pådriver for at Universitetssenteret på Svalbard ble til. Hvordan har forskningen utviklet seg over 30 år, og kan forskning bidra til stabilisering i et betent geopolitisk landskap? Podcasten er...

THIS IS A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE COLDCAST, RECORDED IN NORWEGIAN. Hvordan var det å være student ved Unis på 90-tallet? Endrer feltarbeidet seg i takt med klimaendringene? Hvilken rolle spiller Unis når morgendagens fornybare energikilder diskuteres? Hvordan blir fremtidens Longyearbyen, når alt er bygget på tinende permafrost? I denne jubileumsepisoden i forbindelse med Universitetssenteret på Sv...

In this episode we talk to department leaders in geology and biology at Unis, Maria Jensen and Steve Coulson. They are involved with two Centres for Excellence in Education, iEarth and bioCEED.   The Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education ( Senter for fremragende utdanning, SFU ) is a prestigious scheme that gives Norway's leading educational communities the resources to further develo...

Let’s talk about the weather, Norwegians’ favourite small talk topic! In this episode we are joined by Lukas Frank, who is working on a PhD on regional interaction between atmosphere, ocean and ice. Lukas has been involved with a project called iWin, Isfjorden Weather information network, which aim is to improve the local weather forecasting in Isfjorden, the area surrounding Longyearbyen. Through...

THIS IS A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE COLDCAST, RECORDED IN NORWEGIAN. I denne spesialepisoden av The ColdCast møter vi paleontolog og øglegraver Jørn H. Hurum. Jørn har ledet en rekke ekspedisjoner til Svalbard på jakt etter fossiler av havlevende øgler. Jørn forteller om øglegravernes arbeid, om å drive fossiljakt på Svalbard, om hvordan klimaendringene påvirker utgravingene – og ikke minst – om de s...

We will talk about the Arctic Safety Centre and the ARCT-RISK project, a Research Council of Norway funded project focused on management of climate-related risk in Longyearbyen. This project, which employees all three researchers we interviewed, seeks to develop knowledge and tools to manage the effects of climate change on societies using the rapid climatic changes in Longyearbyen as a case-study...

They are tiny, they are everywhere, and they are bad for us and the environment. In this episode we are joined by Doctor Gijsbert Breedveld, professor in environmental geochemistry, and department leader of the technology department here at UNIS.   Gijs’ field of expertise is per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called PFAS, and he research contaminants in soil and groundwater, and...

In this episode we are joined by associate professor in biology at UNIS, Arunima Sen. We are going deep into the ocean, into the bottom sediments, where Arunima is doing benthos research as a part of the Nansen Legacy project. The Nansen Legacy is a massive research cooperation uniting almost 300 researchers and students from ten Norwegian research institutions. We’ll talk about life on a Arctic s...

In this episode we are joined by Pernille Bronken Eidesen, senior lecturer at the Laboratory School in Biology at University of Oslo and adjunct professor at UNIS. Pernille has been involved in FieldPass, a project testing and developing alternative assessment methods for practical skills and generic competences. Field work is an important part of the teaching at UNIS, and students gain valuable s...

In this episode of The ColdCast we meet glaciologist and science communicator  Heïdi Sevestre . In the spring of 2021, Heidi and three fellow glaciologists went on a month-long research expedition in Svalbard – on skis! And what they experienced there was too important to not be communicated. Heidi’s passion is that science and research gets communicated beyond academia. It’s important that t...

In the first episode of The Cold Cast we have the pleasure of being joined by  Frank Nilsen . Frank is a professor in oceanography, and has worked at UNIS since 2001. He has had multiple roles at UNIS, including being in charge of the very popular Arctic geophysics course Air-Sea-Ice-interaction.   The podcast is produced by technician  Simen Salomonsen Hjelle  and informa...