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Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series Presents: Cultural Revitalization Through Arctic Arts

Fri, Feb 19, 2021

The session on Feb 25 aims to inspire youth to pursue arts and traditional creative practices to become a new generation of cultural leaders. Speakers will speak of their own projects, lessons learned, and reflections on culture revitalization through Arctic arts.

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Seeking a new host for the APECS International Directorate

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is launching an international call for bids to host the International Directorate Office for the organisation starting January 2022. The deadline for bids is 31 May 2021.

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Scotland’s Role and Contribution in a Changing Arctic Environment – a new Research Network Series

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

The Network Event Series is being organised by the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University in partnership with the University of Highlands and Islands, University of Aberdeen and UArctic, and supported by the Scottish Government.  

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Hack the Arc­tic: trans­form­ing data into solu­tions as a com­mu­nity

Wed, Feb 17, 2021

Hack-the-Arctic is a 48-hr online hackathon open to anyone interested to make use of Arctic environmental data to develop a service or project. The event will take place on 12–14 March 2021. 

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Preregister for winter school "Our Connection with a Fast-changing Arctic"

Tue, Feb 16, 2021

The winter school in January 2022 is aimed at (inter-)national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics and PhD students looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic. Preregister by 27 September 2021.

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PhD position in terrestrial ecology, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

The Faculty of Life- and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland is seeking a motivated candidate for a three-year PhD position for the project “Trapped in a degraded state? Tundra ecosystem responses to grazing cessation” (TRAPP).

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Postdoctoral position open in Tromsø

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

Two-year postdoctoral position is available in the frame of the EU-project “Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity” (CHARTER) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA).  

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Reminder - Call for applications: NEFU Arctic Online School (winter session) 2021 from February 22 – March 5, 2021

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

Arctic Online School (winter session) 2021 is organized by North-Eastern Federal University and Northern Forum international organization and will be held from February 22 – March 5, 2021. Applications until February 19, 2021.

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PhD position at the Agricultural University of Iceland

Fri, Feb 12, 2021

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

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Call for contributions: Relate North 2021 - Distances

Wed, Feb 10, 2021

This book will be number eight in the Relate North series connected to the Arctic Sustainable Arts & Design (ASAD) Thematic Network of the University of Arctic and the second to be published by InSEA Publications.

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Open position at University of Lapland: Professor of Education with focus on Arctic perspectives

Wed, Feb 10, 2021

The duties include actively seeking external research funding and implementing research projects, developing international research cooperation, high-level publication activities and postgraduate degree education. Application deadline: 9 March by 1 p.m. (UTC +2). 

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Project ADVOST published an article about teachers experiences in the frontline of the COVID pandemic

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

The article, titled "Teachers are on the front lines with students in the coronavirus pandemic" was published in the Conversation on 10 January 2021.

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New Opportunities for Arctic Science, Policy, and Diplomacy in the Biden Administration

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

A Panel Discussion Sponsored by The John Sloan Dickey Center’s Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College, on Monday February 22, 4-5 PM ET.

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Northern Food Innovation Challenge

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) has launched a pan-Canadian challenge aiming to empower territorial communities to adapt innovative strategies to improve the lives of their residents by increasing food security.

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Two Arctic Postdoctoral Researcher positions at the University of Eastern Finland

Mon, Feb 08, 2021

The University of Eastern Finland is looking for two postdoctoral researchers to join the project "Land use as a modulator of land cover transitions and the ecosystem–atmosphere carbon balance". 

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