The 7th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum (NRF), "Climate Change in Northern Territories" will be held on August 22nd – 23rd, 2013 in Akureyri, Iceland. This NRF Call is for Young researchers and professionals who have passed their MA and are undertaking a doctoral degree or have recently completed a doctoral degre...

The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region met in Washington DC, March 12th-13th, 2013. Among the issues on the agenda were introductions to the US Arctic policy, presentations on the work of the US Arctic Research Commission, and an announcement by Lt. Governor of the State of Alaska, Mr. Mead Treadwell...

Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics is an international, multidisciplinary academic journal for delivering and discussing original and current research results concerning the peoples, economies and politics in the Barents Euro-Arctic region. The journal provides information about different aspects of regio...

UArctic Board member, the rector of University of Oulu, Lauri Lajunen has been awarded honorary doctorate from Northern (Arctic) Federal University when he visited NArFU at the end of January. Two universities also signed an agreement, which focuses on strengthening the collaboration between universities in research, educatio...

Italian and Finnish Arctic experts, researchers and business representatives met in Rovaniemi on Tuesday, March 12th, in a seminar entitled “Italian-Finnish Cooperation in the Arctic Region: A Great Opportunity”. The Seminar was organized by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Finland under the patronage of the Ital...

The Report from the University of the Arctic’s External Review Team is now available. As part of the process of developing the next UArctic Strategic Plan, an External Review of the University of the Arctic was organized at the request of the Board of Governors. The External Review Team was chaired by Tony Penikett (Canada) a...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, with the support of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, has designated Patrick Borbey as chair of the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) during Canada’s two-year te...

A professor/associate professor position in nature-based tourism is open at the Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB). Application Deadline is April 7, 2013. Full job posting available at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=91563.

This week Education Programs, Nunavut Arctic College, hosted Laila Nutti, Assistant Professor of Education at Sami University College, Norway.  During her stay, Laila, presented a lecture to faculty and students at Nunatta Campus, Iqaluit, and engaged in many activities. She visited: the Nunavut Teacher Education Program; Fin...

Days of the Arctic” which took place in NArFU from the 25th till 28th of February were ended by an international webinar. It was aimed at attracting the world's attention to the issues of Environmental Protection, scientific research, education and international cooperation, and the life quality of the peoples living in the A...

Five-Year Arctic Research Plan Released National Science and Technology Council Executive Office of the PresidentTo read the full announcement about the report release, please search for ŒWorking Together to Understand and Predict Arctic Change¹ at:http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/nstcThe report is available...

UArctic organized a meeting at GRID-Arendal, Norway Feb 27-Mar 1, 2013 to plan its future web development, with a special focus on information and services for students, including the UArctic Catalogue. UArctic President Lars Kullerud hosted the meeting, which included UArctic Information Manager Scott Forrest, GoNorth Coordi...

On April, 10 the IX scientific conference named after ethnographer and forester A. Dunin-Gorkavich will be held in Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It’s organized by the Department of natural resources of the Khanty-Mansiysk region. Topics of the Conference are:· Forestry· Ecology and management of nature· De...

This PhD Summer School will be held in association with the NUNA MED 2013 conference in Nuuk. The school will take “Health, Society and Environment in Relation to Large-Scale Industrial Projects” as its theme. Given the prospect of the growth of extractive industries in Greenland, we will explore the consequences and implicat...

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE'IN THE SPIRIT OF ROVANIEMI PROCESS''Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities'2-4 December 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland Call for Papers deadline: 5 May 2013Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline: 7 October 2013) We invite scholars and practitioners interested in presenting in the Conference 'In th...