An informal, pan-arctic workshop on current issues and actions related to development of ethical guidelines for research in the arctic took place at the Thule Institute of the University of Oulu from 22-23 February. The workshop included participants from Norway, Finland, Russia and the United States with some participants co...

Aalborg University offers a specialization in Arctic Studies within the Master's degrees ’Culture, Communication and Globalization’, and ’Tourism’. Students from a number of other academic programmes (e.g. Development and International Relations, European Studies) can attend and gain new knowledge and skills within the field....

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects in Finland at the University of Oulu. This article will cover the second of two projects.

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects in Finland at the University of Oulu. This article will explain the first of two projects.

The Disaster Law and Law of the Sea Interest Groups of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the Arctic Centre (AC) at the University of Lapland are hosting a Joint Interdisciplinary Maritime Safety Workshop on 2 March 2018 at 15-18 at the Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Marlene Laruelle from George Washington University. The seminar will be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent...

The Nordic Council of Ministers (Nordic Co-operation) has released a new publication regarding the health and well-being of Indigenous youth across Greenland and the Sapmi.

The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) organize the Eurodoc conference for the first time in Finland with the title: “Research career – a living dream?” at the University of Tampere, on April 18–19, 2018.

A new, three-year research project hopes to discover what could attract young in Russia and Finland to the Arctic. The Finnish part of the project is hosted by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and funded by the Academy of Finland.

Reminder that the deadline to submit content for the Arctic Biodiversity Congress is approaching. Submit via the online submission system by 30 March, 2018. The Congress will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland on October 9-11, 2018, and will build upon the success of the first Congress, held in Norway in 2014.

The World Indigenous Research and Education Conference, "Igniting Knowledge Sharing", will be held August 22-24 in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, Norway. The conference is organized by the Sámi University of Applied Sciences, WINHEC and the World Indigenous Research Alliance. The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 28, 2...

Students on Ice are organizing an Arctic Expedition from 23 July - 7 August, 2018 in Canada's Arctic. The application deadline for the 2018 expedition is 1 March, 2018. This expedition is open to post-secondary students 24 and under from any country in the world as well as those interested in joining the staff team.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Collaborations invites attendance for a webinar titled "Different Ways of Knowing: Successful Examples of Knowledge Co-production in Arctic Research". This webinar will convene via Zoom Video Conferencing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, 16 February 2018.

The Nordic Council of Minsters has published a new report, "State of the Nordic Region 2018". This report gives you a unique look behind the scenes of the world's most integrated region, comprised of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, along with Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland.

The Arctic Economic Council (AEC) is happy to announce that the 3rd Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit will be held on June 27-28, 2018. This year’s Summit will take place in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan in collaboration with the Hokkaido Government, Hokkaido University and Hokkaido Committee for Economic Development.