University of Oulu Geography Research Unit and Department of Cultural Anthropology are co-organizing UArctic Congress side event Career Strategies for Early Career Scholars: CVs, Cover Letters and The Job Search on September 3rd, 2018 in Oulu. Deadline for applications is on August 24th.

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) invites applications for Arctic Science Fellowship Program 2018. To be eligible, the candidate should be from an Arctic country. Deadline for applications is on July 27, 2018.

Within the Arctic region there are considerable opportunities for commercial food production, both for export and for meeting local food needs. Food industries are producing large volumes of food commodities that are culturally compatible with indigenous/local food preferences and also have high export value. 

The 3rd Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit (TOW Summit) will be organized on June 27-28, 2018 in Sapporo, Japan in collaboration with the Hokkaido Government, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido Committee for Economic Development and Arctic Economic Council.

Outi Snellman, UArctic Vice-President Organization and Director of International Relations of the University of Lapland, has been appointed as Hokkaido University Ambassador. Her role is to enhance academic relations between Hokkaido University and universities in the northern parts of Europe.

A team of scientists from the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Russia, is conducting a multiscale mathematical modelling of the Arctic ice evolution and determining its influence on the climate change. 

In honour of the UArctic Congress 2018 in Finland, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Think Company are gathering together students from all over the world interested in the Arctic and it's current situation to plan a meaningful event, campaign or a project that will efficiently communicate Arctic opportunities and challenge...

The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy started this year began its tour with sessions in Rovaniemi on June 4th. This year’s conference is taking an explicit focus on discourses on the Arctic – (inter)disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic research.

The grand prize winner of Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens competition will receive a trip to beautiful Rovaniemi, Finland. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress, October 9-11, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.

A three-day hackathon Robocon: Arctic Way is taking place at the Ural Federal University. The event, designed to stimulate the emergence of new ideas for the effective development of the Arctic, is attended by teams representing universities,  scientific and educational institutions, research institutes and enterprises of the...

North2north partner meeting in Arkhangelsk on 22 May 2018 included important discussion on significance of circumpolar mobility. The meeting was organized in collaboration with Northern Arctic Federal University and the UArctic Interregional Office.

Tatiana Zykina from the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk visited the University of Copenhagen as a part of the Staff and Faculty north2north exchange.

APECS-UArctic Science Communication workshop will be held in connection with the UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, Finland on September 3, 2018. Workshop has still few seats available, so apply now!

UiT the Arctic University of Norway invites applications for the position of PhD researcher in biological oceanography. This full-time, four-year position will be located in Tromsø, Norway. Application deadline is on 28 June 2018.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity has published a new newsletter.