Thematic Networks

December

• Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research strategy workshop held in St John’s, Canada
• Video on the plastic pollution in the Arctic
• COIL@UArctic Thematic Network Update
• Arctic Yearbook 2023: Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Climate, Science, Knowledge and Governance
• The 11th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law released
• Thematic Network on Working in the Arctic held a meeting on "Arctic outdoor occupational health and safety in the changing climate"
• Publication: African dust transport and deposition modelling was verified through a successful citizen science campaign in Finland
• Call for contributions: Relate North: New Genre Arctic Art Education beyond Borders
• The 1.5-degree goal is out of reach. What's the plan now?
• Call for Abstracts for the Session “Embracing Diversity: The Future of Immigrant Communities in the Arctic” by Arctic Migration Thematic Network at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Adaptive capacity of workplace in the changing Arctic" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Connecting the unconnected in the Arctic" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Thematic Network on Arctic WASH Workshop: "Sanitation in Greenlandic Settlements"
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Arctic Tourism Futures" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Call for Papers: 8th International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) Conference
• Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 session on Arctic Science Diplomacy: The Next Generation - video now available
• Synthesis of the "Arctic Science and Technology Advice with Ministries" session from the Arctic Circle Japan Forum in March 2023 has been published
• Call for Nominations for the 2024 William Mills Prize for Non-fiction Polar Books

November

• ASAD Network’s Annual Relate North Exhibition at Umeå University
• Presentation on Saharan dust in the Finnish atmosphere and on the ground by Outi Meinander
• ASAD network’s annual Relate North symposium held at Umeå University
• Associate Professor Maria Huhmarniemi appointed as new vice-lead of Arctic Arts and Visual Culture Education
• Outi Meinander, Vice-Lead of the Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust, gave a presentation on Citizen Science at the 11th National Pyry Snow Seminar
• 19th UArctic Danish Realm members Caucus Meeting 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Nurture: Living in the Landscape Publication and Exhibition 2023 launched
• International Social Work day: Involve your students!
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Youth in the Arctic: Challenges and possibilities: Relationships and processes of participation and belonging"
• Publication: Sub-Arctic no more: Short- and long-term global-scale prospects for snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) under global warming
• Panel session at the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2023
• Speaker Series: "Arctic Community-driven Education Program: From Research to Impact"
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Intersectional Gender Equality within Academia - Exploring Sustainable Futures in the Arctic"
• Call for Papers: International Law and Displaced Archives in Arctic Countries
• Call for Abstracts for the Session "Educational innovation for the Circumpolar North" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Northern and Arctic Islands workshop: Setting the Agenda
• Circumpolar Studies exemplar course proposals selected
• Blog post: Reflections on the first Critical Arctic Studies Symposium
• Læra Institute at 8th UK Arctic Science Conference
• Call for participation: 'Being Circumpolar' student symposium
• Breakout session of Thematic Network on Arctic Transport and Logistics at the Arctic Circle Assembly
• Blog post: "Renewable energy and Indigenous participation: the case of British Columbia"
• Blog post: "Connecting Energy Transitions Across The Arctic"
• Article: "Small Collections Remembered: Sámi Material Culture and Community-Based Digitization at the Smithsonian Institution"
• Publication: Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern

October

• Arctic Urban Sustainability and the UN SDGs through the Lens of the Arctic Mayors’ Forum
• The 16th Polar Law Symposium 2023 held successfully in the Faroe Islands
• Breakout session at the Arctic Circle Assembly on Socio-Political dynamics of Inter-Polarity
• A Special Dossier about Ethnic minorities in the North published in Migration Letters
• NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab session at the Arctic Circle Assembly
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #25 available
• Panel: "Shared Voices: Indigenous Languages and Land-based Education in Higher Education"
• Call for Applications: Arctic Innovation Lab
• PermaIntern certified the first permafrost internship supervisors
• Seizing the Potential: The Intensive Course as an Exceptional Opportunity for Students
• Publication: "Key elements of defensible space land use bylaw provisions in wildland-urban interface municipalities of Alberta, Canada"
• Online lecture: "Challenges and Solutions for Solid Waste Management in Urban Arctic"
• Saving the Frozen Arctic – A new assessment evaluates potential climate action measures and their feasibility
• The first Critical Arctic Studies Symposium, Rovaniemi, Finland
• Kamrul Hossain, UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, interviewed by Nepal Television
• The new project on healthy ageing and outdoor environment: Methodology workshop in Oulu
• University of Oulu hosted an exploratory workshop for representatives of three UArctic Thematic Networks

September

• Ilulissat Science Forum 2023
• Apply for Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism course at UNIS, Svalbard
• Dust hot spots of the Arctic: High Latitude Dust field campaigns 2023
• Publication: The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: Background, Motivations and Aspirations
• Position announcement: PhD fellowship investigating Fossil Meiofaunas from Baltoscandia and meiofaunal evolution
• The Arctic meets the Himalaya
• The 1st International Day to Combating Sand and Dust Storms
• UArctic Thematic Network on High Latitute Dust (HLD) publications 2023
• Starlink feasibility measurements conducted by the 6G Flagship team
• Kick-off meeting of the UArctic TN on High Latitude Dust
• Publication: Geometric morphometrics of macro- and meiofaunal priapulid pharyngeal teeth provides a proxy for studying Cambrian “tooth taxa”
• Position announcement: Associate Professor in Border Studies
• New project ACCESS organises a conference on educational sciences on September 18-20, 2024
• The First Ever Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole, held on 6-9 September in Kathmandu, Nepal
• National Snow Seminar, Helsinki, Finland
• Second Læra Institute faculty workshop
• Alaska Geology Field Excursion, September 2023
• Virtual Exhibition: "RUOKTOT - The Return of the Sámi Drums"
• Book release: Arctic Law in 1000 Words
• Professor Glen Coutts re-elected as president of the International Society for Education through Art
• Job call: Director of the Thule Institute of the University of Oulu
• Arctic research grows and strengthens international cooperation
• Workshop in Iceland to conclude the three-year Age-Arctic project
• Save the date: Webinar "International cooperation on research on human health and well-being in the Arctic"
• Workshop updates: Circumpolar Maternal and Child Health discussed the ‘Values Based and Culture Informed Health Services and Research in Circumpolar Maternal Health’
• Moore and Mettiäinen as invited speakers at Arctic Momentum event in Helsinki, organized by youth NGO Operaatio Arktis

