The Arctic Five education project group gathered in an online workshop to discuss successfully implemented master study course and its future plans. The next study module will be available for students on spring term 2022.

As an area of emphasis for Iceland, gender equality was included as one of the priority issues of its Arctic Council Chairmanship program in 2019-2021. Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA), dating back to 2013, is an international collaborative project intended to raise visibility and understanding of diverse gender topics in...

In February 2021, UArctic opened the call on its members to come forward with expressions of interest to nominate and host a UArctic Chair. UArctic Chairs are highly qualified academics who by the UArctic appointment are given an opportunity to serve as academic drivers in their area of expertise to the benefit of the Arctic...

Biodiverse Anthropocenes is very pleased to announce that it is now seeking to hire four professors through tenure-track posts that are open in level (assistant/associate/full).

The Wilson Center’s Polar Institute announces their upcoming symposium, titled The Arctic in 25 Years: 1st Annual Arctic Youth Symposium.

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) invites applications for a Professor in vascular plant biology. This permanent position will be located in Svalbard, Norway.

IASSA is pleased to congratulate 2021 IASSA Awards winners.

In this set of videos, you’ll get to know the leads of some of our Thematic Networks focusing on education in the North.

The University of the Arctic has grown from a fantastic idea into circumpolar reality over the past twenty years. This success is an outcome of the creative minds in the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program of the Arctic Council back in 1997, followed up by strong leadership from the Arctic Indigenous peoples’ organizatio...

As part of the UArctic Congress 2021, heads of all UArctic higher education members have been invited to participate in the UArctic Rectors Roundtable meeting on the theme of the Future of Circumpolar Higher Education and Research, Sunday May 16, 1300-14:30 UTC.

The workshop “Árran (heart, fireplace) - The achievements, advancement and recognition of Saami education” was held online 16-17 April and it was hosted by the University of Lapland and Adjunct Professor, Dr. Pigga Keskitalo. The workshop was the second one in series of three workshops in the IPED project.

Dear Colleagues, The University of the Arctic is interested in understanding the extent to which UArctic members and other universities and organizations are offering Arctic studies courses and degree programs jointly across two or more institutions. We also want to understand the barriers to and supports needed for developin...

Take part in the EU-funded virtual seminar "The EU’s Arctic influence: Presentation of a report on the EU actions affecting the Arctic" on 17 June, 2021, 14:30-17:00 (CET).

Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia) is hosting the II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” online on 12-20 June, 2021 as a side event of the X International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS Х).

UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2021 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region; its environment, people and culture. The internship will provide an environment in which the intern can develop, enhance professional working and communica...