The position is in the field of multidisciplinary research related to global change, starting March 1, 2018. Application deadline: January 15, 2018 (at 13:00, UTC +2). 

UiT The Arctic University of Norway has a PhD position vacant from January, 2018 for applicants who wish to obtain the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD). The position is attached to the Faculty of Science and Technology. The appointment is for a period of four years. Link to posting.

The proceedings of the UArctic Congress 2016, The Interconnected Arctic, has been named by Springer as one of its top downloaded publications of 2017 with over 24,000 downloads, compared to the average of 7,000 downloads for similar titles.

The theme of the 2018 edition is “Arctic Development: In Theory & In Practice”. Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2018 (250-400 words). Draft papers should be sent in by 15 June 2018 (4000-6000 words).

The following story is written by Simon Nordblad Schmidt, an intern at the UArctic Research Liaison and Thematic Networks Office in Oulu, autumn 2017.

The second LIFE conference, organized by the University of Lapland and VisitEDUfinn, takes place January 16-20, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland. Throughout the event you will hear from experts on various aspects of Finnish education and their latest research and ideas, and school visits enable you to see the Finnish education syst...

Bifröst University offers two summer school courses in 2018: Making Sense of Future - Future studies & Innovation (July 1-14, 4 ECTS), and Sustainable Leadership in the 21st Century (July 21 - August 11, 8 ECTS). Application deadline: May/June 1, 2018.

The PhD course is arranged by the Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic. 

The University of the Arctic Research Office invites British researchers to take part in the international workshop within the project “Development of the UK-Russia Arctic Research and Collaboration Network”, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the UK Embassy in Russia.

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education, led by the University of Lapland, has received a positive response from UNESCO for its application to become a UNITWIN network. Once the agreement is formalized, this would be the first UNITWIN network i...

The ARTEK International Conference 2018 (May 1-3, 2018 in Sisimiut, Greenland) offers an opportunity to present, discuss and exchange ideas and experiences on how to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain transportation infrastructure in cold regions. Deadline for abstracts has been extended to January 15, 2018.

The 15th International Summer School in Karelia (ISSK) will take place in Petrozavodsk, Russia on 14–19 May 2018. The main theme of the Summer School is "Discourses and political dimensions on the Arctic and the Barents Region – disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic studies".

The Calotte Academy 2018 ‘Discourses on the Arctic – (inter)disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic research’ will be organized in June 4-10, 2018 (tbc) in Rovaniemi, Salla and Inari, Finland; Kirkenes and Neiden, Norway; Apatity, Lovozero and Murmansk, Russia. Abstract submission deadline: February 15, 2018.

From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the Uarctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries held a masters/Phd course on the topic of Security, Governance and Geopolitics in relation to Arctic Extractive Industries. 

Staff and Faculty north2north exchange funding available from and to Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese to other north2north members of UArctic. Apply by February 15, 2018.