The symposium is coordinated by the UArctic Thematic Network of Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education, and it is part of the Arctic Council’s SDWG project "Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic".

Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) is pleased to announce that up to15 AIAS-COFUND fellowships are available for the most talented researchers from around the world. Deadline for application: 24 January 2018 at 12.00 (noon) CET.

The ongoing project has united researches from several institutions across Russia, including two UArctic members: Far Eastern Federal University and European University at St. Petersburg. Project participants carry out individual on-site research in 5 settlements situated in the Amur, Murmansk, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk regions and...

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries, has been selected for the 2017-2018 Nansen visiting professorship. The position is located at the University of Akureyri and is awarded to individuals (academic or researcher) to conduct their research on Arctic issues of common int...

An international conference for polar libraries is coming in June 2018 to Rovaniemi, Finland.The Polar Libraries Colloquy is organized by Lapland University Consortium Library and University of Lapland.

A joint project of the Naryan-Mar Social Humanitarian College and the Nenets Central Library resulted in digitization of unique folklore texts of the Yamal Nenets people.

As part of the 10th Polar Law Symposium in Rovaniemi (Nov 13-14), bringing together over 100 participants discussing multifaceted Arctic legal and societal themes, the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law organized a panel on Sacred Natural Sites. The panel was held to celebrate a new book "Experiencing and Protecting Sacre...

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) announces two awards supported by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation: the 2018 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research, and W. Garfield Weston Awards for Northern Research and Northern Archaeological Research. Deadline: January 31, 2018.

In 2016 the students of the Naryan-Mar Social Humanitarian College took part in the international project "Peacepainting". The project first launched in Norway unites children and young people from different countries and allows them to express themselves through painting.

The 2017 ARCUS Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is scheduled for Wednesday, 13 December 2017 from 6:00-7:00 p.m. (Central Time). All ARCUS members and any others interested in Arctic research are invited to participate.

On November 16, during the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference, representatives of the five universities of Arctic Europe met together under the umbrella of the Arctic Five to broaden cooperation in the region.

Applications are invited for two vacant junior researcher positions at the University of Lapland, in the doctoral programme of Culture-based Service Design.These two fixed-term positions will be filled from 1st April, 2018.

Interreg V A Nord is a EU-program supporting cross-border cooperation in order to strengthen the economic and social development

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Courtney Carothers (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Laura Zanotti (Purdue University), to be held in the ARCUS D.C. office on Thursday, 30 November 2017 at 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST. This seminar will also be ava...

The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity Working Group of the Arctic Council, is seeking individuals and organizations to provide abstracts, organize sessions and submit posters that will encourage a dialogue on Arctic biodiversity at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018. Deadline: March 30, 2018.