In a rapidly changing Arctic, there is a need to engage in a comprehensive investigation into what Arctic security means in the 21st century. The Special Issue of the journal Politik aims to widen the debate on Arctic security relations through a more comprehensive dialogue inclusive of the many different types of security, t...

A Pocket Guide to Academic Publishing was written in the course of a seminar on academic publishing at the Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University, Japan. The seminar and book emerged as a response to the absence of a textbook on the ‘hows,’ ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of academic publishing, the knowledge of which students...

Jennelle Doyle will represent NunatuKavut, the Labrador Institute (LI) and Labrador as the institute’s International Indigenous Intern this winter

Organizers invite abstracts for the conference "The Geography of the Arctic Regions", in St Petersburg, Russia, 9-10 November 2017. The conference will also include a "school of young scientists" for bachelor, master, postgraduate students and young scientists (under 35 years). Abstracts deadline: 20 October 2017.

"Footprints in the Snow: The Long History of Arctic Finland" presents and evaluates Finland’s Northern nature over a long historical time span, focusing on how Northernness has been seen, on the one hand in scientific work, and on the other in political speeches and practices.

The Horizon 2020 multiannual work programme drafts for 2018-2020 has been published

European University at St. Petersburg is preparing a multi-authored monograph based on the results of the project "Children of the 1990s in Contemporary Russian Arctic: Assessing the Present and Aspirations for the Future" (2014 - 2016)

The call for papers for the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) 57th annual meeting is open until 15th October 2017. The meeting will take place in Pasadena, California, February 11-14, 2018.

The call for session proposals for the UArctic Congress has been extended until October 15, 2017 (submission form).

The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme now invites applications for the fifth call of its project grants. The call for applications is open from 1st October 2017 to 28th February 2018.

We are pleased to announce that the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has entered into an official partnership with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as a non-governmental organization. [Press Release]

The current offers of the Université Laval’s Sentinel North program are PhD and post-doc scholarships, international mobility scholarships for 2-6 month internships at the university, and an international field school "The Changing Cryosphere: From Sensors to Decision-making".

Organizers announce an extended deadline (until 6 October) for abstract submission for the Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Poland conference, organized 17-19 November 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. Submissions are invited on all aspects of research of Arctic and Antarctic polar regions focusing on empirical, theoretical, and meth...

The following story is a memoir from Karina Kunavina, a Russian student who participated in the joint Master’s program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being arranged by the Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic.

British and Russian researchers are welcomed 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 workshop will be organized at Northern (Arctic) Federal Universi...