3 year full time PhD position at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and the Barents Institute in Kirkenes. (2nd call)The position is associated to the Future North project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council within its SAMKUL Program. Future North aims to map and document the current Arctic and Subarctic...

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 the International Advisory Board of the newly established Arctic Circle www.arcticcircle.org   

Among the Canadian Studies Center news are the following: Canadian Studies & Campus Partners Awarded Mellon Foundation Grant:The Center, in partnership with Program on Climate Change, Atmospheric Sciences, Anthropology, Scandinavian Studies, the Ellison Center (for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies), and th...

The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation program has granted funding for arranging planning workshop in 2013 (200 000 DKK) to continue the development of a new PhD program on Arctic Health and Well-being. The initiative is a joint project by Thematic Networks on Health and Well-being in the Arctic and Global...

The 17th IROICA Annual Conference will be hosted this year by the University of Eastern Finland from Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th of June 2013,The theme of this year's conference will focus on the role of IROs in directing universities through the currentand upcoming changes to EU policy and programmes. Keynote speakers from...

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 parti...

The BCS diploma award ceremony has been held at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University on 25 April, 2013. This year 26 NArFU students have been awarded bachelor degree in circumpolar studies. Such number of graduates is a biggest number in the history of UArctic.

The Polar Journal is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary social sciences and humanities international journal (please see http://www.informaworld.com/RPOL), which aims to create a community among the considerable number of researchers, specialists and policy makers working on these crucial topics.

The University of Tromsø, Norway, and the University of Lapland, Finland announce a PhD course entitled "Cumulative effects of Arctic extractive industrial development - an interdisciplinary approach". As a core activity of the UArctic Thematic Network in Arctic Extractive Industries, the course will be held from the 27th to...

On April 10, UArctic April 10 President Lars Kullerud made a public appearance in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm. He was invited to speak to the Organization of Former Parliamentarians at its annual meeting about what is happening in the Arctic. He was introduced to the Organization by vice chair Rune Rydén,who i...

The Shanghai Institute of International Relations organized a seminar on April 16th to 17th with focus on the security of the Arctic region and International cooperation. The University of Lapland and the UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security held a strong engagement on the seminar organization. Professor of Ar...

The UArctic Thematic Network on Coastal and Marine Issues is organizing a conference and workshops at the University of Akureyri, Iceland, 18 -19 June 2013. See conference program for more information or

Polar & Subpolar Call 2013 is now open. Ship time is offered within 6 participating RVs, including 2 icebreakers, for the Polar and Subpolar regions. Deadline of application: 24th of May 2013. For more information visit Eurofleets

The Universityy of Calgary announces the appointment of Maribeth Murray as director of the Arctic Institute of North America / AINA, effective July 1, 2013.

Arctic Observing Summit 2013 will be held 30 April – 2 May 2013 at Hyatt Regency, Vancouver. More information from the summit webpage. The Arctic Observing Summit 2013 is still open for participation. There are a number of different ways to engage with the Summit.