Members of the Thematic Network on Northern Tourism wish to note the special plenary session, "The Future of Arctic Tourism" at the upcoming Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 12-14, 2013. Speakers include Alain A. Grenier (Professor, Urban Studies and Tourism, Université du Québec à Montréal), Frigg Jørg...

The University of Washington is pleased to announce the competition for the 2014-15 Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies is open. The Arctic Chair position - the first in the nation - is for Canadian scholars, scientists, practitioners or community/political leaders to conduct research at the University of Washington, lea...

For the first time, over 70 sacred sites custodians, indigenous people's organizations, scientists, policy makers and members of civil society gathered in Finland to draft a joint Conference Declaration that states recommendations and guidelines for policy-making related to sacred sites in the Arctic and that calls for better...

The new newsletter edition from the International Arctic Science Committee is now available here.This special edition provides an overview of ongoing IASC networks.

UArctic would like to thank all of its partners, other members, and visitors at this year's EAIE (European Association for International Education) conference in Istanbul for making the event so successful. Although this was the first time UArctic has organized an exhibit stand for the network at EAIE, it gained a lot of posi...

Lassi Heininen, Professor of Arctic Politics from the University of Lapland and the leader of the Geopolitics and Security Thematic Network, has been invited to become a member of Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research. The Academy invited 20 new members, five of them from abroad (the Netherlands, Great Britain, Icel...

The first newsletter of the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) has now been published. The summer 2013 issue includes an introduction to SAON, an overview of the ongoing SAON Tasks, and other news related to Arctic observing.

APECS is happy to announce that Dr. Gerlis Fugmann will be starting as the new APECS Director on 1 October 2013!! As the sole full-time employee of APECS, Gerlis will be in charge of guiding the development and administration of the organization, along with overseeing and managing all APECS activities, finances and events, re...

Arctic development will top the agenda at next month’s Arctic Futures Symposium, which will see Arctic stakeholders discuss safe Arctic shipping, sustainable circumpolar communities, and research needed to inform policymaking. The 2013 Arctic Futures Symposium will be held October 16 and 17 in Brussels, Belgium, bringing toge...

In early 2013, UArctic approached the University of Lapland’s Faculty of Art and Design about collaborating on the design of an exhibition stand, which would first be used at the European Association for International Education (EAIE) conference in Istanbul, 10–13 September 2013 and afterwards in future exhibitions and...

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a unique public service that produces valuable scientific reports. But is yet another 1,000-page document what is needed now, asks Øyvind Paasche, the leader of the Bergen Marine Research Cluster, Norway and Chair of UArctic Research at the University of the Arctic. See full...

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

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has opened a call for applications for the Russian Federation Government support of scientific research, carried out under the supervision of leading researchers in Russian higher education institutions, research organizations of state academies of sciences and s...

UArctic’s Board of Governors will hold their next meeting in conjunction with the first international Arctic Circle open assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland, October 12-14, 2013. Where one of the key issues of their coming meeting will be the review and approval of a new UArctic Strategic Plan for the next 7 years. In addition, th...

University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark, 24-27th of October 2013. The workshop is part of the project: Marine Resource Governance in the Arctic, financially supportedby Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Co-operation Programme 2012-14. Please, see the invitation