Photo by Chris Zimmerman, USGS
Webinar Series
We are holding a webinar series this fall on landslide and landslide-generated tsunami hazards research needs. Our goal is to gather people interested in respective topics to create the foundation for one or more nested research proposals to be submitted to NSF Office of Polar programs later in 2026. The webinars will be in panel format and address the following questions:
- What is the exciting fundamental science question for an NSF-OPP proposal? What motivates that question (from a fundamental and applied perspective)?
- What approach/methods do you envision?
- What do you need to build a strong project?
All webinars are on Fridays at 9am AKT/1pm ET (Zoom link).
- October 24, 2025 | Risk Perceptions and Communicating Risk
- with Liesel Ritchie, Susan Vanek, Kristin Timm, & Michael West
- November 7, 2025 | Landslide & Permafrost
- with Noah Finnegan, Louise Farquharson, & Mateusz Strzelecki
- November 14, 2025 | Seismic Landslide Detection
- with Michael West, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Noah Finnegan, & Ezgi Karasozen
- December 12, 2025 | Tsunami
- with Katy Barnhart, Yong Wei, & Breanyn Macinnes
- January 23, 2026 | Landslide & Glaciers
- with Mylene Jacquemart, Marten Geertsema, Alison Anders, & Stephan Gruber
Site Visits
Homer Oct 21-22, 2025
The community event at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer will include a 2-day invitation-only workshop for ~40 people, as well as a public evening event to gather input from the larger community on the management of landslide hazards in Homer. For more information, please see the event flier or the City of Homer website.
Seward Oct 23, 2025
The community event at Seward Community Library & Museum will be via a half-day invitation-only workshop, follwed by an evening event open to the public to gather input from the larger community on the management of landslide hazards in Seward. Learn more on the event flier.
Yakutat Oct 27-30, 2025
The Yakutat Landslide Workshops will center on a community-led conversation between local residents, leaders, and scientists focused on understanding local hazards, mitigation strategies, and available resources. The gathering will include open discussions, listening sessions, and collaborative planning aimed at strengthening community resilience and supporting locally driven approaches to hazard management. The event is organized in collaboration with the Ḵutí Geohazards Project. For more information, reach out to Luka.
Cordova Science Night Talk, Nov 4, 2025
As part of the Prince William Sound Science Center’s Tuesday Night Talk series (at the Cordova Center), the event will feature a presentation and community discussion on local hazard awareness, mitigation, and resilience planning. The talk will highlight current research and community-led efforts to better understand and prepare for environmental risks in coastal Alaska, with time for audience questions and conversation. For more information, reach out to Erin.
February 2026 Workshop
We invite researchers, community representatives, and other interested parties to a two-day, in-person workshop—with selected sessions available via Zoom—aimed to co-design a collection of linked research proposals to better understand and prepare for landslide and landslide-generated tsunami hazards in Alaska.
The workshop is part of the Arctic T-SLIP (Arctic Tsunamigenic Slope Instabilities Partnership) planning project, which is building a set of nested science proposals for submission to the National Science Foundation later in 2026. The planning process is supported by NSF Office of Polar Programs, Awards #2338010, 2338012, & 2338011 under the Large Project Support opportunity.
We encourage anyone interested in attending or staying connected to fill out the interest form. Note that the workshop registration will open in December 2025. Your input below will help shape the planning of the workshop and research proposals!