The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), in cooperation with Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) and University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), is hosting a symposium in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 26–28 August 2013. Via lectures, panel debates and open discussions, the symposium will address knowledg...

The Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University invites applications for two postdoctoral/assistant professor positions in Arctic Research. The postdoctoral scholarships/assistant professorships are three-year, full-time positions, beginning on 1 November 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The two positions co...

Most students agree that their student exchange was something they will never forget. For some, however, it also turns out to be the beginning of a new life abroad, as Shawn Jantzen experienced first hand.

Funding is available for a PhD student to study water mobility in frozen soils, through a research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). This project will use a combination of state-of-the-art easurement techniques to quantify relationships among key variables in soil freezing and thawing processes,...

NARFU, the host of the recent UArctic Rectors' Forum, present a short video report on the event (in Russian only) of a discussion on the Northern Sea Route development.

Britt Bohlin, Governor of Jämtland, Sweden, will be the new Secretary General of the Nordic Council from the beginning of the new year. She will thus become the Council's highest ranking official, working at the Secretariat in Copenhagen. Please, click here for press release.

When your choice of education evolves around cultural studies, you may easily find yourself wandering off to study people on the other side of the world. But how and why does a Dane end up moving 2,100 km northwards from Copenhagen in order to bring her otherwise Australia-focused studies closer to home? For Sally Rosendahl,...

The University of Akureyri in Iceland is now seeking candidates for the 2nd appointment for the Nansen Visiting Professorship in Arctic Studies.The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iceland and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Akureyri in September 2011 for the purpose of strengthening cooperation between Iceland...

The conference Sámi Customary Rights in Modern Landscapes – Indigenous People and Nature Conservation will be held in Luleå, Sweden, 28-29 August 2013, with an optional excursion and workshop in Jokkmokk on the 30th of August. The conference aims to explore how culturally defined values, ideologies and policies have formed, a...

The 7th UArctic Rectors' Forum hosted by the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) in Arkhangelsk, Russia, June 27th and 28th, 2013 has come to an end. The theme of the 2013 Rectors’ Forum was "The Northern Sea Route Logistics, Transportation and Infrastructure.” The Rectors' Forum was held in conjunction with UArctic...

We have a great pleasure to invite You to participate in the International Conference "In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process," which will take place in the beautiful city of Rovaniemi, Finland on 2-4 December 2013.

Professor Lassi Heininen was awarded Knight’s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon by Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of the Republic of Iceland due to his contributions for Iceland and the Finnish-Icelandic relations.

We are excited to release the agenda for the 2013 Arctic Energy Summit! It is filled with speakers who are leaders in the industry, academic, government and non-profit sectors around the world. These speakers will help us explore key questions related to areas of interest including:

The Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, is offering one three-year PhD studentship to work on a project about human-animal relations in the circumpolar North. The position can start either in January 2014 or October 2014 and be based in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. The studentship will include ful...

Laura Aineslahti spent the spring semester of 2006 in Yukon College, Canada. Now, seven years later, she looks back on her exchange and how the experience affected her.