The Barents Cross-Border University (BCBU) initiative has published the Multidisciplinary Dialogue Summer School Extended Abstract Book (92 Pages, 16 Extended Abstracts) online at Doria, a multi-institutional repository maintained by National Library of Finland. Doria collection of the University of Lapland. The BCBU inclu...

Please find attached the call for Oulanka research station director’s post. Deadline for applications is 7th January, 2013. Feel free to distribute the call in your networks.

The Calotte Academy 2013 will be organized in May 16-23, 2013 in Rovaniemi and Inari, Finland; in Tromsø, Norway; and in Kiruna, Sweden. The Calotte Academy is organized by the Northern Research Forum, together with the UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security.

The Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club (valdaiclub.com) has awarded a grant for the international research group consisted of the members of the NRF-UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, Docent Lassi Heininen from University of Lapland, Finland, Professor...

Season's Greetings from the University of the Arctic. Wishing you peaceful holidays and all the best for the New Year. UArctic offices will be closed from Dec 22, 2012 - Jan 2, 2013.

Please find attached the December Newsletter from our Thematic Network on Social Work in the Arctic.

Call for applications for the Master's Programme in Health and Wellbeing in the Circumpolar Area (MCH) at the University of Oulu is open until the deadline of January 31, 2013 (16.00 GMT +2) via University Admissions Finland (UAF). MCH is an international two-year programme of 120 ECTS focusing on the specific features, q...

The call for applications for the Master's degree in Comparative Social Work at the University of Lapland is open until the deadline of January 31, 2013. Comparative Social Work is an international two-year master's degree programme of 120 ECTS. It has been developed within the frameworks of the Barents Cross Border Univers...

On 12 December, Umeå University inaugurated the Arctic Research Centre “Arcum”. Now all Arctic countries have such a research centre. World-famous scientists such as Robert W. Corell, who was a climate adviser to Al Gore, are involved in the opening ceremony. [Source: Umeå University]

Call for Submissions for the 2nd International Indigenous Voices in Social Work Conference, " Indigenous Knowledges: Resurgence, Implementation and Collaboration," which takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada July 8-11, 2013.

A wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in a multicultural society of Yakutia in the North-Eastern Siberia. Witness the historic, social, economic and cultural changes which occur in Yakutia at present.

University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) will offer a graduate course on biotelemetry and biologging in the spring term of 2013. The course will run 29 April - 31 May 2013 in Svalbard, Norway, and is suitable for either MSc students or PhD studies.

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has published a new edition (#38) of its newsletter 'Northern Notes'.

The Arctic Report Cards produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are a source of reliable and brief information on the current state of the Arctic environment. The Arctic Council working groups CAFF and AMAP supported work on the 2012 Report Cards, which detail dramatic changes in the Arct...

Position open in Thule Institute’s Doctoral Program in the research project,."Potentiality of geodiversity information in biodiversity assessments (GEOBIO)." Deadline December 31, 2012. See