The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes Newsletter. Contributions are invited from both members and non-members of the association on issues of interest to arctic social scientists.

Cultural entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing industries in Europe. This multifaceted field builds up innovative products and services where the artistic creativity, cultural heritage and economic production should bloom sustainably, side by side.

UArctic can now be found on Facebook! Just search for "University of the Arctic" on Facebook to access the official profile.

The Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks applications for a postdoctoral scientist to conduct modeling studies part of a project entitled "Identifying indicators of state change and forecasting future vulnerability in Alaskan boreal ecosystems." The position will be based in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) seeks candidates for the position of Professor/Associate Professor in Chemical Oceanography. The position will be based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

The University of Helsinki is a multidisciplinary research university, ranked among the best universities in the world and the ten best universities in Europe. Some 35,000 students are currently pursuing an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the University of Helsinki, which employs a staff of more than 8,000. The Univer...

The summary of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 is now available online. The Report "Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008" captures the context, motivations, initiation, planning, implementation and the outcomes of the IPY, as well as the lessons derived from this key undertak...

UArctic-related activities can now be found in the IPY Education and Communication (EOC) Catalogue. The EOC Catalogue is based on survey responses from more than 200 IPY EOC activities and holds information on more than 500 education and outreach programs and activities.   

The University Centre in Svalbard is pleased to announce the 2011International Polar Year (IPY) Polar Field School. The field school will be held 20 June - 8 July 2011 in Svalbard, Norway.

From March 19 to March 25, 2011, 17 UArctic students convened for the Second UArctic Student Forum in Inari (March 19-22), Finland, and Kautokeino (March 22-25), Norway.

The Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database (CHBD) describes 6,000 publications about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region. The database is a project of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Circumpolar Health Research and can be accessed here.

Anyone who worked on an International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 projectis requested to report the project's publications to the IPY Publications Database (IPYPD). The IPYPD currently describes 4,600 publications and provides links to PDF filesof most of them

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientist invites you to join our Career Development webinar on Tuesday, March 29 at 17:00 GMT.

Are you planning to attend the ICASS VII in Akureyri, Iceland from June 22 - 26, 2011?The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is organizing a career development workshop for early career researchers (up to 7 years after your PhD) on JUNE 21, 2011 just before the start of the conference in Akureyri. For...