UArctic's new Strategic Plan has been approved by UArctic's Board, after extensive consultation with the Council of UArctic and other units. The new plan sets out UArctic's vision - An Empowered North – With Shared Voices - as well as its mission, values, and goals that will guide the work of the organization for the remainde...

UArctic's senior management team Ma-Mawi hold meetings Dec 2-4, 2013 in conjunction with the international Arctic conference “In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process - Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities”  in Rovaniemi, Finland.  During their meetings, Ma-Mawi will define UArctic's 3-year Implementation Plan,...

The University of Turku coordinates several Erasmus Mundus Action 2 mobility programmes that cooperate between European, Russian and Eastern Neighborhood universities. These projects offer possibilities for EU citizens to apply for academic visits to partner universities in Russian, Belarusian, Moldovan, Ukrainian, Geo...

Why did the governance of the life of populations become a central concern for modern states and what have the consequences been for life? University of Lapland will enable students to answer these questions by offering the first ever master’s degree program in Global Biopolitics. A new application round will be open from Dec...

On behalf of President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland, Parliament of Greenland Member Kuupik Kleist, Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff and distinguished partners, thank you for participating in the inaugural Arctic Circle assembly. This new open assembly drew more than 1,200 participants from over 40 nations, bringing...

Lassi Heininen, Adjunct Professor of the University of Lapland, Finland and Chairman of the Steering Committee of Northern Research Forum, visited Northern Arctic Federal University on 12–15 November and gave lectures to NArFU’s students. Professor Heininen’s course of lectures focused on Security issues, Geopoliti...

A new application round will be open from December 2, 2013 to January 31, 2014 for the master's degree program in Media Education at the University of Lapland. The program aims to develop profound media literacy and competence by examining media and media culture from three perspectives: media in teaching and learning; empo...

The University of the Arctic (UArctic), in collaboration with the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation and CIRCLA (Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and Learning in the Arctic) at Aalborg University held a caucus meeting of its member institutions in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands o...

UArctic, CIRCLA / Aalborg University and Ilisimatusarfik invite applications to a jointly organized postgraduate summer school on ‘Comprehensive Sustainable Development in Arctic Societies’ in Sisimiut, Greenland on May 12-15, 2014. The summer school is reserved for ‘postgraduates’ – i.e. any young(ish) applicant studying tow...

The fourteenth Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group conference (Nordic TAG) will be held at Stockholm University on April 22-26, 2014. We wish to invite you to submit paper abstracts for our session "Sámi archaeology and postcolonial theory". The session concerns the use, lack of u...

A new application round will be open from December 2, 2013 to January 31, 2014 for the Master's Degree Programme in International and Comparative Law at the University of Lapland. During one and a half year, MICLaw graduates gain a wide perspective on Public International Law and Comparative Law, and specialize in either Arct...

The second application round for MobilityDK is now open. The MobilityDK pilot model provides travel support for students, staff and researchers from UArctic member institutions, and it is available for Arctic-relevant mobility to and from Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese institutions. The deadline for applications is January 3...

Welcome to the Towards North – Insights in Business Opportunities of Barents Logistics and Arctic Maritime Expertise seminar in Oulu on 29 November 2013. The aim of the event to bring out current situation and future possibilities of business, logistics and maritime traffic in Barents and other northern and Arctic...

Sandra Juutilainen is one of the several applicants who received travel support from MobilityDK, UArctic's pilot model for providing financial support for teacher, researcher and student exchange. The PhD student from Thule Institute at the University of Oulu used her travel support to participate in and present her PhD proje...

The international Gargia-Tana conference was held on October 23rd-25th, 2013 hosted by UiT The Arctic University of Norway and UArctic Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development.The Gargia-Tana Conference 2013 was funded by the Norwegian Barents Secretariat, the UArctic-fund of the Norwegian Ministry of Education, the...