We’re excited to share “Cumikluten (Pay Attention),” a 35-min POLARIS documentary by Ryan Peterson on the urgent environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic challenges facing Alaskan communities—and our ongoing knowledge co-production work since 2020. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzOJ...

Drs. Guangqing Chi and Erika Gavenus joined the RETRACE team in Trondheim, Norway for the 2nd annual meeting. They shared insights from Alaska’s Copper River Region, led a Big Data workshop and learned from Arctic and Pacific partners. Thank you NTNU for hosting!

Today, the LostToClimate Project spotlighted EDeN, led by Dr. Guangqing Chi. EDeN brings expertise in climate migration, resilience, and spatial modeling to the project. More: losttoclimate.org

Dr. Guangqing Chi has begun his new position as Provost Professor at Indiana University. He shares his background, reason for joining the faculty, research interests, and teaching goals in a new article "Meet 4 new IU Bloomington faculty members" on IU Bloomington Today's website.

Congrats to Dr. Junjun Yin on his new role as Assistant Prof. of Data Science at George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences! A longtime EDeN collaborator, he will teach Data Visualization this fall. Join us in celebrating his next chapter!

Last week, the EDeN team’s Dr. Guangqing Chi joined the LostToClimate Project’s 3-day meeting in Copenhagen, focused on climate adaptation, ethical research, & collaboration. Learn more at www.losttoclimate.org

New research in Circular Economy and Sustainability by Chi & Gavenus et al. introduces "3E + 3B," a 6-step framework. It addresses the researcher-stakeholder disconnect at the Food-Energy-Water nexus within circular bioeconomies. Read the article: doi.org/10.1007/s436...

A few weeks ago some EDeN team members had the opportunity to be interviewed by KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska.

Read the full article about their interview "How is climate change impacting life in rural Alaska? Researchers are looking for answers." by Margaret Sutherland through KDLG.org.

Check out the new publication "Caretaker perceptions of the effects of parental migration on left-behind children in rural Kyrgyzstan" by Christian Scott Kelly, Kathleen Sexmith, and Guangqing Chi in the June 2025 addition of Development in Practice.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EDeN research partner, Dr. Cory Anderson, recently published his paper "Amish peoplehood: A critical synthesis of eight decades of theorizing."

Read more about the paper through his website (coryanderson.org/amish-people...).

Read the paper at ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...).

Members of the EDeN team had the opportunity to share their research and learn at this year’s Population Association of America Conference in Washington, DC from April 10th- 13th.

Ayse (photos 1 and 3)

Yining (photos 2 and 4)

Photos and information via J. Huntley Compton

The EDeN and POLARIS teams had a great evening over dinner during the 2025 Arctic Science Summit Week in Boulder, CO. Grateful for the opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen partnerships, and continue conversations around Arctic resilience and community-led research. #assw2025

Dr. Zhou, a former Penn State graduate student and advisee of Dr. Chi, will join the University of South Alabama as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning in August 2025. Congratulations Dr. Zhou!