Malmberget, 3rd and 4th of July

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Jessica Malmberg and James Buckland Early in the morning we pile in the car and drive from Dundret to...

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Malmberget, 2nd of July

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Tina Cheng and Nathalie Pekleh Our first activity of the day was travelling to New Boliden's mine - ...

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Malmberget, 1st of July

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Victoria Wallace and Pontus Wallin This was the first day of fieldwork in Gällivare, and we’ve started...

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Kiruna, 30th of June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Daniel Klen and Jessica Sellin Today was our first full day back from the Tarfala Research Station! It was...

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Tarfala to Nikkaloukta, 29th of June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Klara Bergman and Skylar Lipman On Monday we had to leave Tarfala to head back to civilization in Kiruna....

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Tarfala, 28th of June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Corinna Röver A warming climate causes glaciers to melt over time – but how do you actually measure the...

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Tarfala, June 26

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Eleanor Althoff and Lisa Bysell Because summer here is really one long day, we will begin recounting our...

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Tarfala, June 25

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Lucia Dunderman and Jessica Malmberg Our first full day at the Tarfala Research Station! Unfortunately,...

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Kiruna to Tarfala, 24th of June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Jessica Malmberg & James Buckland We woke up this morning an hour earlier than normal - today is the...

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Kiruna, 23 June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Tina Cheng and Natalie Pekleh The day started with a bus from LKAB driving to pick us up at the hostel....

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Kiruna, 22 June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Pontus Wallin and Victoria Wallace This was the first day on our field trip in northern Sweden and it...

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The Third Week at KTH; 15–19 June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Jessica Sellin and Dan Klen For our third week, we discussed Sami culture, screened several films about...

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The Second Week at KTH; 8-12 June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Klara Bergman and Skylar Lipman The start of our second week was packed with interesting lectures and seminars,...

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The First Week at KTH; 3-5 June

This series of posts shares field notes from the study abroad course "Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic." The course begins at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and then students from the University of Illinois and KTH travel north to conduct research in the Arctic. This blog was originally posted on KTH's Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic webpage. by Lucia Dunderman and David Seith This week was the start of our integrated study program, Environment and Society...

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London: Touring the City

This series of posts describes a study abroad course in which students visited several central banks and talked with central bankers about how they responded to—and sometimes failed to respond to—the global financial crisis, and how they are adjusting to their new roles. by Tulsi Joshi Finally, we’re in London! Although I can’t believe that we’ve reached the final destination in our trip, I’m really excited to be in a city that I’ve heard so much about. To commemorate our time in this global...

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London: Bank of England

This series of posts describes a study abroad course in which students visited several central banks and talked with central bankers about how they responded to—and sometimes failed to respond to—the global financial crisis, and how they are adjusting to their new roles. by Dong Won (Ellie) Sung Finally, we are in London, most beautiful city in the world. It’s already our last destination in our central bank tour. The sight of London is totally different from Portugal and Germany. It is really...

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Lisbon: The Securities Exchange Commission of Portugal

This series of posts describes a study abroad course in which students visited several central banks and talked with central bankers about how they responded to—and sometimes failed to respond to—the global financial crisis, and how they are adjusting to their new roles. by Oscar Olmos Jr May 25, 2015, our study abroad group had the privilege to visit the Portuguese Securities Exchange Commission. Initially, this visit seemed rather unorthodox as our trip was to focus on the Central Banks of...

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Lisbon: Fado

This series of posts describes a study abroad course in which students visited several central banks and talked with central bankers about how they responded to—and sometimes failed to respond to—the global financial crisis, and how they are adjusting to their new roles. by Brittany Cline Wow, so we are now exactly halfway through our trip and here we are in Lisbon, Portugal.  Lisbon is an incredible city full of beauty and culture.  The weather here is perfectly breezy too! ...

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