Frigga Kruse

Dr. Frigga Kruse is a Researcher at the Department of Environmental History and Archives within the Institute for Ecosystem Research at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Germany). She specializes in Arctic industrial archaeology, mining history, and historical ecology, with a focus on human-environment interactions in the Arctic.

• PhD in Arctic Industrial Archaeology (cum laude), University of Groningen (2012)
• M.Sc. in Forensic Archaeology, Bournemouth University (2003)
• B.Sc. (Hons) in Archaeology and Geology, University of Glasgow (2000)

Her research reconstructs centuries of human activity in the Arctic, particularly British mining on Svalbard, using geophysics and fieldwork. She leads projects like 'Timeless Arctic' funded by VolkswagenStiftung and Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund grants.

Recent publications analyze Arctic ecosystem changes, historical quarry abandonment, and commercial hunting impacts. She teaches Arctic Studies and supervises students during expeditions, while organizing outreach via 'Polar bear says' social media.

• Freigeist Fellowship (2018)
• Nominated for William Mills Prize (2014)
• Nominated for Praemium Erasmianum Research Prize (2014)
• APECS Netherlands Posterpreis (2014)