Open Call: Field-based Art&Science Residency on Svalbard 2026/2027

One week left to apply!

Dec 01, 2025

Flavia Manieri

WildHub Community Advocates Coordinator|Interdisciplinary Researcher, Uppsala University

Open Call: Field-based Art&Science Residency on Svalbard 2026/2027

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Artica Svalbard is one of Norway's leading non-profit arts and culture organisations. They facilitate artistic and cultural activities on Svalbard and support the development of Norwegian and international art and culture.

Based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 🏔️, they seek to raise awareness of the region and the wider Arctic through various initiatives, including the Svalbard residency program for artists and writers ✍️🎨.

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Artica Svalbard is pleased to announce a unique opportunity for artists working at the intersection of art, science, and ecology 🎨🔬🌿. In collaboration with the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) 🎓❄️, they will host a new Field-based Artist Residency embedded within ongoing biological research on Svalbard reindeer 🦌.

The aim of this project is to bring artists and scientists together 🤝 to share perspectives while immersed in nature — creating a platform for art–science integration that fosters interdisciplinary learning.

Artica Svalbard invites artists whose practices explore:
• Landscape and environmental transformation
• Climate change and ecological entanglements
• Human–non-human relationships
• Embodied knowledge and place-based research

Rather than simply placing artists in a scientific context, this residency creates conditions where artistic and scientific research inform one another through shared observation, embodied experience, and sustained presence in the field 🔭🎒.

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Remote, immersive living

Residents will live and work at Tarandus, a remote research cabin ~40 km south of Longyearbyen — accessible on foot in summer or by ski/snowmobile in winter. With no running water, no phone signal, and limited power, daily life becomes a fully embodied encounter with the high-Arctic environment. Artists will actively assist researchers studying how rapid climate change is shaping reindeer behaviour and the wider tundra ecosystem 🌡️🦌🌿.

This residency requires resilience, curiosity, and comfort with rugged, communal living in a remote location 💪🔥🤝.

🔗 Full details, application questions, and how to apply: HERE!

📅 Deadline: 8 December 2025 ⏳❄️

Flavia Manieri

WildHub Community Advocates Coordinator|Interdisciplinary Researcher, Uppsala University

Since July 2025, I have been serving as the Community Advocates Coordinator at WildHub, where I coordinate initiatives to engage, support, and empower our community advocates in advancing WH’s mission.

Beyond WildHub, I wear a few different hats. I work as a researcher and lecturer in Sweden, teaching courses on environmental law, political and historical ecology, and disaster risk management. I also mentor undergraduate and postgraduate students, collaborate with faculty members, and contribute to ongoing research projects.

I’m passionate about giving back through volunteer work. I support a few conservation and animal welfare organisations with research and advocacy to help drive positive change. When I’m not working, you’ll find me hiking forest trails with my dog or enjoying a good cup of coffee.