OUR TEAM
Meet our Post-Docs The Arctic Initiative welcomed two
Arctic Initiative bringing us together in
Kennedy School and abroad, making
new Postdoctoral Research Fellows to
Cambridge.”
use of new technological opportunities
our team in January, Dr. Sarah Dewey
to reach people beyond Massachusetts.
and Dr. Sarah Mackie. While each
Since joining the team Dr. Dewey and
From elementary school aged Girl
has a background in a different disci-
Dr. Mackie have been working on this
Scouts to graduate students, Dr.
pline—Dr. Dewey in oceanography and
joint publication as well as guiding
Dewey and Dr. Mackie have shared
Dr. Mackie in environmental law—they
students and Research Assistants
their expertise on the importance of
have found the Arctic Initiative to be a
through their own paper-writing pro-
understanding how climate change is
place where cross disciplinary collabo-
cesses for our Resilience Governance
impacting the Arctic and the actions
ration is encouraged.
and Resilience Finance study groups.
that students can take to help to protect
Abstracts for a number of these
the environment.
“We sat down together our first week at
projects have been accepted for major
HKS,” explains Dr. Dewey, “and during
international conferences due to take
“As part of this outreach work, we
a casual chat realized that we could
place in the coming year.
deliberately wanted to emphasize the
combine our expertise to write a jour-
ways in which racial injustice and
nal paper about Arctic marine plastic
Not to be deterred by the pandemic,
environmental injustice are deeply
pollution. This kind of collaboration
Dr. Dewey and Dr. Mackie have been
intertwined for many communities
would never have happened without the
leading outreach projects both at the
in the Arctic,” said Dr. Mackie. “We hope that our post-doctoral work will contribute to the enhancement of racial, social and environmental justice in the Arctic and are grateful to the Arctic Initiative for giving us a platform from which to conduct this work.”
“We deliberately wanted to emphasize the ways in which racial injustice and environmental injustice are deeply intertwined for many communities in the Arctic.” —Sarah Mackie ARCTIC INITIATIVE 2020
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