AGU Fall Meeting is one of the world’s largest events for Earth and environmental science. In 2025, it provided the Frozen Commons team an important opportunity not only to share research developments, receive feedback from leading experts, and build new collaborations, but also to strengthen internal coordination and align next steps for the project.
Frozen Commons at AGU Fall Meeting 2025: What We Shared
On December 15, 2025, Frozen Commons was featured in the presentation Art and Science: Working Together.
Vera Kuklina spoke about what it looks like in practice to collaborate with artists and to work alongside local and Indigenous communities—showing how creative methods can support meaningful engagement, better communication, and more inclusive research.
Convergence Research in the Arctic (December 17–18, 2025)
On December 17–18, Frozen Commons team members helped organize sessions titled Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges.
These conversations focused on how Arctic research can bring different disciplines and knowledge systems together—especially through co-production of knowledge, where research is shaped with partners rather than only about them.
In an invited presentation, Shauna BurnSilver shared lessons from Frozen Commons and other initiatives, highlighting why convergence and co-production matter—and what helps these collaborations work well.
Vera Kuklina, with Frozen Commons co-authors Tatiana Degai and Andrey Petrov, reflected on co-organizing an Indigenous Pavilion during Arctic Science Summit Week (Boulder, CO, March 24–28, 2025), and what they learned about creating spaces that support Indigenous leadership and long-term relationships.
Northern Eurasia Session and Project Posters (December 17, 2025)
Frozen Commons project member Pavel Groisman co-organized a session on Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Climatic Changes in Northern Eurasia.
The session included posters prepared by Pavel Groisman and Frozen Commons team members Mariia Kuklina and Alexander Shiklomanov. Mariia Kuklina shared perspectives on regional change and its broader implications. Alexander Shiklomanov presented the team members’ work on climate change impacts on riverine communities in Northern Mongolia.
-Photogallery: Frozen Commons Team in New Orleans, 202
Download poster – Mariia Kuklina
Download poster – Sasha Shiklomanov
Decolonizing Research Terminology and Supporting Indigenous-led Research
Stanislav Ksenofontov presented a poster based on a newly published paper in the journal Arctic Science. Stanislav also co-presented a joint poster with the NNA Converging Working Group, focused on practical ways to support Indigenous-led research.
Download poster – Stas Ksenafontov
Permafrost Measurements: Project Results (December 19, 2025)
Alexander Kholodov presented a poster showing results from permafrost measurements conducted within Frozen Commons—an important part of documenting and understanding environmental change.
Download poster – Sasha Kholodov
Beyond the Presentations: Planning What Comes NextComes
AGU wasn’t only about sharing results. The team also held a short meeting to exchange experiences from recent community visits and to discuss priorities for the coming year, including planning and scheduling fieldwork, ongoing work with communities, and the progress of project publications.
Photogallery: Frozen Commons Team in New Orleans, 2025
Photos by Vera Kuklina and Diana Khaziahmetova