Awards have been annonced and handed out during the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences:
ICASS XI
During ICASS XI, the following were awarded:
Victoria Petrasheva Award: Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa Stepetin
Gabriella Nordin-Sköld IASSA Service Award: Birger Poppel
Honorary Lifetime Membership Awards: Uliana A. Vinokurova, Grete K. Hovelsrud & Peter Schweitzer
ICASS X
On 16 June 2021 in Arkhangelsk, Russia three recipients were bestowed Honorary Lifetime Memberships to IASSA:
- Dr. Gail Fondahl
- Dr. Natalia Novikova
- Dr. Piers Vitebsky
And the Dr. Gabriella Nordin-Sköld IASSA Service Award to:
- Ms. Alona Yefimenko
First Victoria Petrasheva Award in 2021:
1st award was awarded during ICASS X to Nenets scholar Dr. Roza Laptander for her outstanding research that is deeply rooted in her community. Her research focuses on Indigenous perspectives, values, cultural practices, and traditions and is striking for its collaborative efforts in applying Indigenous knowledge to the contemporary needs of the Arctic community.
ICASS IX
- Dr. Ann Fienup-Riordan
- Mr. Carl Christian Puju Olsen
ICASS VIII
- Dr. Julie Cruikshank
- Dr. Igor Krupnik
- Dr. Oran Young
ICASS VII
- Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave
ICASS VI
- Dr. Ludger Müller-Wille (founder and first president of IASSA)
- Mr. Robert Petersen (former IASSA council member & Vice-President 1995-1998)
- Dr. Ernest S. (Tiger) Burch, Jr. (The 'Legendary' Arctic Anathropologist)
