The SIOS Consortium

SIOS is a distributed research infrastructure organised as consortium. The consortium consists of member institutions and its cooperation is based upon non-legally binding statutes and a MoU. It coordinates, develops and optimises research infrastructure owned by the member institutions. Research institutions and research funding agencies that own or operate research facilities in the Svalbard region or who provide research data relevant for the Consortium may become members.

On 26 January 2018, 10 institutions (founding members) initiated the operational phase of SIOS. In addition, 13 new institutions became members on the same day. Currently the number of SIOS partners amounts to 28 member institutions from 10 countries. Their common goal is to establish a cooperating and transparent research infrastructure which will give better estimates of the future environmental and climate changes in the Arctic.

Read more about the history of SIOS here.

MEMBER INSTITUTIONS:

Akvaplan-NIVA
http://www.akvaplan.niva.no/
Contact: Anita Evenset
Alfred Wegener Institute
https://www.awi.de/
Founding Member
Contact: Nicole Biebow
Andøya Space
https://www.andoyaspace.no/
Contact: Kolbjørn Blix
Geological Survey of Norway
http://www.ngu.no/en/
Contact: Kjersti Løvseth Ruud
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research of the University of Helsinki
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/inar-institute-for-atmospheric-and-earth-system-rese…
Founding Member
Contact: Mikko Sipilä
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
http://www.igf.edu.pl/home.php
Founding Member
Contact: Piotr Głowacki
Institute of Marine Research
http://www.imr.no/en
Contact: Maria Fossheim
Korea Polar Research Institute
https://eng.kopri.re.kr/
Contact: Hyoung Chul Shin
NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research
https://www.nilu.no/
Contact: Wenche Aas
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
https://www.norceresearch.no/en/
Contact: Rune Storvold
NORSAR
https://www.norsar.no/home/
Contact: Christine Daae Olseng
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
https://www.ntnu.edu/
Contact: Martin Ludvigsen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
https://www.nersc.no/
Founding Member
Contact: Lasse H. Pettersson
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
http://www.ncaor.gov.in/
Contact: K.P. Krishnan
National Institute for Polar Research
http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/
Founding Member
Contact: Hiroshi Miyaoka
National Research Council of Italy
https://www.cnr.it/en
Founding Member
Contact: Vito Vitale
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
https://www.nina.no/
Contact: Per Fauchald
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
https://www.niva.no/en
Contact: Kristoffer Kalbekken
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
https://www.met.no/en
Founding Member
Contact: Lars-Anders Breivik
Norwegian Polar Institute
http://www.npolar.no/en/
Founding Member
Contact: Harald Steen
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
https://www.nve.no/english/
Contact: Kjetil Melvold
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
https://polar.se/en/
Founding Member
Contact: Anna-Maria Perttu
The University Centre in Svalbard
https://www.unis.no/
Founding Member
Contact: Jøran Moen
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
https://en.uit.no/
Contact: Pål Vegar Storeheier
University of Bergen
http://www.uib.no/en
Contact: Ilker Fer
University of Groningen
https://www.rug.nl/
Contact: Maarten Loonen
University of Oslo
http://www.uio.no/english/
Contact: Thomas V Schuler
University of Silesia, Poland
http://english.us.edu.pl/
Contact: Dariusz Ignatiuk