August

• Publication: "Climate change adaptation: How short-term political priorities trample public well-being"
• Thematic Network DALAM presented for 3000 library professionals around the world
• Nordplus Horizontal funding for the development of New Genre Arctic Art Education
• Relate North Symposium - Exploring Beyond Borders
• Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies held a roundtable "Exploring critical approaches in Arctic studies"
• Fourth Living in the Landscape summer school examines forests
• International Workshop "Reindeer Stories" held in Inari, Finland
• COIL@UArctic Thematic Network is looking for existing COIL projects organised by UArctic members
• The leaders and members of the Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic have published a book from Routledge
• Webinar: Exploring future 5G/6G opportunities
• Collaboration between Art and Science in Forest Nature Restoration Project
• Routledge Handbook of Polar Law published
• Arctic 6G project meeting held in Oulu, Finland
• 3rd Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) Impact Week
• Hyytiälä Autumn School 2023 “Analysis of Atmosphere-Surface Interactions and Feedbacks”
• Kick-off project meeting to strengthening circumpolar network in Arctic health research
• Professor Jan Borm, UArctic Chair in Arctic Humanities, appointed Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour
• Arctic Yearbook Special Volume Virtual Launch
• A workshop to develop the Master’s course in One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems
• Call for Papers: Volume 11 of Current Developments in Arctic Law 2023
• Exploring Arctic Sustainability: Enhancing Resilience, Addressing Land Degradation and Permafrost Thaw through Indigenous Youth Empowerment
• Blog: From Aberdeen to Tromsø: northern perspectives on/in the north
• International EISCAT Radar School, Kilpisjärvi, Finland
• Thematic Network on Working in the Arctic receives funding for "Arctic outdoor occupational health and safety in the changing climate" project

July

• The Science Diplomacy Center™ has launched its new website
• Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM): report of the activities
• Exploring energy transition in the Arctic
• Blog post: "The hidden cost of the energy transition in the Arctic: the impacts of wind power development on Sámi rights"
• Call for collaboration: Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic
• A Seminar on "Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability" at the Queen Mary University of London
• Call for proposals: Circumpolar Studies exemplar courses
• Developing a permafrost internship service – strengthening the link between higher education and working-life
• UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain gave a keynote speech on protecting Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge
• 9th Korea Arctic Academy held in Busan and online
• Open call: Indigenous Youth Training Program: Exploring Arctic Sustainability
• Perspectives from Arctic WASH: Luxury Tourism in Remote Greenland
• Register now: Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change
• Perspectives from Arctic WASH: Dry Toilets in Lillehytte
• Perspectives from Arctic WASH: Challenges and Opportunities in Itilleq
• 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Indigenous & Northern Collaborative Research & Education and Relationship Development Initiatives
• Thematic Network on Arctic WASH hosts summer school in Sisimiut, Greenland
• Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Power Electronics held in Narvik, Norway

June

• Arctic Indigenous Film Event "Climate Actions-Future Changes" held in April 2023
• "Arctic Indigenous Witness Films" event focused on the Indigenous filmmakers' work in their communities
• Sámi and Arctic Indigenous producers in Marhcé du Film, Cannes 2023
• 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education
• Reminder: Call for abstracts for the Inter-Polar Conference
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #24 available
• Sue Grimmond and Larry Mahrt receive the Zilitinkevich Memorial Award 2023
• "Towards Global Earth Observatory workshop" organized on 8 - 10 May 2023 in Hyytiälä, Finland
• HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco visited Värriö Research Station
• 8th International Polar Tourism Research Network Conference
• UArctic at Nor-Shipping 2023
• Arctic REIHN Tabletop exercise – handling of the damaged nuclear-powered vessel
• Members of TN in Arctic Health received funding to start a new project in healthy ageing theme
• 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
• Members of the Arctic Health network at the 'Species on the Move 2023' Conference
• UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks
• Publication: Denial and discretion as a governance process: How actor perceptions of risk and responsibility hinder adaptation to climate change

May

• Blog: The land of a 1000 lakes nourishes the mind…
• UArctic Assembly 2023 - Day 2: Key Decisions
• TN Arctic Health invites to join the Maternal and Child Health Workshop by Zoom
• International Workshop on Technologies for Sustainable Development
• Seminar on Indigenous Rights at the University of Lapland
• Extended Deadline: Call for abstracts, Second International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region
• Conference: Art, Community, and Identities in the Arctic – Best Practices for Children, Young People, and Families
• Læra Institute at 25th Arctic Science Summit Week
• Job call: Professor of Law, specializing in sustainability transition
• Project DistARCTIC held successful online workshop focused on pedagogical practices in rural education
• UArctic Thematic Networks and Institutes Leadership Team Meeting held in Rovaniemi, Finland
• Call for participation: Circumpolar Studies Curriculum Development faculty workshop

April

• Publication: Scientific paper based on UArctic Summer school 2022 on Arctic plastic pollution
• First high-level WHO mission to Greenland
• Workshop: Decolonising Nordic Archives
• Maisemassa / Living in the Landscape Exhibition
• The First Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole
• Graduate Seminar on Climate Change and Resilience in the North, April 19, 2023
• The Relate North 10 Virtual Exhibition

March

• Relate North #9 published
• Call for proposals: Relate North symposium and exhibition 2023 – Beyond Borders
• Webinar: Reflections from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Social Work Practice and Research
• ADVOST project held a four-day conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
• Anthropology Conference 2023: Day 2 and 3
• Anthropology Conference 2023: Day 1
• Interdisciplinary permafrost workshop in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
• Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Reseach held a virtual knitting and storytelling event "Yarns and Yarns"
• Reminder: Call for Papers: Critical Arctic Studies Symposium 2023
• UNPFII New York Arctic Indigenous Film Side Event
• "It's not a miracle: Teacher preparation and teaching in Finland" speech by Tuija Turunen
• Save the date: Climate change and green transition as global challenges for science and society - 2nd ACCC Impact Week
• Calotte Academy 2023 - Second Call for Papers
• A Panel Session at the Arctic Circle Japan Forum: The Cryosphere: Legitimizing the links between the Arctic and the Third Pole
• Open call: The Witness Series – New Opening with Telefilm Canada and AIFF

