The Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Tromso is offering a fully funded 4 year PhD fellowship to conduct field research in Siberia and/or the Russian North. The fellow will work in partnership with several funded research projects with indigenous societies in the region. Deadline 1 Septemb...

Science section – Call for papers Arctic Frontiers (AFT) holds its 5th annual conference in Tromsø from 23-29 January 2011, Norway, with the title “Arctic Tipping Points”. AFT comprises a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses the scientific section.  

Bodø University College (Bodø, Norway) is opening up its course, “Energy Management in the High North,” for UArctic Students. The course introduces several relevant topics in business administration of energy management and will include site visits to several Norwegian enterprises. The course will be delivered August 8-13th,...

The fourth UArctic Rectors’ Forum will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, from August 13-15, 2010. The forum will be hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks under Chancellor Brian Rogers.The central theme of this year's Forum will be "Sustainability, Resilience and Community Adaptation to Climate Change in the North: Postseco...

The use of UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies courses for an international bachelor degree is gaining ground. Finnmark University College has recently established a bachelor degree programme, making use of the core Circumpolar Studies courses and their already established Advanced Emphasis courses on “Management of Local and Regio...

On the occasion of a trip of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince to Oslo for the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, within the framework of its actions in the Polar Regions, has signed on June 8th a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of the Arctic, a cooperative...

An electronic version of the 2010 magazine is available for download and viewing from here. The print publication has become a yearly signature for UArctic and its members. Featuring articles on UArctic’s programs, stories from its students, as well as contributions from outside of UArctic, the magazine covers a broad spectr...

Jan Henry Keskitalo was introduced as UArctic’s first Vice President Indigenous Affairs during the recent Council of UArctic meeting in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, on June 4. Keskitalo recently completed his second term on the University of the Arctic’s Board of Governors, where he had served since 2002.

Representatives of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the International Antarctic Institute (IAI), and the University of the Arctic have come together at the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010 to sign a memorandum of understanding to advance the academic and professional development of early career polar...

The Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) returned once again to Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), where they were very warmly welcomed by the hosts the Northeastern Federal University (formerly the Sakha State University) and the Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts. This was the Council’s second vis...

At the IPY Oslo Science Conference, Artur Chingarov, who served two terms on the UArctic Board and is now a Friend of UArctic, has suggested the idea of an International Polar Decade as a follow-up to the International Polar Year. For more information and news from the conference, see www.ipy-osc.no.

 

A Canada Research Chair position in Numerical Modeling of Arctic Marine Ecosystems is available at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. The start date for this position is 1 September 2011.

Lakehead University has awarded Circumpolar Studies instructor Dr. Michel Beaulieu one of its Young Alumni Awards. Congratulations Michel!