On the occasion of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, jointly organized by Harbin Institute of technology, IASS Working Group21 and UArctic, the International Ice and Snow Innovation Design and Construction Competition is committed to accelerating discipline integration, promoting cultural exchanges and deepening academic...
TN Bioregional Planning for Resilient Rural Communities Kick-off Webinar - recording available
Mon, Nov 08, 2021
On Sept 14th, the founding partners for the Thematic Network on Bioregional Planning for Resilient Rural Communities hosted a webinar to celebrate the network's kick off.
Ice sheet conservation for slowing down global sea level rise - how can Greenlanders benefit?
Mon, Nov 08, 2021
The GRISCO research project invites communities near Disco Bay, Greenland to co-produce knowledge with scientists on a socially, culturally, ecologically, and economically sustainable design of ice sheet conservation of Greenland’s glaciers for helping slow down the global sea-level rise.
Sharing Indigenous Knowledge Across Boundaries: Fishing Sovereignty in Alaska and British Columbia
Mon, Nov 08, 2021
Following up on their spring film screening, Yáa at Wooné, the Canadian Studies Center and partners across campus are bringing together representatives from the Tlingit and Heiltsuk Nations, as well as experts in tribal law and natural resource management from both British Columbia and Alaska, to discuss the state of Pacific...
Head of the HSE Laboratory for Economics of Climate Change at HSE University speaks on research focus on climate change
Fri, Nov 05, 2021
In an interview by the HSE University, Igor Makarov, Head of the HSE Laboratory for Economics of Climate Change at HSE University, speaks about the pressing problems Russia and the world are facing in relation to climate change, and the research HSE scholars are doing on the subject.
Announcement of the winner of the Mohn Prize 2022
Fri, Nov 05, 2021
The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize) has been established in collaboration by Academia Borealis The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway (NNVA), Tromsø research foundation (TFS) and UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT). The prize amounts to 2 million N...
Research fellow position available at Nord University - risk and emergency management
Thu, Nov 04, 2021
Nord University Business School is currently looking to recruit a new research fellow / PhD candidate within the area of risk and emergency management. The position is a part of a research project on risk awareness and risk evaluation in the Arctic sea areas aimed at emergency management and coordination in complexity.
Interviews of UArctic Board members: Evon Peter
Thu, Nov 04, 2021
The pace at which the western world moves is at odds with the pace of nature, says Evon Peter. “We have to be communicating across the Circumpolar North so that we can better understand the challenges we collectively face, and find solutions and understanding that can help guide us forward in a way that provides for a sustain...
ASAD Virtual Exhibition Launched: Living in the Landscape
Thu, Nov 04, 2021
University of Arctic’s thematic network Arctic Sustainable Art and Design arranges annually a Living in the Landscape (LiLa) course that brings together researchers, lecturers and MA and PhD students from different disciplines to learn from each other in the art-based study of Arctic environments, communities and landscapes....
When: Monday 15 November 2021, 10:00-16:00 (EET)Venue: Hybrid (Santa Claus Hotel and online)
Applications open: SDWG-IASSA-IASC Fellowship
Wed, Nov 03, 2021
The Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council, the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) will offer the inaugural SDWG-IASSA-IASC Fellowship to encourage an early career scholar to participate in and contribute to the work of the...
Event: The 14th Polar Law Symposium, November 21-23, 2021
Wed, Nov 03, 2021
The theme of the 14th Polar Law Symposium is “The Blue Earth, from the Poles, through the Law.” The event has both online and physical participation and runs from November 21-23, 2021
Position announcement: Two Researchers/Senior Researchers positions at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Wed, Nov 03, 2021
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources has announced two openings for researchers respectively in the Department of Fish and Shellfish and The Greenland Climate Research Centre (GCRC).
Postdoctoral position announcement: Snow Hydrology - University of New Hampshire Earth System Research Center
Wed, Nov 03, 2021
The University of New Hampshire's Earth System Research Center invites applications for a postdoctoral associate in snow hydrology. This full-time, one- to two-year position will be located in Durham, New Hampshire.
2021 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
Wed, Nov 03, 2021
Three projects will receive funding from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science as a result of the 2021 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research. All three are two-year projects that kick off this fall.