February

• Register now: HAI-FES International Workshop "Building bridges between Arctic and non-Arctic"
• Not so Poles Apart: The Arctic and the Third Pole in Asia
• Announcement: Research and Values Based Health Services and Culture Informed Care in Circumpolar Maternal Health
• Graduate Seminar on Climate Change and Resilience in the North, February 27, 2023
• Arctic Circle Japan Forum: Program is now out
• Apply for the Arctic WASH Summer school: Water, Sanitation and Health in the Arctic
• University of Lapland hosted Governor General of Canada and President of the Republic of Finland in Arktikum
• Call for Papers: Critical Arctic Studies Symposium 2023
• Register now: Arctic Security, Borders, and Immigration Webinar
• Event: University of the Arctic and its thematic networks a platform for Arctic cooperation
• ARCTIC 6G - Developing 6G in northern Sweden and Finland
• Apply now for summer school: Living in the landscape
• Call for Abstracts: "Post-anthropocentric approaches to Arctic International Relations"
• Save the date and call for abstracts: Second International Symposium on Plastic Pollution in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
• Call for Contributions: Relate North: Possible Futures

January

• Looking for partners: COIL@UArctic Thematic Network proposal
• Alaska Biennial artists talk: Thomas Chung, David Joel and Lauren Standford
• Useful study-exchange in experience-based master program
• Proposals for New UArctic Thematic Networks Welcomed by February 28th, 2023
• Thematic Network on Working in the Arctic holds a session at the Arctic Frontiers 2023 Conference
• Arctic Five Chair in Occupational Medicine focuses on the occupational health challenges and solutions in the Arctic and subarctic regions
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #23 available
• Article “Permafrost Thaw and Adapting to its Multiple Effects in the Arctic» published online in the Arctic Yearbook 2022
• Call for nominations: Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award
• Submissions call: 16th Polar law Symposium
• Registration open: Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change
• Relate North 10: Possible Futures virtual symposium
• Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2023
• New open access publication: Education, Equity and Inclusion – Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North
• UArctic International Secretariat visits Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office
• Webinar "Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in a post-Covid-19 New Future" is now published

December

• Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change
• Reindeer Husbandry – Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Arctic
• Using local and scientific knowledge in resource management: Workshop in Aasiaat
• International lecture series on different approaches to Arctic research
• Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 Montréal Side-event: Promoting knowledge and rights of Arctic Indigenous Peoples through Community-Based Monitoring
• Aker Solutions explores engineering solutions with UArctic to slow melting of glaciers
• Arctic Sustainable Art and Design TN (ASAD) has received funding for the development of its activities in 2023-2025
• Call for participation: Scotland Model Arctic Council 2
• Recording of the panel discussion "Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North" published
• The 10th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL) is out
• “Decolonizing futures”: Book launching seminar held at Uppsala University
• Successful UArctic Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research meetings
• The Nordic Social Work Research Conference: Social work in changing times: Challenges and new opportunities
• Living in the Landscape summer school 2022: Dwellers in the Landscape - Exhibitions and catalogue published 28th of November 2022
• Blog: From Iceland to Scotland: exploring inclusive education across contexts

November

• "Education, Equity and Inclusion - Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North" book launches were held at the University of Lapland and at the FERA Conference
• Læra Institute at UW civic education project workshop
• Call for applications: Arctic Academy for Sustainability 2023
• Arctic Yearbook 2022 published
• Saving Antarctica's Ice – Discussion with John Moore, David Wadhams and Paul Beckwith
• DeConcrete Closing Seminar
• Successful funding decision for a new project called “New Northern Pedagogies: Conversations across the Arctic”
• A Seminar discussed the Arctic dimensions of human rights
• ASAD Network’s Annual Research Symposium & Exhibition "Relate North 10: Possible Futures"
• Reindeer Husbandry Conference 2022
• Final scientific meeting of the joint research project MAREC: The inter-organizational coordination of mass rescue operations in complex environments
• "Sherpas Amidst the Mist" – a documentary film showcasing Yak herding in the Third Polar region
• Graduate Seminar on Climate Change and Resilience in the North

October

• Overview on “Newly identified climatically and environmentally significant high-latitude dust sours”
• Experiences from an international workshop on Indigenous youth leadership
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #22 - September 2022
• FP Award winners: “We care about how the society we are living in is functioning”
• Project progress: The ConnectED Project
• Seminar on Human Rights and Security Environment: Arctic dimensions
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law organized an academic session at the 15th Polar Law Symposium
• UArctic's Thematic Network on Arctic Migration event: Immigrants in European Higher Education
• Successful completion of the PhD course on Arctic Perspectives on COVID-19
• Civic Education for the Circumpolar North visit at the University of Lapland and the UArctic Secretariat
• TN on Critical Arctic Studies: Arctic self-portraits
• Northern Political Economy Symposium 2022: Making sense of the Arctic world in turmoil
• New comprehensive review of wildlife infections in the Circumpolar Arctic
• Fostering resilience and adapting to climate change in the Canadian North
• Internet connectivity problems and their impact to people’s daily life, work and business in the northern Finland
• Report on graduate education conducted by UArctic Thematic Networks during 2005-2021 released
• Project activity: Digital North: Three-Dimensional Technologies and Arctic Education

September

• UArctic at the 2022 Arctic Circle Assembly
• Verdde – a Mutually Beneficial Exchange
• Learning about Arctic plastic pollution in Nuuk
• A community-driven education program on climate change in the Arctic

August

• The successful kick-off of the Nordforsk funded CLINF-Green project
• Press release: Advance resilience in Arctic communities
• Second Call for papers: Northern Political Economy Symposium 2022: Making sense of the Arctic world in turmoil
• The application deadline for the Arctic Health related PhD course is extended to September 5 2022 and in hybrid format
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter Issue #21 available
• Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL), Volume 10 (2022)

July

• Apply for the Indigenous Youth Leadership workshop
• "Arctic Pandemics" Arctic Yearbook Special Volume: Call for Abstracts/Proposals

June

• Webpages for the new Thematic Networks launched
• DALAM Thematic Network holds first Workshop
• New publication on Arctic migration
• Call for papers: Northern political economy symposium 2022: Making sense of the Arctic world in turmoil
• Invitation for Collaborative Research on Public International law and Arctic/Antarctic Legal & Policy Issues with JSPS Fellowship - Academic Year 2023
• Study visit to the Saami Education Institute and the Sámi Parliaments in Inari and Karasjok on May 24-25, 2022
• Finnish-India joint Seminar held on 27 May 2022

