Magdalena Muir

DepartmentOrganizationEmailPhoneBamfield , British ColumbiaCanadaBioMagdalena A.K. Muir, B.A., J.D., LL.M, is a Research Associate with Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, with research and writings implemented in collaboration with academic institutions, governments, industry and northern communities. Research projects are described on the AINA website at the links below.

From 2014 onwards, she has delivered modules on economic development, environmental and socio-cultural issues in the northern and circumpolar region for the Aboriginal Relations Leadership Certificate Program, which is managed by the University's Career Services in consultation with the Native Centre.

Since 2004, Dr. Muir is Advisory Board Member, Climate and Global Change with the Coastal and Marine Union (EUCC), leading engagement on climate impacts, adaptation and mitigation for Europe’s coastal and marine areas, with a strategic focus on the Arctic and regional seas.

Since 2011, Dr. Muir is Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC in the Masters of Science: Energy Policy and Climate program at the Zanyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

From 2012 to 2014, Dr. Muir was appointed as Associate Professor with the Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University in Herning, Denmark, and affiliated with the Arctic Research Centre and Nordic Centre of Excellence for Nordic Strategic Adaptation Research (NCoE NORD-STAR).

From 2013 to 2014, Dr Muir implemented a Fulbright Scholarship as Adjunct Associate Researcher with the Columbia Climate Center in the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City; and as a Visiting Scholar with the Center for Carbon-free Power Integration and Mangone Center for Marine Policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of Delaware.

Science Specialties

Arctic Climate Change , Arctic Governance, Oceans, Resource Development and Infrastructure, Mining, Energy, Tourism

Current Research

Arctic Resource Development and Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/arctic-resource-development-and-climate-impacts-adaptation-and-mitigation

Adaptation Governance
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/adaptation-governance-global-and-climate-change-circumpolar-arctic

Arctic Climate Impacts on Mid-Latitude Regions and Cities
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/arctic-climate-impacts-mid-latitude-regions-and-cities

Beaufort Sea Project for Climate Change
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/beaufort-sea-project-climate-change

Changing Oceans in Changing World
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/changing-oceans-changing-world

The Circum-Arctic Health Project : Northern & Remote Community Health & Resilience Considering Economic & Environmental Changes
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/circum-arctic-health-project-northern-remote-community-health-resilience-considering-economic

Fulbright Scholarship Research on Renewable Energy and Desalination Projects
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/fulbright-scholarship-research-renewable-energy-and-desalination-projects

Parallels for Arctic and Antarctic Governance and Resource Management
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/parallels-arctic-and-antarctic-governance-and-resource-management

Sustainable Energy Development
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/sustainable-energy-development

Sustainable Tourism
http://arctic.ucalgary.ca/sustainable-tourism