French cultural anthropologist, explorer, geographer, geomorphologist, and writer.
Quote Jean Malaurie: “Cultural diversity is a scientific reality which we must protect as much as possible, just like biodiversity. Otherwise, all of us in those megacities that keep on growing will become a people of ants, manipulated by words and images.”
MIARC actively participates in various projects at national, bilateral and international level.
Among those projects that are finished are for example: MADONNA : Mise en Valeur des collections universitaires, GREEN GREENLAND, POLARIS, ERIS and EDU-ARCTIC.
Those projects that are ongoing are: Cartography of Arctic Collections in France and Monaco & Moravians in Iceland – “Moravian vision of the Arctic”.
The University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is hosting the newly created UArctic Regional Centre for Continental Europe.
The UArctic Regional Centres were created to foster dialogue and engagement at the regional level. Liaison, networking and outreach activities are encouraged with local, national and international stakeholders.
13 April 2026
Eda Ayaydin, researcher at MIARC, will deliver the keynote address at the event “Arctic Security and Nordic Cooperation in Times of Geopolitical Instability” on 15 April at Sciences Po Paris.
The roundtable will focus on geopolitical and societal factors shaping the security situation in the region, bringing together Una Jóhannsdóttir (Embassy of Iceland), Kaisa Honka-Hallila (Embassy of Finland), and Lukas Wahden (Sciences Po).
1 April 2026
MIARC, in partnership with the Institute for Applied Geopolitical Studies (IEGA), is organising a seminar dedicated to the Arctic and the strategic reconfigurations taking place in the High North.
30 December 2025
MIARC is proud to announce that the international Arctic journal Inter-Nord 24 has just been published online. The new issue places a special focus on Alaska, presenting a rich blend of scientific research, cultural perspectives, interviews, and photographs.
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