May

• Invitation to the PhD course in Nuuk and Nunamed conference
• Call for applications: Arctic Academy for Sustainability 2022
• Recruitment for salaried positions at the University of Lapland completed
• Shahnaj Begum received 3-year Academy of Finland funded Post-doctoral position
• The release of the two special issues of Nordicum-Mediterraneum (NoMe)
• Finnish-India joint Seminar: Perspectives on Indigenous and Tribal peoples from India and the Arctic
• Introducing "Communicating UArctic impact" video series

April

• Winners of the The UArctic Photo Competition: Arctic Polarities 2022
• Building CAS community
• Invitation to contribute: Ethnic minorities in the North: contemporary challenges for human geography
• Summer School on “ Formation and growth of atmospheric aerosols ” on 8-19 August, 2022 in Hyytiälä, Finland
• Arctic Five Education project held workshop in Tromsø
• PEEX and Digital Belt and Road Programmes’ collaboration meeting
• Call for nomination for the 2nd Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter March 2022 published

March

• Call for TN Brainstorming: How to maintain peace, stability and constructive cooperation in the Arctic?
• Calotte Academy 2022 - Call for Papers
• Critical Arctic Studies: first network blog published
• Call for Applications: Scientific research cooperation between China and (Northern) Europe under the Polar Silk Road
• Two Post-Doctoral Positions: Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland
• Engaging Northern Communities using Arts-based Methods: Talk and Screening
• Webinar: What is Bioregioning and how is it useful? Insights from early career researchers and practitioners
• Introducing the UArctic Chair David G. Anderson
• Introducing the UArctic Chair Tuija Turunen
• Introducing the UArctic Chair Timo Jokela
• Introducing the UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain
• Introducing the UArctic Chair Odd Jarl Borch

February

• Call for contributions to the new CAS blog
• Call for Abstracts & Proposals: COVID-19 in the Arctic Assessment Report
• Learning satellite on Indigenous and tribal peoples’ studies comparing the Arctic and India held on January 31 – February 3, 2022
• A new "Arctic Academy for Sustainability" has been launched
• "NORRUS-AGE" – Invitation to the Final Workshop of the project on healthy ageing in the Arctic, March 1
• Additional funding to the study of climate effects on human and animal health in the North
• "Ageing in the Arctic" - Closing the project with online conference on February 23
• Extended deadline: Relate North - Everyday Extremes book
• Team of researchers: Not enough is known about the amount and effects of microplastics on foetuses and children – advice for parents, decision makers and companies

January

• A protocol for conducting a systematic review on the effects of herbivore diversity on tundra ecosystems
• Book “Relate North: Distances" now published
• Webinar Series - Enhancing International Scientific Cooperation: Arctic Science and Technology Advice with Ministries
• Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2022
• TN Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility Podcast: Reflections on the research week
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter available

December

• Inspiring research stay at UiT in Tromsø and Finnmarken
• Improved Water Access and Sanitary Conditions in Rural Arctic Settlements
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 14: New Thematic Networks 2021
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 13: Economy
• Book release: Renewable Economies in the Arctic
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 11: Law and politics
• Call for papers: The Yearbook of Polar Law
• The 9th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (2021) is released
• Call for contributions: Relate North - Everyday Extremes
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 10: Health

November

• UArctic summer school on Plastic in the marine Arctic – from sources to solutions
• The “Ageing and Gender in the Arctic” Thematic Network hold an international project workshop in the Finnish Lapland
• Online course “Arctic Inclusive Education” on spring term 2022 – registration is now open
• Seminar: Strengthening Region-building through Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: Urban Sustainability through the Arctic Mayors Forum: Part 1
• Online workshop “The development of sustainable cruise industry in the Pacific Arctic: Past developments and future prospects”
• Invitation to an open virtual roundtable "Language Hegemony in Arctic Research"
• Reminder: The UArctic Photo Competition: Arctic Polarities 2022
• North2north meeting in Kautokeino
• Building bridges in the Arctic: Arkhangelsk
• Arctic films in Iceland: "Indigenous stories have to be seen and heard"
• PhD course on new technologies and local perspectives in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik completed
• Article: Global collaboration in the circular economy via UArctic Thematic Network on Circular Economy
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 9: Gender
• RELATE NORTH 2021 Virtual Exhibition Everyday Extremes open
• Annual RELATE NORTH symposium arranged on-line by Tomsk State University
• Calotte Academy in-person travelling symposium
• TN Bioregional Planning for Resilient Rural Communities Kick-off Webinar - recording available
• Research fellow position available at Nord University - risk and emergency management
• Greetings from the UArctic Thematic Network on Circular Economy
• John Loxley PhD. Scholarship For Research on Community Economic Development in the Canadian North
• ARCSAR joint emergency preparedness exercise focuses on oil spills in the High Arctic

October

• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 8: Indigenous issues
• "I research how the Canadian First Nations of British Columbia reconnect with their land": video training by Giuseppe Amatulli
• "I ensure that sustainability is implemented fairly for the Sami people": video training by Dorothée Cambou
• Book Launch Event “Community-Based Monitoring in the Arctic” at the Greenland Science Week
• Online Young Scientist School MEGAPOLIS-2021 on "Multi-Scales and -Processes Integrated Modelling, Observations and Assessment for Environmental Applications"
• ARCUS Webinar with Kirsi Latola: "UArctic Thematic Networks: A Tool for Joint Research and Education"
• Empowering Communities through Local Monitoring
• Invitation to a two-part workshop on Arctic and sub-Arctic crab markets and research
• Online Seminar: “Cross-border interregional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region as a driver for the development of the Russian Far East and the Asian Arctic”
• Open webinar on northern tourism: the past, the present, and the possibilities
• Call for Nominations: Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 6: Climate change
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter September 2021 available
• ACCC Impact Week: Designing science-based solutions for clean air & safe climate, 7-10 December 2021
• Call for participation: Model Arctic Council 2022

