The University of Akureyri is accepting applications for the Nansen visiting professorship based on a cooperation between the governments of Iceland and Norway.
A special issue of the 2019 Synnyt Journal, edited by Maria Huhmarniemi, Timo Jokela and Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, has been published. The volume includes articles from around the Circumpolar North and encourages discourse about the role of art in the development of the Arctic.
The investment of $4.5 million in UArctic is part of a larger $28.7 million Canadian federal government commitment to the Arctic to support Canada at the Arctic Council, the Sustainable Development Working Group, permanent participation capacity and youth engagement.
The latest issue of our annual magazine, Shared Voices, is now available online. In the 2019 issue we explore the impact of UArctic – what kind of a change the past two decades of UArctic programs and collaboration have helped create.
UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker (University of Oulu & University of Alaska Anchorage) and colleagues from across the Arctic will be contributing to this monumental effort with their studies of the Arctic Water Isotope Cycle.
In the 2019 Summit the challenges and circumstances in the Arctic are seen as 'laboratory' in which sustainable art and cultural policy is developed in collaboration with all of the Arctic counties.
The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference (November 12–13, 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland) focuses on climate change in the Arctic, especially from the viewpoint of young people and future generations. Abstracts for the five sessions are due August 23, 2019.
In May 2019, members of the UArctic thematic network "Working in the Arctic" organized a symposium "Work in the Arctic" and held the 4th psychological scientific and practical school "Working on rotational basis in the Arctic - success and health" at Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The school unit...
The film "Nakatuenita: Respect" provides a sweep of the Innu history and cultural practices along with the many changes and challenges they have faced while protecting their relationship with the land. The documentary is now available online, and it can also be used as a teaching resource.
UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration invites contributions for the book “Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration & Resilience”. Abstract submission deadline: June 10, 2019. Full text submission: August 31, 2019.
First Deputy Director of the Industrial Institute of Ukhta State Technical University Natalia Ignatova has been selected to participate in the marine research and educational expedition "Arctic Floating University".