Gosia Smieszek-Rice

Gosia Smieszek-Rice, PhD, is Deputy Secretary of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) where she coordinates work on climate-related initiatives. Gosia is a Research Fellow at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and a public scholar specializing in Arctic and international environmental governance, with a focus on the science–policy interface, science diplomacy, Arctic scientific cooperation, and the gender–environment nexus. She is a co-chair of ICARP IV Arctic Research Cooperation and Diplomacy Research Priority Team, Norway's representative to Social and Human Working Group (SHWG) of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), and a member of the steering committee of the North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC) of the East-West Center (EWC) and Korea Maritime Institute (KMI). Gosia is also co-founder of a non-profit “Women of the Arctic” (www.genderisnotplanb.com) and a frequent speaker, moderator, and commentator at Arctic events and in Arctic public discussions.