David Palma participated in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard in early August 2017 to learn about the challenges and opportunities related to governance of the Arctic Ocean, focusing on the marginal ice zone (MIZ). In this blog post, he shares his experiences and what he learned dur...

Organizers invite abstracts and registration for the Fifth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-5) entitled "The Changing Arctic and its Regional to Global Impact: From Information to Knowledge and Action." This symposium will convene 15-18 January 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is moving its Arctic educational activities in Sisimiut, Greenland to new facilities. The move creates new potential for establishing even better education for the benefit of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic.

University of the Arctic (UArctic) introduces the first UArctic Chair, Professor Jeffrey Welker, as a collaborative appointment between UArctic, the University of Oulu and the University of Alaska Anchorage. The inaugural position is hosted by the University of Oulu.

The ‘Language Contact in the Circumpolar World’ conference (Moscow, Russia, 27-29 October 2017) will bring together researchers studying language contact in the North, and discussions of any aspect of the topic are welcome. Of particular importance is the question of whether language contact in the circumpolar world is differ...

At the 2016 Arctic Science Ministerial meeting, the ministers committed to the “shared development of a science-driven, integrated Arctic-observing system” and saw “a critical role for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) initiative”. As a response to this, the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) and...

The latest issue of our annual magazine, Shared Voices, is now available online. As 2017 marks twenty years since the birth of the idea of UArctic, the 2017 issue focuses on the roots and development of UArctic through personal recollections of the network's early days.

A series of pre-meetings and public discussion in Nuuk, Greenland will take place today, before the full meeting of the Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) begins on Aug 15. This year's Council meeting is hosted by Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, with a pre-meeting excursion in Sisimiut hosted by the Ar...

The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest international gathering on Arctic matters. The fifth annual assembly takes place 13-15 October 2017 in Reykjavík, Iceland. Registration is still open.

The UArctic Research Liaison and Thematic Networks Office (University of Oulu) welcomes a new Danish intern this fall.

The science section of the UArctic Congress will start in Oulu Sept 5 and conclude in Helsinki on Sept 7, 2018. The call for session proposals is now open, deadline Sept 30, 2017 (submission form).

The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme will soon invite applications for the fifth call of its project grants. The call for applications will be open from 1st October 2017 to 28th February 2018.

This week (31 July – 6 August 2017), 23 students participate in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard to learn about the challenges and opportunities related to governance of the Arctic Ocean, focusing on the marginal ice zone (MIZ). 

The 6th World Reindeer Herders' Congress focuses on human health issues, biodiversity and protected areas, industrial development and food culture. The event is hosted by Sáminuorra, Renägarförbundet, Svenska Samernas Riksförbund and Jokkmokk Municipality, together with Association of World Reindeer Herders, on 16-20 August 2...

In July 2017 UiT The Arctic University of Norway hosted an international summer school, the 2017 Innovative Learning Institute for Circumpolar Health. Twelve nursing students attended the institute with the purpose to exchange experiences and discuss the possibilities and challenges of nursing in the High North.