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International Research Training Group ArcTrain draws an excellent balance after ten years
Graduates from all cohorts since 2013 came together in Bremen's Haus der Wissenschaft to look back on expeditions, excursions and graduations, shared memories, scientific successes and a lasting international network. Of course, the spokespersons of the research group, Michal Kucera from MARUM at the University of Bremen and Anne de Vernal from the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada), were also present. Both have been involved in the project from the outset.
- ArcTrain ends after ten years of funding from the DFG and NSERC. However, Mandy Böhnke, Vice-Rector for Internationality, Academic Qualification and Diversity, emphasized that polar research and cooperation with Canadian partner institutions will continue at the University of Bremen with valuable impulses from ArcTrain.
- Since 2013, over 100 PhD and Master's students and postdocs in Bremen and at eight universities in Canada have taken part in ArcTrain. In Bremen alone, 37 PhDs have been completed in geosciences, environmental physics and geography.
- ArcTrain has organized ten annual meetings, three Floating Universities, two Arctic field courses, countless joint expeditions, annual retreats, virtual seminars, EGU splinter meetings and training courses.
- ArcTrain members have contributed to more than 200 publications
More information: https://www.marum.de/en/education-career/ArcTrain-2.html
The ArcTrain blog received a special award in the "Science Blog of the Year 2022" competition. The jury thus recognized the commitment of the doctoral students in the project. The four-language, international blog serves as an exchange platform for young Arctic researchers from Germany and Canada, but also presents research results and adventures in the polar region to the general public.