The Nordic Council of Ministers funding body Nordforsk funded in 2016 four Nordic Center of Excellences on the theme Sustainable Development in the North. CLINF - an Umeå University based international collaboration, clinf.org, reported results on the transition of infectious diseases in the North in March 2022. This has been...

The 2022 August Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Report is now available online. The Sea Ice Outlook, managed by the Sea Ice Prediction Network–Phase 2 (SIPN2) Project Team, provides an open process for those interested in Arctic sea ice to share predictions and ideas.

A major contribution to Sámi Studies, The Sámi World presents a diversity of research topics from across Sápmi, providing rich understandings of Sámi worlds. The book has been edited by Sanna Valkonen, Professor of Sámi Research, and researchers Áile Aikio, Saara Alakorva and Sigga-Marja Magga from the University of Lapland.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites proposals for funding through their Ideas Lab: Engineering Technologies to Advance Underwater Sciences (ETAUS) solicitation. NSF’s Office of Polar Programs (OPP), along with other Directorates and Offices, are seeking proposals aimed to advance underwater sciences through the Idea...

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a new resource, a curriculum unit focused on the Arctic Ocean.

As part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change andResilience, John Duffy (University of Alaska, Anchorage) will share highlights of his research which considersthe linkages between local government planning efforts for addressing climate change and associated actions. The eve...

PhD candidate Judith Maréchal from Arctic DTU went to Tromsø in Norway with north2north mobility funding to learn more about the relationship between the water supply infrastructure and public health in Greenland.

The Læra Institute is excited to annouce publication of the first version of the guidebook to Circumpolar Studies curriculum development, to support UArctic member faculty who are developing, re-developing, reviewing or enhancing undergraduate curricula focused on the study of the Circumpolar North. 

The UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education, in partnership with the Glasgow Calendonian University Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice will host a session entitled "Educational innovation and pedagogy for the Anthropocene Arctic" at the 25th Arctic Science Summit Week, taking place 17-23 February 2023 at the Un...

A new intern, Marie, has joined the UArctic International Secretariat.

The UArctic International Secretariat held a workshop in Keropirtti, Pyhä, introducing two new staff members.

Takafumi Fukuyama is a doctoral researcher at Hokkaido University’s Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS). He is currently conducting a long-term international project, “Sustainable Indigenous Tourism Practices in Northern Finland and Japan”, bringing two indigenous groups from different lands: Sámi (Finland) and Ainu (J...

The School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus of Memorial University invites applications to be considered for a tenure-track SSHRC-funded Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Arctic and Subarctic Peoples and Places.

UArctic's Chief Communications Officer Scott Forrest (University of Lapland) and Vice-President Mobility Isabelle (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway) began a series of meetings at UArctic members in western Canada with a visit to Yukon University.

Faroe University Press – Fróðskapur – has published the book “Local Measures to Global Pressure” by Arnbjørn Mortensen.