On Sunday May 16, 2021, rectors from UArctic institutions met online to discuss on the Future of Circumpolar Higher Education and Research. The recording is now available here for registered UArctic Congress participants. 

During the second day of the 2021 UArctic Congress a new Institute was officially launched.

The 2021 meeting of the Assembly was held online on May 14th. It was co-hosted by Icelandic members of UArctic, Agricultural University of Iceland, Bifröst University, Hólar University, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik University, University of Akureyri, University Centre of the Westfjords, and the University of Ice...

The opening and closing plenaries of the UArctic Congress 2021 will be freely available as livestreams, starting today with the Opening May 15, at 1300 UTC https://livestream.com/hi/uarticopeningplenary  

The latest issue of our annual magazine, Shared Voices, is now available online. To celebrate UArctic's 20-year anniversary, the 2021 issue envisions how UArctic will make a difference in the Arctic and in the world and where the network will be going in the next ten years.

Looking for a meaningful way to kick off summer? Register for the upcoming Breaking the Ice Ceiling webinar, "Wounded Healers: Video, Expression, Reflection & Transforming Research" on May 21, 2021, 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM EEST.

The Arctic Five education project group gathered in an online workshop to discuss successfully implemented master study course and its future plans. The next study module will be available for students on spring term 2022.

As an area of emphasis for Iceland, gender equality was included as one of the priority issues of its Arctic Council Chairmanship program in 2019-2021. Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA), dating back to 2013, is an international collaborative project intended to raise visibility and understanding of diverse gender topics in...

In February 2021, UArctic opened the call on its members to come forward with expressions of interest to nominate and host a UArctic Chair. UArctic Chairs are highly qualified academics who by the UArctic appointment are given an opportunity to serve as academic drivers in their area of expertise to the benefit of the Arctic...

Biodiverse Anthropocenes is very pleased to announce that it is now seeking to hire four professors through tenure-track posts that are open in level (assistant/associate/full).

The Wilson Center’s Polar Institute announces their upcoming symposium, titled The Arctic in 25 Years: 1st Annual Arctic Youth Symposium.

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) invites applications for a Professor in vascular plant biology. This permanent position will be located in Svalbard, Norway.

IASSA is pleased to congratulate 2021 IASSA Awards winners.

In this set of videos, you’ll get to know the leads of some of our Thematic Networks focusing on education in the North.

The University of the Arctic has grown from a fantastic idea into circumpolar reality over the past twenty years. This success is an outcome of the creative minds in the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program of the Arctic Council back in 1997, followed up by strong leadership from the Arctic Indigenous peoples’ organizatio...