Short Biography

I am a social anthropologist working on entangled environmental and social change with a regional focus on Arctic and Northern communities. My research interests evolve around the topics of climate change and adaptation, community transitions, permafrost thaw, cultural heritage, and infrastructure. Passionate about connecting science with society, I have extensive experience in developing participatory research projects, applying methods of co-creation, and organizing community workshops. I am a board member of the Svalbard Social Science Initiative (SSSI) and one of two Austrian representatives to the Social and Human Working Group (SHWG) of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).

Selected Publications

ORCID: 0000-0003-0753-4569

• Elixhauser, S., Z. Boni, N. Gregorič Bon, U. Kanjir, A. Meyer, F. Muttenzer, M. Pampus & Z. Sokolíčková. 2024. Interdisciplinary, but how? Anthropological perspectives from collaborative research on climate and environmental change. Environmental Science & Policy 51: 103586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103586
• Meyer, A. 2024. Arctic Change: An Ethnography of Entangled Climatic and Societal Transformations in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Dissertation. University of Vienna. https://doi.org/10.25365/thesis.75114
• Meyer, A. & Z. Sokolíčková. 2024. ‘Melting Worlds’ and ‘Climate Myths’: Diverging Stories of Climate Change in Longyearbyen, an Arctic ‘Frontline Community’. Ethnos, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2024.2329690
• Nanni, U. et al. 2024. Redefining arctic boundaries in a changing climate: interdisciplinary perspectives on governance strategies. Polar Geography 47(2), 127–155. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2024.2359926
• Meyer, A. & T. Salem. 2023. Happiness in times of change: Friluftsliv on Svalbard. Report to the Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund. Longyearbyen: Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund. https://www.miljovernfondet.no/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Fagrapport-SMF.pdf 
• Brode-Roger, D., J. J. Zhang, A. Meyer & Z. Sokolíčková. 2022. Caught in between and in transit: forced and encouraged (im)mobilities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2022.2097937
• Meyer, A. 2022. Physical and feasible: Climate change adaptation in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Polar Record 58: e29. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000079
• Meyer, A. 2022. Urban Development in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Dealing with Local Challenges in a Town that Serves as a Tool for Svalbard Policies. In: Bauer, S., D. Friedrich & M. Hirnsperger (eds.), More than ‚Nature‘: Research on Infrastructure and Settlements in the North. Wien: New Academic Press.
• Ramage, J., L. Jungsberg, A. Meyer & S. Gartler. 2022. ‘No longer solid’: perceived impacts of permafrost thaw in three Arctic communities. Polar Geography 45: 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2022.2105973
• Sokolíčková, Z., A. Meyer & A. Vlakhov. 2022. Changing Svalbard: Tracing interrelated socio-economic and environmental change in remote Arctic settlements. Polar Record 58: e23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000213