Andrey Golovnev, Professor from Ural Federal University, prepared a report for the International Northern Archaeological Congress. At the forum the scientist will talk about the development of remote areas by the ancient nomads and a person's ability to establish control over the space.

Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research invites submissions of research papers by young authors—students working towards doctoral degrees and those who received PhDs no earlier than five years ago—doing research in social sciences: sociology, anthropology, ethnography, social history, and related disciplines. 

Fulbright Scholar Michael Brown discusses the importance of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and how it relates to the increasing focus on Arctic issues in the United States. The article was originally published in the UArctic Shared Voices Magazine 2015.

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners are pleased to welcome the Arctic research community to Vancouver for the 11th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2015) to be held from 7 to 11 December 2015 at The Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Unique discovery allows to suggests that mining on the Yamal Peninsula started more than six thousand years ago. 22 members of the expedition, students, graduates and academic staff of Ural Federal University (Russia) and students from other Russian universities spent about a month digging the unique complex

The All-Russian conference with international participants "Management Aspects of Russian Northern Territories Development" is organized by Komi Republican Academy Of State Service And Administration

The Arctic Economic Council Secretariat is searching for a director. More detailed job description can be found here. The deadline for applications is September 7, 2015.  

The China-Nordic Arctic Research Centre with Swedish Polar Research Secretariat invite applications for CNARC Fellowship Programme. The closing date is 15 September 2015.

Martin Forsius, a Research Professor with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), has been nominated as the incoming Chair of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), an Arctic Council Working Group. 

A new publication "The New Arctic" highlights how, and in what parts, the natural and political system is being transformed and contributes to our further understanding of the changes that are taking place.

The RJE3 Program is intended to develop professional groups that play leading roles in the fields of sustainable environment, sustainable culture and sustainable development in the Far East and the Arctic Circle. 

The 2015 Arctic Energy Summit is a multidisciplinary event expected to draw several hundred industry officials, scientists, academics, policy makers, energy professionals and community leaders together to collaborate and share leading approaches on Arctic energy issue.

The Sámi parliament of Norway and Sámi University College are pleased to announce the Arctic Indigenous Education Conference (AIEC) 2016 which will be held in Guovdageaidnu, Norway, March 14-17, 2016. Deadline for proposals: November 15, 2015.

Parallel with last week’s UArctic Rectors’ Forum, the annual Students’ Forum took place 18-21 August in Umeå, Sweden. Ingrid A. Medby from Durham University represented her institution for the first time in the Forum.

The ARTEK Event 2016 - International Conference Sanitation in Cold Climate Regions will be organized in Sisimiut, Greenland 12-14 April 2016. Abstracts for the conference can be submitted until 1 December 2015.