The central topic of the 18th Arctic Dialogue meeting was a panel discussion on the collaboration with indigenous partners. The panel was moderated by Elle Merete Omma (Saami Council) and held in English.

“Working with Indigenous rights holders: From consultation to true collaboration in research”

• Introduction to the session by Elle Merete Omma (Saami Council)
• Input by panelists

Shelly Elverum, Justin Milton and Eric Solomon (Ikaarvik)
presenting the Ikaarvik organization (short introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVXGM6hkbRY, short video from the Ikaarvik Youth about ScIQ and an invitation to work with their communities: https://hidrive.ionos.com/share/9f47nq2-f2, the Ikaarvik Youth’s ScIQ paper in Arctic Science: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/as-2020-0015)

Josefine Lenz (AWI)
presenting the citizen science project “UndercoverEisAgenten” (https://www.awi.de/forschung/geowissenschaften/permafrostforschung/projekte/undercovereisagenten.html)

Susanna Israelsson (Saami Council) and Sebastian Plate (AWI German Arctic Office)
authors of the publication on Arctic Indigenous Peoples (https://www.arctic-office.de/publikationen/arktische-indigene-voelker/)

Nina Doering (IASS)
presenting on ethics and co-creation in research and the importance of targeted funding

• Discussion with participants (moderated by Elle Merete Omma)
• Final reflections (Elle Merete Omma and panelists)