Research Infrastructure Coordination Committee (RICC)

Submitted on Thu, 03/01/2018 - 12:52

The RICC directive is to

  • Organise the operational relations between the SIOS activity programme and the partner facilities.

The RICC work programme for 2023

  • Contribute to the optimisation call and provide ongoing support to successful applicants.
  • Contribute to the Access Call
  • Work towards better coordination of logistical services for SIOS members
  • Discuss research infrastructure investment priorities and potential for collaboration
  • Identify training that the SIOS training service could deliver.

Associated task forces

  • Safety and Logistics Task Force

Key achievements in 2022

  • Mapped SIOS members' research infrastructure investment plans
  • Launched the access call
  • Launched the SIOS e-learning
  • Supported participants in the SIOS access programme

News from RICC

RICC mainly met online in 2022, but in 2023 we had a hybrid meeting during Polar Night Week, with many participants travelling to Longyearbyen for the week. 

RICC Chair

  • Archana Singh - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research

RICC Co-chair

  • Verena Mohaupt - Alfred Wegener Institute

RICC members

  • Martin Ludvigsen - NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Seonung Choi - Korea Polar Research Institute
  • Hyoung Geun Lee - Korea Polar Research Institute
  • Kjetil Stiansen - Norwegian Meteorological Institute
  • Kolbjørn Blix - Andøya Space
  • Anna Maria Dichiarante - NORSAR
  • Ilker Fer - University of Bergen
  • Benedicte Ferré - UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Stefania Gilardoni - National Research Council of Italy
  • Ove Hermansen - NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research
  • Andreas Köhler - NORSAR
  • Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux - The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
  • Elzbieta Lepkowska - University of Silesia, Poland
  • Sabine Marty - Norwegian Institute for Water Research
  • Mauro Mazzola - National Research Council of Italy
  • Øyvind Mikkelsen - NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Hiroshi Miyaoka - National Institute for Polar Research
  • Verena Mohaupt - Alfred Wegener Institute
  • Arnt Rennan - Norwegian Polar Institute
  • Wlodzimierz Sielski - Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Archana Singh - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
  • Fred Skancke Hansen - The University Centre in Svalbard
  • Katarzyna Stachniak - University of Silesia, Poland
  • Kai Sørensen - Norwegian Institute for Water Research