Here you can find updates about what network members have been up to, or what they are planning in the near future. We hope this can be a source of inspiration, or motivate you to get in touch with others about project ideas.
On this main news page, we'll present the most recent posts as highlights. More detailed info can then be found on subsequent pages.
If you have any news you would like to share, email Mark here, or email the entire member list and we’ll also post it here.
The Arctic Science Summit Week 2026, the annual event organised by IASC, was held at Aarhus University this year. Several members of the NeAT steering group were in attendance, so we took this opportunity to meet in person. Among the discussion points were this website, the mailing list refresh, and future opportunities. In particular, we floated ideas for developing an paper which NeAT members can contribute to. More information on this will come over email. Also, we would like to meet up with members more often. Therefore, if many of you are going to conferences in the future, let the network know and we can organise a session or a side meeting. See the Collaboration page for meeting opportunities.
At the Arctic Science Summit Week 2026, Aarhus, we held a small workshop to discuss arthropod project themes. Since the START report (State of the Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Report) was published in 2021, involving several members of NeAT, not much has happened as far as Arctic arthropods are concerned. One exception was an online workshop on Arctic pollinator monitoring and accompanying 2022 NOAA Report Card essay, but then Covid took the wind from those sails. Therefore, this workshop was an attempt to restart the conversation.
Among the highlights were some inspiring talks from:
These talks highlighted the potential for involving Indigenous communities more in arthropod research to expand our knowledge of spatial distributions while also framing research questions with local needs in mind. The workshop resulted in many new ideas for future projects, which we'll follow up on in due course. Get in touch if you want to know more!