September

• Invitation to join the First Working Meeting of Thematic Network on Bioregional Planning for Resilient Rural Communities
• The Arctic Health TN related project on healthy ageing NORRUS-AGE has published the new Policy Brief and digital brochure
• Online event: Nordic Dialogues - COVID-19 as a challenge for leadership in schools
• Special Session "Human Adaptation in the Changing Arctic"
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 5: Culture and Art
• Call for papers: The 9th International Kant-Bakhtin Seminar
• Exhibition: Winners of the UArctic Photo Competition "Arctic Polarities", Arktikum, Rovaniemi
• New Italian intern joins the UArctic Research Liaison and Thematic Networks Office in Oulu
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 4: Focus on Social Sciences (2/2)
• Online Seminar: Sustainable regional development, international cooperation and the protection of the Arctic environment

August

• Apply a new PhD course "New Technology and Community Perspectives in Arctic Health Research" 13-15 Nov 2021 in Nuuk and online
• XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland, July 17-22, 2022
• Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL), Volume 9 (2021)
• Northern Political Economy Symposium 2021: 2nd call for papers
• Network webinar on advancing small children’s voice and agency
• IPED project organised a successful workshop on the future of Sámi education
• New UAA course on GIS skills for One Health and Public Health Professionals
• PhD Students support during COVID-19 times. Experiences of the doctoral students from the Faculty of Law, University of Lapland
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law launches a new project
• Two new project grants awarded to UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

July

• Call for abstracts: 14th Polar Law Symposium
• Successful funding decision for Global Media Education project

June

• The 2nd World Forum on Climate Justice online, 21-23 September 2021
• A collaborative session of TN Arctic Health on healthy ageing at the ICASS X Congress 2021
• The UArctic Law Thematic Network at the 10th ICASS Conference
• The UArctic Photo Competition: Arctic Polarities 2022
• Open webinar on Arctic safety and security networking
• Online workshop: Árran and Uvssot: Contents and visions for future Sámi education
• New Book “On the margins of digitalization: The social construction of older people and the Internet”
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 3: Focus on Social Sciences
• The 30 years Anniversary of the Calotte Academy

May

• Paul Arthur Berkman receives Fulbright Arctic Chair 2021-2022 to Norway
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held three sessions on UArctic Congress
• Living in the Landscape spring school virtual Exhibition now open
• Call for contributions for Relate North 2021: Everyday Extremes - 9th Annual Symposium & Exhibition
• Work and Health in the Arctic session at the UArctic Congress 2021
• UArctic TN on Health and Well-being, NDI Think Tank action project, and the project NORRUS-AGE joint effort to host a session at the UArctic Congress 2021
• "Working in the Arctic" Thematic Network members will conduct a study within the "Arctic Floating University - 2021"
• UArctic welcomes seven new Thematic Networks
• Launch of the UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education
• The first completed pilot course brought the Arctic Five project together to discuss the future steps
• Project IPED held an online workshop Árran on contemporary Saami education and its research needs
• The Morning Watch journal published a special issue on Education in the Circumpolar North

April

• Invitation to Webinar on the Impact of Climate Change in the Arctic
• The ADVOST project held an inspiring two-day workshop discussing children's voice and story
• UArctic launches a series of videos focusing on its Thematic Networks
• Online multidisciplinary Living in the landscape school
• CASES Academic Conference 2021
• PEEX Pan-Eurasian Experiment Online Meeting
• China & The Arctic: A View to 2050
• Arctic 5G Test Network: How to solve Internet connectivity problems
• Arctic Five project group gathered together to develop joint online study course
• Webinar: Winners and Losers from Rapid Arctic Change
• Apply now for Arctic WASH online Summer School, June 2021
• Measuring herbivory across the tundra from plots to landscapes

March

• Successful Thematic Network on Teacher Education Symposium at Arctic Science Summit Week 2021
• Teacher Education Network webinar on Arctic polar vortex - Recording now published
• Online workshop "The achievements, advancement and recognition of Sámi education" - Registration is now open!
• Wilson Center Webinar: Realities of Life in the 49th State
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Telecommunications and Networking, member publication
• The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index – oil and gas better than mining?
• Local-scale Climate Resilience seminar series focuses on the climate change impacts and responses in the Arctic
• Network webinar on science in classroom
• Increased, intensified and insightful collaboration among the universities

February

• Online seminar: Japan-Russia Interregional Cooperation in the Arctic and North – Theory and Practice
• PhD position in terrestrial ecology, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland
• Postdoctoral position open in Tromsø
• PhD position at the Agricultural University of Iceland
• Call for contributions: Relate North 2021 - Distances
• Open position at University of Lapland: Professor of Education with focus on Arctic perspectives
• Project ADVOST published an article about teachers experiences in the frontline of the COVID pandemic
• New Opportunities for Arctic Science, Policy, and Diplomacy in the Biden Administration
• Northern Food Innovation Challenge
• Two Arctic Postdoctoral Researcher positions at the University of Eastern Finland
• Call for Applications: Field School on "Sustainable Nursing in the Circumpolar North"
• Webinar "Social work teaching 2021: Where do we go from here?"

January

• Final Report of "Coming of Age in Exile" (CAGE) project
• Proposals for New UArctic Thematic Networks Welcomed by February 28th, 2021
• Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2021
• Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education Call for Participation in Online Workshop
• Nord University Centre for High North Logistics granted NOK 7,5 million for research

December

• Climate Justice in the Arctic: A Critical and Interdisciplinary Climate Research Agenda
• Climate Justice in the Arctic: an emerging research agenda
• UArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic - network activities in November 2020
• Sci­ent­ists from the US, Europe, Rus­sia and China dis­cussed chal­len­ging Arc­tic ques­tions
• Online workshop: Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: Vol.1 – The Pacific Arctic
• Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra
• Volume 8 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law released!
• Event: Arctic Telecommunications & Data Infrastructure: Quintillion's Solution for North America, Dec. 14, 2020
• Webinar: Examining the Food-Energy-Water Nexus through the Lens of Renewable Energy in Remote Alaska Communities, December 14, 2020
• UArctic Thematic Network on POPs and Chemicals of Emerging Concern in the Asian Arctic TN-PCAA - eWorkshop 2020
• The newest Thematic Network on Teacher Education newsletter published
• Arctic Circle VIRTUAL dialogues now available
• Digital Science Released the State of Open Data 2020 Report

