The Svalbard Science Forum aims to develop scientific cooperation in Svalbard and to do so, allocates funding, up to 500 000 NOK, to network or workshop projects that increase scientific quality in Svalbard research. 

The UArctic International Secretariat welcomed a new intern this week. Due to the current pandemic situation, Madeline will be working from France and hoping to physically join the office in Rovaniemi in the months to come. 

Norilsk State Industrial Institute (Russia) invites you to the International Arctic Conference "8+", April 07 - 09, 2021. 

As part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, led by Dr. Jeff Birchall (University of Alberta, Canada) this online seminar series addresses issues related to climate change impacts and responses in the Arctic/ sub-Arctic.

The Teacher Education Network webinar will be held on 18 March. The presentation title is "The Arctic polar vortex and its impact on the weather and climate". The webinar is open for all to participate. 

The Interreg Nord project "Academic (un)employment and mobility in the Arctic North – A Joint Socially Responsible Approach" was finished with concrete cross border cooperation actions.

Agricultural University of Iceland is looking for an enthusiastic MSc student to join the project “Herbivores in the tundra: linking diversity and function (TUNDRAsalad)” funded by the Icelandic Research Fund.

GENI welcomes a new cohort of students in August. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply before the 15 March 2021 deadline. Virtual information session will be hosted March 4 at 1 PM CST. Register for event by emailing jsgs@usask.ca.

The European University at Saint Petersburg will host a seminar on the Northern Sea Route at its research Center for Arctic Social Studies. The seminar will be held in Russian and English and is organized in collaboration with Tyumen State University.

The international virtual symposium "Asian Interests and the Path Forward in the New Arctic" was hosted by the Asia Program and Polar Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on February 8th and 9th, 2021.

Project Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education (IPED) will organise an online workshop titled "The achievements, advancement and recognition of Sámi education" on 15-16 April 2021. The two-day workshop will be open for all to participate.

Nord University Centre for High North Logistics invites top-class researchers to apply for an EU-funded Marie Skłodowska Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Organized on Tuesday 9 March, 2021 at 18:00 - 19:30 (UTC +1), the seminar brings together Indigenous health research experts from across the Circumpolar North to highlight and discuss the diversity and challenges found within and between different systems.

For your information, kindly consider to submit your manuscript to the Special Issue Advances in Climate Change and Arctic Health. The issue will belong to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021. https://www.mdpi.com/si/76712 Special Issue I...

Online Seminar "Japan-Russia Interregional Cooperation in the Arctic and North – Theory and Practice" will take place on March 3, 2021 (15:00-18:00 Japan Standard Time, GMT +9).