(Photo: PYRN) New ExCom Alexandre Bevington (Vice-President), George Tanski (President), Elin Hogstrom (Secretary), Sylvie Harder (Outreach/Newsletter), Josefine Lenz (Treasurer), Elena Kuznetsova, Alexey Maslakov, Denis Frolov (Webmaster), Jens Strauss (Outreach/Newsletter, ICOP Representative)The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is an international organization established under auspices of the International Permafrost Association (IPA). The organization fosters an innovative collaboration, seeking to recruit, retain and promote, future generations of permafrost young researchers.

PYRN was officially initiated during the 4th International Polar Year (IPY) in order to meet the provisions of the IPY instrument, i.e. to direct the multi-disciplinary talents of their members, towards global awareness, knowledge and response to permafrost-related challenges in the 21st century.

PYRN continues to increase and broaden its activities and initiatives. In addition to the capacity-building tools provided by the website, the newsletter and the member listing, PYRN has progressively established itself as a true service provider for the young researcher community.

 

PYRN organized and carried out workshops e.g. at the 2014 European Geosciences Union General Assembly and 4th European Conference on Permafrost. PYRN also granted PYRN-IPA awards to outstanding presenters at the 4th European Conference on Permafrost. Click here (http://pyrn.arcticportal.org/index.php/en/activities) to read more about current activities of PYRN.

PYRN recently elected its new Executive Committee for 2014-2016 and looks forward to hosting several new activities in coming years.

 

PYRN members will continue to organize workshops at major conferences, including the International Conference on Permafrost. Additionally, PYRN is committed to expanding its online and international presence by growing its database of abstracts and theses and by promoting online networking tools (including its newsletter, job postings, and researcher and conference lists) to help permafrost young researchers connect across disciplines.

PYRN has been mostly successful because of its partners and sponsors. The full list of current sponsors is available here (http://pyrn.arcticportal.org/index.php/en/usefullinksresources).