Diane Hirshberg, Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research and Professor of Education Policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. During the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 in Reykjavik, she pleaded the indigenous peoples' cause in the debate about nuclear power in Alaska. (Photo: Trine Jonassen, High North News)

Diane Hirshberg at the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland (Photo: Trine Jonassen, High North News)

ISER Director and Professor of Education Policy, Diane Hirshberg, attended the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland this month. Dr.Hirshberg organized a session, along with Gwen Holdmann of the UAF Alaska Center for Energy & Power (ACEP) on Next Generation Nuclear Power in the Arctic: Possibilities and Concerns. She spoke in support of how Indigenous communities must be part of the process and the decisions that are made regarding nuclear power in the Arctic. Please see High North News article, The Arctic Circle Assembly 2023: A Nuclear Power Renaissance? for more information on this session.