November

• Digital Tabletop Exercise in Maritime Nuclear Emergency Preparedness at Nord University
• Workshop brought researchers together to talk about indigenizing education
• Anders Oskal of EALÁT Institute featured on The New York Times Style Magazine
• Academy of Finland selected the Atmospheric and Climate Competence Center as one of the 4 funded Finnish Flagships
• Arctic State Institute of Culture and Art virtual event "Keepers of the World Cold"
• Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security
• Arctic Yearbook 2020 published
• The Global Arctic Today: The First Arctic Circle Mission Council Broadcast - full video available
• IV International Forum of Creative Industries of the Arctic Region, online, November 25-28, 2020
• Arctic 5G Test Network: Questionnaire about Arctic Connectivity still open
• Scientific work for 6G communication has been started
• Participate in the 5G Technical Webinar arranged by the project Arctic 5G Test Network

October

• 13th Polar Law Symposium 2020 online
• New project funding to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law
• UArctic Teacher Education Network invites presentation abstracts to a session in ASSW2021 - Call for Abstracts open now
• New book published: "Integrative Biological Control: Ecostacking for Enhanced Ecosystem Services"
• Launch of the UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education
• Project IPED invites participants in online workshop on Indigenizing education - Registration is now open
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter October 2020 available
• Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Dimensions of Urban Tourism
• UArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic received a new project on Ageing, gender and ethnicity (AGE-Arctic)
• Network webinar on Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences of Learning to Enact Inclusive Pedagogy
• All-Russian Scientific-Practical Online Conference "Languages and Literature of the Peoples of the North-East of Russia: Current State and Development Prospects"
• The Arctic Resilience Forum begins with focus on Indigenous Youth Leadership
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held its first network development meeting

September

• UArctic Thematic Network on Ocean Food Systems receives funding for the project "Network for Aquaculture Education in the Arctic"
• Arctic Five Workshop: Remote Learning and Strategies for Success
• Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social Work at the time of Covid-19
• A new intern joins UNITWIN/UNESCO Network and UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education
• Short Report about Covid-19 impacts on UArctic Thematic Networks and Institutes published
• Free online One Health course organised by the Center for One Health Research of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Students Barents Rescue exercise held at NORDLAB
• Two new books on emergency preparedness and crisis management as spin-off's from the MARPART and MAREC projects
• New video lecture on decolonizing and restoration available
• The UArctic Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office welcomes a new intern

August

• Save the date: Online workshop on indigenizing education
• Thematic Network on Teacher Education Newsletter August 2020 published
• Unit for Gender Studies received supplementary funding from North Calotte Council
• The annual RELATE NORTH symposium and exhibition cancelled
• Thematic Network on Arctic Law: four new books released

July

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity celebrates 5 years
• PEEX Arctic Boreal Hub newsletter published

June

• TN on Teacher Education: First blog post in the network blog published
• One Arctic, One Health Fact Sheet published
• Biodiversity and Human Health: What's a holistic approach to good health?
• INTERACT guide for facilitating local adaptation to environmental change

May

• Updates about Migration in the North 2020 Conference
• International Arctic Summer School at Harbin Institute of Technology
• Call for Papers from Thematic Network on Arctic Law

April

• Call for abstracts: A new edited book on Social Aspects of Aging in Indigenous Communities
• Second call for papers: Northernness at NAF/NAAR Symposium 2020 and 12th Annual Symposium of Architectural Research 2020
• Thematic Network on Arctic WASH (Water, Sanitation and Health) invites for online summer-school in June 2020
• Open webinar: Embedded ePortfolio in a Bachelor of Education
• Webinar on Greenlandic primary school system - Recording available
• Seminar and book launch event on Indigenous Pedagogy held at University of Lapland - Recording available
• Eight new Thematic Networks established in 2020
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub Newsletter March 2020 now available
• Students participate in Fourth Model Arctic Council

March

• Gender equality work goes on at the University of Oulu
• Umeå University hosted the fifth Arctic Five workshop
• Calotte Academy 2020: Second Call for Papers & Extended Deadline
• Open seminar on Indigenous Languages at University of Lapland

February

• Registration is open for the Arctic Migration Conference
• The seminar on Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Use of the Arctic Ocean was held at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland
• Next Arctic Arts Summit in Canada in 2021
• Launch of the Arctic Policies and Strategies Scientific Report
• Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic Workshop
• Local Summit “Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North” held in Levanger and Sjodal, Norway
• UNE to lead more than 200 institutions worldwide through UArctic Thematic Network on Ocean Food Systems

January

• Questionnaire about Arctic Connectivity
• Calotte Academy 2020 - First Call for Papers
• Book “Relate North: Collaborative Art, Design and Education" now published
• Call for abstracts for the Migration in the North 2020 Conference
• Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2020
• Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility invites abstracts for the session at ICASS X
• Three New Thematic Networks established in 2019
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility represented at the Arctic Week 2019 in Paris

December

• Call for Abstracts: 13th Polar Law Symposium, Kobe, Japan, November 23-25, 2020
• Arctic Yearbook 2019: Redefining Arctic Security
• PEEX Arctic-Boreal Hub December Newsletter now available
• "Living in the Landscape" International Summer Schools continue in June 2020, in Nordland, Norway
• Volume 7 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law is out!
• Online course in spring 2020 "Northern Tourism: Performances and Experiences"
• Call for Exhibition Proposals: ARCTIC MAKES Observations, Lessons And Solutions From The Geographic Periphery
• UAlberta scientist to lead new Thematic Network on Local-Scale Planning, Climate Change, and Resilience
• Reminder - Call for papers: The Role of Universities in Addressing Societal Challenges and Fostering Democracy: Inclusion, Migration, and Education for Citizenship

November

• Call for contributions for Relate North 2020 publication
• Arctic Art and Design Exhibition in Syktyvkar Komi, Russia
• A PhD study dedicated to the Influence of water systems on human health in Greenland was initiated this summer
• Funding has been granted for research workshops on Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education
• Summit "Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North" - Registration open
• Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design will have their 8th Symposium in Syktyvkar, Komi, Russia
• Successful funding decision for research project on inclusion and agency of young children
• The University Centre of the Westfjords receives Nordic Council of Ministers research grant on plastics
• Round table discussion "Do you speak my language?" - Speakers now published

October

• Call for participation - Model Arctic Council 2020
• Recording of the Webinar on Indigenous Language Education in Canada is now available
• International Summer School on Water and Sanitation in Cold Climates is Now Available as an Online Course
• Call for papers: The Role of Universities in Addressing Societal Challenges and Fostering Democracy: Inclusion, Migration, and Education for Citizenship

