WiAA Blog

Madeleine Brasier

My academic interests in Antarctica started at the University of Southampton whilst studying for my MSci Marine Biology. I became interested in, and sought opportunities to study, remote and extreme habitats. During my undergraduate I went to sea for the first time and I began studying the variation in the reproductive output of Antarctic invertebrates … Continue reading Madeleine Brasier

The IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctic network

Learn more about the IASSA Working Group Gender in the Arctic network and its work to provide a positive space for dialogue and awareness about wider gender and queer issues within the social sciences

Joanna Kafarowski

My name is Joanna Kafarowski. I’m a Canadian independent scholar with the best of both worlds; I live in a sunny warm place, the Spanish colonial town of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, but write about the poles! I received my PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies from the University of Northern British … Continue reading Joanna Kafarowski

Jessica Penney

My name is Jessica Penney. I’m a Nunatsiavut Inuk PhD student at the University of Glasgow. I was raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, but my family is from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Labrador and Carbonear, Newfoundland. From an educational viewpoint, I am a graduate of Pearson College UWC, my undergraduate degree is in Sociology and Public Policy, and … Continue reading Jessica Penney