Dr. Chris Southcott
Hon. B. Soc. Sc. , University of Ottawa, 1981
Diplôme de l’É.H.É.S.S., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris., 1983
Doctorat de 3ième cycle, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Directeur de thèse : Edgar Morin, 1986
2025 - Present UArctic Research Chair in Resources and Sustainable Communities
2003 - Present Full Professor, Lakehead University
2009 - 2020 Adjunct Professor, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon
2011 - 2019 Principal Investigator, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic
2013- 2016 Steering Committee Member, International Conference on Arctic Research Planning III (ICARP III), Potsdam, Germany and Tokyo, Japan
2012 - 2015 Vice-Chair, Research Outreach Committee, University of the Arctic, and Board of UArctic Research Office, Arkhangelsk, Russia
2011- 2014 Executive Member, International Arctic Social Science Association
2009- 2012 Lead, Knowledge and Dialogue, University of the Arctic
2009- 2010 Chercheur invité, LAMES, CNRS, France
2006- 2012 Principal Investigator and Chair, Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada, Yukon College
2006- 2009 Research Associate, Northern Research Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
2005- 2012 Chair, Research Outreach Program Team, University of the Arctic
2003- 2012 Chair, Canadian Circumpolar Mobility Consortium
2002- 2003 Chercheur invité, LAMES, CNRS, France
2000 -2001 Guest Professor, Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan
1995- 1996 Professeur invité, Université Aix-Marseille 1
1993- 2003 Associate Professor, Lakehead University
1986 -1993 Assistant Professor, Lakehead University
Chris Southcott has been involved in community-based research in the circumpolar north for almost 40 years. During these years he has published over 150 scientific reports, books, book chapters, and articles dealing with social and economic change in Northern Canada and the rest of the circumpolar world. Over the past 25 years he has successfully led a number of major Canadian and international research initiatives dealing with social and economic development in northern regions. These include organizing international curriculum, international mobility, and research outreach for the University of the Arctic, and establishing the Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada. From 2011 to 2019 he was Principal Investigator for an international project, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA), with base funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Major Collaborative Research Initiatives program. Its mandate is to develop ways to ensure that a larger share of resource development benefits stay in the region with fewer negative impacts to communities. In addition, he also participated in a number of other international research projects such as the UNESCO International Experts Meeting on Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development, the Arctic Human Development Report, ArcticNET, AMAP, the National Science Foundation ArcticFROST network, and the NordForsk funded REXSAC project. In 2024, he was awarded the UArctic Research Chair in Resources and Sustainable Communities.