On December 10th 2013, the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), and six institutes from the Nordic countries as well as three other institutes from China signed in Shanghai a Cooperation Agreement on the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC) to formally mark the inauguration of CNARC. Finland is represented by the...

The Arctic Yearbook  is calling for abstracts for the 2014 edition.  The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional geopolitics, circumpolar relations, and security, broadly defined. The Arctic Yearbook is a joint initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and the UAr...


UArctic's Council Chair Jim McDonald and Circumpolar Studies lead Pat Maher of the University of Northern British Columbia have been elected to the Royal Canadian Geographical Society College of Fellows.elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. - See more at: http://unbc.ca/releases/1088...


The 2013 Christmas edition Progress Newsletter from the International Arctic Science Committee / IASC is now availalble for download. This edition focuses on the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III).




Professor Mauri Ylä-Kotola, President of the University of Lapland, recognizes early visionaries of UArctic during his dinner address at the In the Spirit of Rovaniemi Process Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland. Held from December 3rd to 5th and organized jointly by the City of Rovaniemi and the Arctic Centre of the University...

The Arctic is undergoing substantial changes regarding urbanisation, settlement patterns, occupational structures, climate and migration, creating challenges for engineering, technical and societal strategies as well as solutions. The development enhances the need for affordable, robust and sustainable engineering solutions t...

Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites Master and PhD student to take part in the course “Model Arctic Council”. The goals of the Model Arctic Council are: - to support already existing cooperation between the UArctic member institutions and between the UArctic and the Arctic Council - to allow the high school youth to...

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...