The conference Understanding North will be held in Umeå on the 25 - 26th April 2013 and arranged by the Umeå University Faculty of Arts to celebrate Umeå's status as European Capital of Culture 2014. The event will be at 09:30 on Thursday the 25th, and finish at 12:00 the following day.Read more 

The global launch of a film entitled "Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science" will take place on Earth Day, Monday, 22 April 2013. The film aims to give people from all walks of the life the chance to see the astonishing range of human activity and scientific endeavors that help us understand our changing climate.  

The University of Tromsø, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, has a vacant Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Arctic Governance and Indigenous Innovation. The position is attached to the Centre for Sami Studies. See more in attachment.This is a fixed  term position for a period of three years. The main...

Learn More About Arctic Challenges and Opportunities at the National Press Club Newsmakers Luncheon with Iceland's  President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, U.S. and Arctic Partners. Iceland's President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will address Arctic world challenges on April 15 at 12:30 p.m. at the Holeman Lounge of the National P...

It has been eight years since his student exchange at the University of Lapland, but Lukas Rastner is still in love with the North.

Jokkmokk Winter Conference on climate change, energy and sustainable development is an annual international forum for students, decision makers, entrepreneurs and opinion builders from Northern Europe, North America and Russia. The annual Jokkmokk Winter Conference 2013 report is available here. Also, more information availab...

Apply for autumn semester 2013 : UNIS can offer a total of 44 courses at the Bachelor-, Master- or PhD-level in autumn semester 2013. You can now apply for these courses online. More information about the courses and how to apply is found via the link below. Application deadline: 15. April 2013. Read more  

The Call for Papers is closing on April 15th.  Don't miss this opportunity to share your research and insights with your peers at the premier Arctic energy event.  We welcome submissions that directly address the conference theme. Submissions are accepted for Paper Presentations, Poster Sessions, Panels and Workshops.Click he...

The arctic delegation of the Norwegian Parliament Stortinget will visit Rovaniemi and Helsinki from April 8 to April 10. In Rovaniemi, the delegation gets to know the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, as well as to discuss with the mayor Esko Lotvonen about issues related to Barents region economic cooperation.More...

Conference on Sustainable Business in the Arctic that will take place in Stockholm on 18 April 2013.The conference will address challenges facing the Arctic and focus on the need for a structured business dialogue and discuss Corporate Social Responsibility in an Arctic context.The invitation to the conference from Mikael Anz...

The Canadian Polar Commission (CPC) Board of Directors met in Iqaluit on March 4-6, 2013 to continue directing the activities of the Commission and to approve its work plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14. The Board also took the opportunity while in Iqaluit to meet with key Federal and Nunavut representatives to discuss a...

UAF’s Department of Geology and Geophysics offers a two-week field class, (June 9-22) in volcanology in cooperation with the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IVS) and the Kamchatka State University (KSU) in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. The course is offered every summer both in Katmai National Park, Alaska, site...

The NVP-Nansen summer school 2013 “Shipping in Arctic Water: The interaction of sea ice, ship technology, climate change, economy and other operational conditions” will be organized in Longyearbyen on  Svalbard from 18th to 25th August. Graduate & postgraduate students are invited to submit applications for participation...

Oovtâst – Together. New concepts, theories and methodologies on Saami studies conference will be held in Inari, Finland on September 25th–27th, 2013. The aim of the conference is to chart this new multivoiced research and to find out at what point Saami studies are today and what are the main questions, new thoughts, and dire...

On 27th April 2010, Norway and Russia signed a bilateral intention agreement concerning higher education. On Monday 18th March 2013 State Secretary Ragnhild Setsaas at The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research met Alexandr Klimov ,Russian Vice-Minister for Education and Research at University of Nordland. Read more fr...