The UArctic Congress, originally planned for October 2020, will now take place May 15-18, 2021, in Reykjavik, Iceland in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting (May 19-20).

This full-time, two- to three-year position will be located in Juneau, Alaska. Application deadline is 4 October 2020.

A recent graduate from Aalborg University, Monica Gamba has just started her internship experience at the UArctic Thematic Network and Research Liaison Office, Thule Institute at the University of Oulu, where she will spend the next four months. 

The book presents a comprehensive assessment of climate dynamics and anthropogenic impact on biota, environment and nature management in the Murmansk region - one of the most industrially developed regions of the Russian Arctic - with special focus on changes in the life of the Sami - the indigenous people of the region.

The meeting will take place virtually on Thursday, 29 October 2020. It is open to all interested participants and there is no cost to attend.

The Department of Northern Studies at North-Eastern Federal University invites you to the educational session "Thematic Networks of the University of the Arctic: Interaction between the North and Asia" in the framework of the II Northern Sustainable Development Forum on September 28, 2020.

The EU-H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply Trans-national Access and Remote Access to 52 (TA) and 33 (RA) research stations.

The UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker, University of Oulu, Finland and University of Alaska Anchorage, has co-authored a new set of discoveries regarding thinning and melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is beginning its yearly effort to gather information on relevant research activities that have occurred over the last fiscal year (FY) and invite the community to share the work they have been doing during FY2020 with the wider research community. Request for Informatio...

The third round of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative will focus on Arctic Security and Cooperation, Arctic Infrastructure in a Changing Environment, and Community Dimensions of Health. Finnish applicants can apply until September 2, 2020.

The project Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education will have its first workshop online on 16-17 November, 2020. 

Northern Arctic Federal University (Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia) is pleased to announce an International Online IT-School to be held on 12-16 October 2020 within the framework of the 17th International Youth Festival of Information Technologies “IT-Arkhangelsk”.

The newest newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education is now published.

The North Calotte Council has awarded 10000€ to Gender Studies Unit at Faculty of Education, University of Lapland, as a supplementary grant to project “Understanding gender inequality among caregivers in aging sector in Nordic countries”.

The results for the 2020 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and are now ready, and four projects will receive funding from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science for their two-year projects starting this autumn. UArctic wishes success to the projects and looks forward to hearing mor...