The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of the Arctic are pleased to announce The Arctic Broadband Forum 2017 to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, May 8-9, 2017.

Sustainable building and liveable, smart and sustainable cities are a priority area in the Nordic collaboration, which offers many examples of comprehensive solutions with people in focus. In the latest edition of Green Growth the Nordic Way you can learn about how smart Nordic energy solutions to common urban issues shorten...

Thematic Network on Arctic Coastal Communities for Sustainability hosted by University of the Faroe Island participated in workshop "On Time - Dimensions of marine and coastal global environmental change" held on 20-21th of October 2016 in Stockholm.

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) is pleased to announce the first call for papers and posters for the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be held at Umeå University, in Umeå, Sweden, 8-12 June 2017.

IASC Medals are awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made each year, assuming that there is a nominee of appropriate quality. 

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The University of Washington announces a call for applications for the position of Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies. This position; open to Canadian scholars, scientists, practitioners, community, and political leaders; is for a two quarter residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.

Yugra State University invites you to take part in the 5th International field symposium “West Siberian Peatlands and Carbon Cycle: Past and Present” and International Conference “Carbon Balance of Western Siberian Mires in the Context of Climate Change” on 19-29 June, 2017 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

During the autumn, the European Commission has organized several info days on Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2017 calls.

This year's theme is an acknowledgement of the central role that the Arctic Council has played in regional governance and stability-building during the past two decades. The online version is available at http://www.arcticyearbook.com/.

This is a kind reminder to submit your proposals to the Nordic Master funding scheme (http://www.nordicmaster.org/for_universities/to_the_applicant). Deadline: Friday 4th November 2016 at 4 PM (CET).

The traveling exhibition “Visualizing Environmental Change“, produced by the Thematic Network on Communicating Arctic Research, is located at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland from October 28 until November 26, 2016.

The Encyclopedia of the Barents Region (With Foreword by Thorvald Stoltenberg and Mikhail Gorbachev) contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, economy, and culture of the Barents Region. The Encyclopedia is an outcome of an international academic project with participants mainly from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Rus...

As a specialization in Arctic climate and environment, Arctic Research Centre at Aarhus University and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources offer six Arctic courses in the spring semester. The courses take place in Nuuk, Greenland.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites exchange students to take part in the spring semester programme “Diverse Arctic: Local Challenges – Global Changes” starting from February 2016. This interdisciplinary English-taught programme is constituted of four compulsory courses which give insights into societies, politics, h...