The session "Embracing Diversity: The Future of Immigrant Communities in the Arctic" was held at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø on May 31, 2024 in Hotel Ramsalt, Bodø, Norway, from 11 am to 1 pm. Six papers were presented during the session.

The International Symposium on Combating Radicalization, Racism, and Hate Speech Against Immigrants was held on May 23-24, 2024 at Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland.

The Korea Arctic Academy, hosted by the Korean Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries and co-organized by the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), is an initiative to facilitate exchanges between students from both the Arctic region and Korea to develop and share a common Arctic vision. It aims to spread knowledge on sustainable Arcti...

The session “Intersectional Gender Equality within Academia – Exploring Sustainable Futures in the Arctic” gathered seven presentations from the circumpolar north – two from Canada and five from Arctic Five Universities, and had an audience of about 20 people.

Researchers involved in UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Marine Biodiversity, and the Nansen Legacy project have identified the first-ever loriciferan in Norwegian waters. This find was made in the Barents Sea at coordinates 81.53N and 30.96E, at a depth of 806 meters.

Maria Fedina, a PhD student from the University of Helsinki, shares her unique experiences and insights from the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024. 

Organizers invite registration and abstracts for the 3rd QuIESCENT Arctic Workshop. This hybrid workshop will take place 22-24 October 2024 in Lausanne, Switzerland and online.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invite registration for a workshop series, entitled How to Write a One-Pager. This workshop is open to polar early career scientists and will be run in two parts.

The exhibition "New Genre Arctic Art and Art Education" was hosted at the Stormen Concert Hall from May 28 to June 1, in collaboration with the UArctic Thematic Networks on Arctic Sustainable Art and Design (ASAD) and Children of Arctic. The exhibition featured artwork from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Denmark, Scotlan...

The University of the Arctic – UArctic – was announced with the vision of “shared voices” in 1998 by the Arctic governments and the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic. 

The Centre for Public Health in Greenland at the University of Southern Denmark in Copenhagen hosted a network meeting on 26-28th of May, 2024, focusing on strengthening networks in Arctic health research and education through mentorship and collaboration. The event was organized by the Thematic Network for Health and Well-be...

The U.S. National Science Foundation announces their upcoming live event, Live from the Arctic: Unlocking Earth's Environmental History. This event will take place 27 June 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time.

Since the establishment of UArctic Chairs, they have aimed to meet during the Arctic Congress, which was now held in Bodø, Norway. The Arctic Congress was unique this year as it was combined with the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) XI, UArctic Congress 2024, and High North Dialogue 2024.

The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, and lead of the Thematic Network on Arctic Law, Prof. Kamrul Hossain from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, has been elected to the Council as a member for the next three years, from 2024-2027.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work focuses on three topics with relevance for social work in the Arctic: Indigenous peoples, consequences of climate change and the development of rurality and urbanity. This becomes clear also in the decisions of the network in their physical meeting in Bodø under the Arctic Congress,...