September

• News from the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Boreal Hub
• One Health, One Future Conference 2020
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education organizes a session “Do you speak my language?” in FERA conference

August

• Reminder - Call for papers: Current developments in Arctic Law, Vol. 7 (2019)
• The Final Workshop of Food (In)Security in the Arctic was held in Rovaniemi
• An Arctic Circle Assembly Pre-Event, October 9, 2019, Akureyri, Iceland
• Finnish-Japanese Summer School on Arctic Studies held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• Food (In)Security in the Arctic: The Final Project Workshop will be held in Rovaniemi on 26-27 August, 2019

July

• International Scientific and Practical Conference "HEALTH AS A RESOURCE: V2.0", September 26-27, 2019
• One Arctic - One Health: Project Report
• Book "Dieđut: Arctic Indigenous Peoples Food System – The role of traditional knowledge for sustainable development" nominated for two Gourmand awards

June

• Bridging thematic networks: Geopolitics & Security joins efforts with PEEX's Arctic-Boreal Hub
• News from the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Boreal Hub
• Newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education published in new format
• Special issue of Synnyt Journal focusing on Arctic arts
• Arctic Arts Summit 2019 gathers arts and culture actors in Rovaniemi, Finland
• Invitation to contribute: “Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration & Resilience”
• 8th MARPART Conference “Maritime emergency response in the Arctic” - policies, capacities and competence

May

• Call for Papers: International Conference of Innovative Technologies and Learning (ICITL 2019)
• Edwin Ziegfeld Award to ASAD TN lead Timo Jokela
• The third Arctic5 workshop concluded the successful "Joint Online Master Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy" project
• President of Finland Sauli Niinistö is the patron of the Arctic Arts Summit 2019
• Arctic Tourism in Times of Change: Seasonality
• New publication about art-based research "Visually Provoking: Dissertations in Art Education"
• Book "Relate North: Art and Design for Education for Sustainability" now available
• Registration Open for Arctic Arts Summit 2019
• Task Force on Improved Connectivity in the Arctic (TFICA) Report: Improving Connectivity in the Arctic
• Programme of the event "Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education" at ASSW 2019 is now published
• Call for contributions: Relate North 2019 - Tradition and Innovation in Art and Design Education
• Beach debris research field trip conducted in Hólmavík, Iceland

April

• Recording of the webinar "Sustaining an endangered language through initial teacher education. The Māori language experience in New Zealand" now available
• "Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North" - Project Update
• Joint project on curriculum development for interdisciplinary Master’s program “STEP into Russian Arctic”
• Apply for Master's Course on Water Management in Cold Regions, June 28 - July 5, 2019, Tromsø, Norway
• Call for Abstracts: 12th Polar Law Symposium, Hobart, Australia, December 1-4, 2019
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held a successful Conference "Developing an Inclusive School"
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education organizes a Webinar: "Sustaining an endangered language through initial teacher education"
• UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic WASH held a Master's course on the topic of Water Management in Cold regions
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education launched a new publication

March

• Researchers and industry shared their views at the world's first 6G Wireless Summit
• Call for Abstracts: Seminar "Problems and Perspectives of Social Responsibility in Natural Resources Exploration, Exploitation and Management"
• New Publication: Human Migration in the Arctic. The Past, Present, and Future
• Side event “Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education” at ASSW 2019
• Last Announcement for the International Arctic Summer School at Harbin, China
• International Conference ‘Blended Learning Strategies for the Circumpolar North’, June 4, 2019, Saskatchewan

January

• Last chance to submit proposals for Arctic Arts Summit 2019
• Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2019

December

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education releases a newsletter
• Five New UArctic Thematic Networks established in 2018
• Creating connections on north2north mobility funding
• Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic Project
• UArctic Board meets in Hanover, New Hampshire
• Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education is working on a Greenlandic Model

November

• University of Alaska Fairbanks students and faculty in Model Arctic Council in Rovaniemi, Finland
• Harbin Institute of Technology announces an International Arctic Summer School for 2019
• Arctic Art and Design Exhibition at Helgeland Museum, Nesna, Norway
• Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design held their 7th Symposium in Nesna, Norway
• Application period opening for international master's degree programmes at University of Lapland
• DurhamARCTIC Summer School 25-28 April, 2019
• Call for Papers: ICE Law Final Conference 2019
• Thematic Network on Arctic Geology releases new webinar
• Polar Cooperation Research Centre hosts 4th annual International Symposium
• Thematic Network Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education teaches Finnish pedagogy in Lebanon
• Continuity or Reform? The Future of the Arctic Council
• The Model Arctic Council students make innovative Waves
• Arctic Yearbook 2018 published

October

• Thematic Network on Teacher Education hosts a webinar on Leading Change Towards Indigenising Academies
• Jacob Taarup-Esbensen from Copenhagen Business School went on a north2north mobility to Faroe Islands and Canada
• University of Lapland hosts Model Arctic Council 2018
• From Faroe Islands to Canada with north2north mobility funding
• Disturbing Tourism Season: Changing Demands, Changing Expectations Panel Discussion
• Thematic Network on Arctic Law Co-organized an Arctic Workshop in London
• A special edition of Education in the North has been published
• Arctic Arts Summit 2019
• Thematic Network on Teacher Education to develop a joint Online Study Course on Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy
• Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education publish Open Education Resource
• UArctic EALÁT Institute is hosting a joint side-event at 2nd Arctic Biodiversity Congress in Rovaniemi

September

• 2nd Living in the Komi Landscape Exhibition opened in Komi National Library
• New programme to support Arctic research cooperation between Finland and Japan
• Registration open for Relate North 2018: Collaborative Art, Design and Education
• Arctic Entomology under Climate Change: highlights from the NOVA PhD course in Iceland 20-24 August 2018

August

• Thematic network on Teacher Education works towards a common Nordic Master’s Degree Programme

July

• PhD course on Natural Resources and Human Rights in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2018

June

• Calotte Academy 2018: Discourses on the Arctic – (inter)disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic research

May

• The joint initiative by APECS, Russian Arctic portal and TN “Working in the Arctic”
• "Rotational work - success and health" - a travelling psychological school at NArFU
• Human rights and multiple discrimination of minorities within the Sámi minority

April

• Murmansk Arctic State University signs cooperation agreement with University of Lapland

