ARCSS Program | Communities of Practice
Over the past several years, the ARCSS
Committee (AC) has worked with the National
Science Foundation ARCSS Program to develop a process
to facilitate a focus on system-level research and to
foster stronger interdisciplinary
collaboration.
As part of this effort the ARCSS Committee is
encouraging the formation of Communities of
Practice (Co-oPs), groups of researchers
organized around a set of arctic system science
questions. Co-oPs will not be organized by formal
infrastructure, membership, or duties, but will be
able to receive a nominal level of support (as
funding allows) to facilitate communications, such as
teleconferences, website resources, and similar
assistance from the ARCSS SMO.
- For more information about Communities of Practice, click here.
- Click
here for a diagram and text
description of the ARCSS science planning process,
which is centered around the development of
Communities of Practice.
The ARCSS Committee is inviting members and groups of
the arctic research community to initiate ARCSS
Co-oPs through submission of a short online concept
paper:
- Initiate an ARCSS Co-oP through submission of a one-page concept paper. Click here for the online form.
- Click
here to browse submitted Co-oP
concept papers.
As ARCSS Communities of Practice are developed,
additional information will be available through this
webpage.
Surface Transformations in the Arctic Environment (STATE)
The Near-Surface Processes Co-oP, chaired by Andrea Lloyd, submitted a prospectus focused on exploring how changing surface conditions (ice, snow, vegetation, infra-structure, human patterns of population) affect the linkages between arctic system components. A small writing group met in December 2006 to draft an implementation plan entitled "Surface Transformations in the Arctic Environment (STATE)". The latest documents are available through the links below.
STATE Implementation Documents (392 KB)
Near-Surface
Processes Prospectus (456 KB)