The University of the Arctic has no sports teams. It has no campus and does not grant degrees. But the institution – which has strong ties to the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George – provides something perhaps more important: a means for people who live, study and work in the North to connect on matters...

The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost offers an  International  Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School in Svalbard, 19 June to 11 July 2014. We welcome senior bachelor students, who are interested in obtaining an overall knowledge about permafrost. Application deadline: 15 April 2014.

The UArctic Arctic Law Thematic Network blog has linked two new interesting posts on their Arctic Law Network blog. One by Alex Oude Elferink on the ITLOS Provisional Measures decision on the Arctic Sunrise Incident and a second by Elizabeth Whitsitt and Nigel Bankes on the WTO Panel Decision on the EU's Rules on the Marketin...

In order to celebrate its 40th anniversary, Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc., in collaboration with Université Laval, is glad to invite you to the 19th edition of the biennial Inuit Studies Conference. It will be held in Quebec City, October 29 - November 1, 2014, the theme of the meeting being Qaumaniq: Enlightening K...

Three Sámi research positions available, deadline for application February 21st, 2014.Junior Researcher of Sámi research, 1 August 2014 – 31 July 2018, the call can be found here (FIN, SMI, SWE)Senior Researcher of Sámi research 1 August 2014 - 31 July 2019,  the call can be found here (FIN, SMI, SWE)Associate Professor, Sámi...

The Calotte Academy, an activity of the UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security has published its final report, "Resource Geopolitics - Energy Security", available on the Northern Research Forum website.

Grants of NOK 500 000 available for infrastructure networks. Share your experience with research colleagues throughout the Nordic region. Under a new funding announcement from NordForsk, grants of NOK 500 000 will be made available to up to eight Nordic networks for the exchange of experience and knowledge on large-sca...

The 5th Arctic Business Forum conference will be held at Rovaniemi, Finland from March 11th to 13th, 2014. The annual conference introduces the latest business development and future prospects of the rising arctic economy as a vital part of worldwide developments.

As a normal procedure new UArctic Thematic Networks are endorsed in the annual Council meeting. This year the Council meeting will be held in May 20-22, 2014 in Prince George, Canada which is earlier than before and therefore the new Thematic Network proposal submission dates are also earlier. Proposals should be sent to C...

As of January 1st 2014 the functions of Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences and Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences merged to to form Lapland University of Applied Sciences.  

The UArctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy (IACP) wishes to engage your participation in the upcoming Arctic Virtual Forum, a proposed outcome from last year’s joint Carnegie Endowment / UArctic IACP conference entitled, “A Euro-Atlantic Action Plan for Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security": Conference Report an...

When searching for the right institution for an exchange semester, it can be difficult to choose between several interesting options, but sometimes there is only one place you really want to go to. For Marshall Blankenship, that place was the University of Lapland.

On 2-3rd December 2013, “The Arctic: Region of Cooperation and Development” international conference took place in Moscow, Russia. The conference was organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and its partners – the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of World Economy and International Relations (RAS IMEM...

CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND SESSION CONVENORS The Adventure Tourism Research Association is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2014 International Adventure Conference "Adventures in ‘empty lands’? - The difference and value of wild places" held in Sogndal, Norway on November 24-26, 2014.

Eight years ago, when visiting the home pages for University of the Arctic, Sharon Edmunds became aware of the possibility of taking a Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) as an online program. Following the completion of the core program, she started the advanced emphasis program at University of Nordland (UiN).