Russian Geographical Society as an all-Russian non-governmental organization brings together scientists, explorers, school teachers, post -graduates, students and many others around the main goal - to study the geography of Russia and share this knowledge . Thereupon an international archeological-geographical expedition "Kyz...

After the second application round for MobilityDK travel support, the following applicants will receive a travel support for Arctic-relevant mobility activies.

The 11th International Summer School in Karelia will take place in Petrozavodsk, Russia on 19–25 May 2014. The main theme of the Summer School is 'Sovereignty in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region'.

Russian Science Foundation (RSCF) announces an open public competition for grants to fund priority area of RSCF: "Fundamental research and exploratory research implemented by individual research groups".Grants are given for the implementation of basic research and exploratory research in 2014 - 2016, with possibility of proje...

The National Institute of Research of Global Security (NIRGlobS), Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KarRC RAS), and the non-profit partnership Centre for Problems of the North, Arctic and Cross-border Cooperation (North- Centre) invite you to take part in the 4th International Conference “Inno...

The IASC Secretariat would like to remind you that the Early Bird Registration for the ASSW 2014 is only open until 15 February 2014. Please see the enclosed ASSW 2014 Third Circular for more information or visit the website registration page.

Brian D. Rogers, Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks invites member of UArctic to showcase their institutions at their College Fair held in conjunction with the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) on March 19th, 2014 (link to UAF invitation letter to UArctic). The College Fair is being arranged for the athletes and the tea...

The High North Center at Bodø Graduate School of Business, University of Nordland is happy to invite you to participate at “Arctic Dialogue 2014” which will consist of two main events: a conference and master course. The topic of the conference is “Arctic in a Global Perspective - Resources”; and the Master's course focuses o...

The international summer school “Prospects for Sustainable Development of the Oil-Producing Region of Yugra” will take place in Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on 18 – 31August, 2014. It is organized in frames of the DAAD project “Go East Sommerschulen”, which means that 8 students from Germany can get full sc...

Main theme: Sovereignty in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region Time: 19–25 May, 2014 Place: Petrozavodsk The School introduces to the globalized world with an economy run by trans- national corporations and governments, underlines the importance of energy security and the related mass-scale utilization of fossils. This, together w...

The Arctic race is heating up. As the next Arctic Council meeting takes place in 2015, 2014 is a critical year for developments in the High North. We’ve witnessed record low levels of Arctic Ocean sea ice, offshore drilling breakthroughs and setbacks, mining joint-ventures, expanding shipping routes, new observer states...

The University of Oslo is proud to introduce a new interdisciplinary course "A Changing Arctic" that combines Natural Sciences, Law and Social Sciences to explore the environmental, legal, and political changes in the Arctic region. The course takes place on 21 June - 1 August 2014 at the University of Oslo, Norway. Applica...

(From The Daily, University of Washington, by Naqiah Azhar) UArctic member the University of Washington has approved a new minor degree program in Arctic Studies through their Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Oceanography, and College of t...

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, is proud to join the Polar Law Institute in Akureyri and the University of Akureyri in Iceland, and the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law of the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, the University of the Arctic, a...

The World NGO Day 2014 Forum will be held at Scandic Marina Congress Center in Helsinki, Finland on the 27th- 28th February 2014. yourngoday.com