Below is a north2north report from Charlotte Brandstrup Ottendahl, who traveled to Greenland to conduct fieldwork.

Recently, Sarah Kehler and S. Jeff Birchall from the University of Alberta (Canada), and the Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, published ‘Why history matters to planning: Climate change, colonialism & maladaptation’, with the journal Environmental Science and Policy.

The following is a north2north testimonial from Christine Ingemann, a researcher from the University of Southern Denmark who traveled to Ilisimatusarfik - The University of Greenland in April 2025.

Recently, S. Jeff Birchall and his team from the University of Alberta (Canada), and the Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, published ‘Factors contributing to climate adaptation lag in practice: Insights from local and territorial government interactions’, with the journal Environmental S...

In collaboration with the Arctic Mayors’ Forum, the Kingdom of Denmark Chairship of the Arctic Council and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Arctic Frontiers will host the event From Norway to Greenland - From Tromsø to Sermersooq August 4.

Submit a session proposal for the UArctic Congress 2026! The deadline has been extended to 31 July 2025. The proposal submission form is available online.

Below is a recent article coauthored by Elizabeth Leane (University of Tasmania) and Keith Larson (Umeå University) on the subject of their newly published report on Antarctic research trends. 

Episode 1 of the new Arctic Council "This Way Up" podcast is now streamable on all platforms. The podcast introduces you to the people and stories shaping a changing Arctic.

Apply today for the upcoming "Permafrost in Arctic Societies" (10 ECTS) course, to be held at the DTU Arctic campus in Sisimiut April 15-May 29, 2026. Deadlines in October and November (see below).

Register by September 13, 2025 for this year's Calotte Academy: "The Future of Europe - A Northern Point of View", set to take place in Rovaniemi, Luleå, Kautokeino, and Inari.

Submit an abstract by August 11 for the Symposium on Everyday Urbanism and People-Centred Smart Cities in China and the Nordics, set to take place in Shanghai on October 17-18, 2025.

The Mohn Prize is awarded for excellence in research related to the Arctic awarded every two years at the Arctic Frontiers conference. Deadline for nominating your candidate for The Mohn Prize 2026 is July 31st 2025.

Mark your calendar for the 20th anniversary of our annual conference - Arctic Frontiers 2026: Turn of the Tide. The conference will take place from February 2-5th 2026 in Tromsø, Norway. 

MIARC has organised an Erasmus+ BIP (Blended Intensive Programme): Knowledge from the Arctic in past and present - collecting and (co)-constructing cultural continuity and change in Versailles/ Paris, June 23-27, 2025.

You are invited to join the PolarRES Polar Panorama project, a unique initiative that aims to raise awareness about human-induced climate change by sharing personal perspectives and experiences from the Polar Regions.