The UArctic Day provided information about UArctic activities and introduced possibilities for research cooperation and education, and for student exchange. The Day was organized on the 11th of May 2015 by the Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office located at the Thule Institute, University of Oulu.

Researchers from the Department of Physics of University of Helsinki Dr. Ivan Mammarella and M.Sc. Pavel Alekseychik visited Yugra State University (YSU), Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. They spent few days at the International field station “Mukhrino” collecting and processing data using the eddy covariance method.

The University of Akureyri announces the call for the Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies. The professorship is a research position aimed at current academics who wish to focus a year in research on Arctic studies. Application deadline: July 1, 2015.

UArctic is launching a call for three intern positions: one at the UArctic International Secretariat (in University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland), one at the UArctic Research Liaison and Thematic Networks Office (in University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland) and one at the UArctic north2north International Mobility Office (in UiT-T...

The Institute of Earth Sciences of Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU) and University of Tromso (UiT) are providing joint field courses for second year students in summer 2015 as part of their collaboration in the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Geology.

The UArctic Thematic Network in Arctic Law has been involved in the publication of the new publication, Polar Law and Resources, available from www.norden.org.

The course focusing on sustainable business practices in the High North is organized on 2-8 August 2015 by the Bodø Graduate School of Business, University of Nordland. Application deadline: 25 May 2015.

UArctic Seminar will be held on 28th of May 2015 at the Hokkaido University, Japan, in order to provide information about UArctic, and the possibilities UArctic offers for Japanese universities.

This publication by the  Russian Indigenous Training Centre summarizes outputs of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples (2005-2014). The articles’ authors consider such issues as indigenous law, demographic changes, cultural life of indigenous peoples in the North.

17 researchers from Arctic Council nations, including the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden will engage in collaborative thinking, analysis, problem-solving and multi-disciplinary research over the next 18 months as a part of the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Arctic Initiative.

The International Arctic Science Committe has published the the Conference Statement of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 which took place in Toyama (Japan) on 23-30 April, 2015.

A PhD course of 3 ECTS, is organised by Birgitta Åhman, Professor in Reindeer Husbandry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), in collaboration with the International Research School in Applied Ecology / IRSAE. There is no fee to attend the course, which runs from the 10-15 of August 2015, in Enafors, Sweden.

Yakutia presented its tourist potential at the 16th Interregional Exhibition and Fair “SakhaTravel-2015” which was held this year at the Polar Star Hotel. Baikal State University of Economics and Law (BSUEL), preparing the future specialists for tourism sector, takes an active part in the Fair every year.

The Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington organizes a one-day workshop on 1 May 2015 on the unique relationship between Québec and the Inuit of Nunavik, in particular the policy dialogue that exists between this sub-national government and Inuit region.

The 2nd part of the NRF “Arctic Science in Globalization” Northern Research Forum (NRF) open dialogue session - with the theme “Relevant worldwide implications of the globalized Arctic affecting the Globe, and how should they be taken into consideration” - will take place on 29th of April 2015 at ICARP III in Toyama.