UArctic Thematic Networks leaders gathered together in Bodø, Norway, for their annual program team meeting. This year the aim was to brainstorm potential topical Arctic issues and gaps in knowledge for joint research projects.

Siberian Federal University invites students in Economics and Management who speak English and can use the basic methodology of economic analysis to participate in the International Summer School 2015 “Modern Challenges in Economic Science and Practice” to be held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on July 6-19, 2015. Apply by June 1.

23 March at Northern (Arctic) Federal University 11 BCS students got diplomas of the University of the Arctic. The BCS program is offered by several UArctic members, among which is the University of Nordland (Norway). Its representatives Eivind Karlsen and Hakan Sandersen attended the graduation ceremony.

In August 2015, the University of the Faroe Islands, University of Greenland, University of Akureyri in Iceland, University of Iceland and University of Nordland, coastal Norway, will launch a new international and interdisciplinary master’s program in West Nordic Studies, Governance and Sustainable Management.

The start of the project is March 24. The competition is held by the Surgut State University to develop mobile devices and to enhance creative potential of young programmers. Leading mobile business companies will estimate the work of young programmers.

The summer school for young scientists will focus on environmental stressors in the High North and the challenges involved in studying human health effects of such external factors. Deadline for applications: 1 May 2015.

In 2015 Ilisagvik College celebrates its 20th anniversary and 20 successful years of providing post-secondary education in the North Slope, Alaska. (original article on The Arctic Sounder website)

The research and PhD seminar "Responsive and Deliberative Governance in Natural Resources Management and Policy" is organized at the University of Eastern Finland (Joensuu, Finland) on 16-17 April 2015. Researchers and doctoral students are requested to propose papers for presentations until 27 March 2015.

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), in cooperation with UNIS and Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), organize an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school "Arctic Ocean Governance as a Multifunctional Challenge" on 2-9 August 2015. Application deadline: 30 April 2015.

The conference is part of the project: Marine Resource Governance in the Arctic, financially supported by Nordic Council of Ministers' Arctic Co-operation Programme, the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Carlsberg Foundation. See full story at Arctic Portal.

The workshop will be held 24-25 March 2015 at Saint Petersburg State University and Norwegian University Centre in Saint Petersburg (DNUS), Russia

Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU, North-West Russia, Arkhangelsk) is honoured to invite you to participate in the international dissemination seminar “Internationalization as the Way towards University Excellence” that will be held on 21 April 2015 in NArFU.

The Arctic Studies Programme (ASP) is a non-degree program offering a unique opportunity to specialize in Arctic issues. The University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland now invites applications for exchange studies for the academic year 2015-2016 (application deadline May 15, 2015).

The panel discussion "Art and Spirituality as a Part of the Arctic Debate" is open for the public and held on 23 March 2015 at the Arktikum museum in Rovaniemi, Finland. The panel discussion is part of a series of public events, organized by the Lento Research Group on Tradition and Innovation.

The Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington, in partnership with the Government of Québec, will be sponsoring a workshop on the unique relationship between the Government of Québec and the Inuit of Nunavik. The workshop is the first step toward the writing of an edited volume on this unique relationship.