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People at GCK Project
Arthur Mason Assistant Professor
Arthur Mason works on the history, politics and culture of arctic natural gas development, and particularly of Alaska and Western Canada. He received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2004, and is completing his first book, Arctic Moderns and the Import of Expertise for Cornell University Press which is a study of energy market restructuring and the politics of Alaska natural gas pipeline development. Arthur is currently working on the topic of energy forecasting and how images of the energy future have impacted energy policy and planning since the early 1970s. In this work, he also focuses on the activities of experts, a theme that he is developing in various works on the politics and culture of consultant forecasting. Arthur serves as Director of StudioPolar, a joint project of the School of Justice and Social Inquiry and the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. He is also the Social Science Coordinator for the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). Previously, Arthur held the positions of lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Energy Resources Group and Fulbright Scholar, North American Research Chair at University of Calgary, where he continues to hold a Research Associate position at the Arctic Institute of North America. Arthur’s ethnographic experience includes various politically appointed State of Alaska positions including Associate Director of Energy under Alaska governor Frank Murkowski and Energy Coordinator under Alaska governor Tony Knowles. Arthur is also involved in long-term ethnographic research at various urban and village sites in Alaska and Alberta.
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