March

• New PhD course in NOVA series: "Arctic Entomology under Climate Change"
• Made With Winter exhibition opened in Sami University of Applied Sciences, Kautokeino, Norway
• Muohtagi - Lumen kanssa - With Snow winter art course created new cultural methods in implementation of winter art

January

• UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Lingua invites to the International Methodological Seminar
• Call for participation - Model Arctic Council 2018
• Members of UArctic Thematic Network nominate Arctic Council for Nobel Peace Prize
• Journal of Ecotourism: Call for Papers - Sustainable Indigenous Tourism
• News from the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

December

• Call for Abstracts - 2018 Arctic Yearbook
• PhD Course on Research cohort, Reproduction and Population Trends across the Arctic
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education to become first Finnish UNESCO UNITWIN network
• Apply for the 15th International Summer School in Karelia (ISSK)
• Calotte Academy 2018 call for papers
• PhD course on Security, Geopolitics, and Governance Challenges in relation to Arctic Extractive Industries
• Call for contributions the 5th Relate North publication
• New project enhances labour opportunities for women in the Nordic countries
• 10th Polar Law Symposium discussed global and local governance of the Arctic and Antarctic

November

• Call for applications for international master's degree programmes at University of Lapland
• Symposium "Teacher Education of the Arctic region: Diversity and Identity in the North"
• UArctic Thematic Network Lead selected as Nansen Professor 2017-2018
• Book launch panel on Indigenous Sacred Sites by UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law
• UArctic representation at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference
• Apply for two vacant junior researcher posts at the University of Lapland
• Relate North 2017 art and design symposium kicks off in Rovaniemi
• How do non-Arctic actors’ interests matter the Arctic? – debates around Arctic Circle assembly
• The 4th consecutive International Summer Course on Permafrost has concluded

October

• Northern perspective on tourism – University of Lapland launches a new master's degree programme
• Strengthening research and development work in rural Yakutia
• LLL Online Sessions at The 29th Congress of Nordic Historians
• Arctic Yearbook 2017 published
• Vacant PhD Position on Concepts of Arctic nature from East Asian perspectives
• Invitation to Contribute - OpenEd resource on Northern and Indigenous Health and Health Care
• Climate Change and Invasive Pest Threats in the North
• Open Online Seminar on Inuit Knowledge in a Teacher Education Program
• WRSA Remote Regions/Northern Development Sessions Call for Papers

September

• UArctic becomes UNESCO partner organization
• The Joint Master’s Program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being, the Memoirs of a Student
• UArctic organizing partner in High Altitudes Meet High latitudes: Globalizing Polar Issues
• Call for Abstracts: 6th International Polar Tourism Research Network Conference
• Extended call for abstracts for Education in the North Special Issue
• New Thematic Network to foster international research cooperation related to migration in the Arctic

August

• Symposium on teacher education in the Arctic, 27-28 Nov 2017 in Rovaniemi, Finland
• New publication on Russian laws on indigenous issues
• Arctic Extractive Industries Joint PhD and Master’s Course Location Change to Iceland
• Introducing the first UArctic Chair
• UArctic's Seven New Thematic Networks
• Press Release: Inaugural UArctic Chair
• Summer Institute for Circumpolar Health
• UArctic Student Ambassadors Reunite at 3rd Model Arctic Council Workshop

July

• Arctic Broadband Forum Draws Attention to Shared Needs (Part 3 of 3): Making a Difference

June

• Call for Participants: UArctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries” Phd and Masters course
• 7th MARPART Conference “Competence Development within Maritime Preparedness in The High North”
• Open Calls for researchers in Polar Law Symposium and Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit
• Call for papers: Education in the North special issue
• Education and Healthcare - Arctic Broadband Forum Draws Attention to Shared Needs (Part 2)
• First Arctic Arts Summit organized in Harstad, Norway in June 2017 with Arctic Arts Festival
• Calotte Academy 2017 discusses perceptions of the Arctic

May

• 10th Polar Law Symposium 2017, Rovaniemi
• New publication: Current Developments in Arctic Law, vol 4
• Arctic Broadband Forum Draws Attention to Shared Needs (Part 1)
• UArctic renews agreement with the University of Oulu and welcomes new Vice-President Research Arja Rautio
• Visualizing Environmental Change exhibition opens in Tampere
• UArctic Instagram takeover at Week of the Arctic in Alaska
• UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work reactivating

April

• Master's and PhD course on Engaged Scholarship, Food Security and Sustainability in the Arctic
• Teacher education project receives SDWG endorsement

March

• Summer school in Arctic Health
• Online seminar: Diversity in Learning
• Delegation from Yakutia Region visits Alta
• Week of the Arctic 2017
• International Permafrost Summer Course in Fairbanks
• NEFU experts organized mentor sessions for efficiency improvement of education system in a rural community

February

• Interview with new Thematic Network lead Heikki Hokkanen

January

• Call for Abstracts - Arctic Yearbook 2017
• Calotte Academy 2017 - First Call
• Joint PhD-course and workshop on “Invasive Pest Threats in the North”
• Symposium about Sustainable Indigenous Tourism Development
• Towards the New UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration

December

• Interview with Jargal Badagarov - leader of a new Thematic Network
• Extended deadline for papers: Future of Winter Tourism 2017
• International Autumn School «Study of human working capacities in the Arctic»
• International Conference Gargia-Oktemtsy 2016. “Agricultural development in the northern territories of Russia”

November

• Joint intensive course of Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Thematic network
• New publication visualizes environmental change through photography
• Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design RELATE NORTH Symposium
• Apply for Nature Tourism and Management PhD course
• Featured Arthropod: Gonatopus brooksi, Olmi 1984 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
• Model Arctic Council 2017-2018 in Finland: Announcement and Survey
• New Thematic Network on Arctic Coastal Communities for Sustainability was presented in Stockholm

October

• Arctic Yearbook 2016: “The Arctic Council: 20 Years of Cooperation and Policy-Shaping”
• Visualizing Environmental Change exhibition moves to ULapland
• Working towards a new UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic migration
• Visit SubZero Collective‘s traveling exhibition at University of Oulu
• The 4th Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland

September

• UArctic’s established Six New Thematic Networks
• First Call for Abstracts - The Arctic Broadband Forum 2017
• SubZero network’s traveling exhibition “Visualizing Environmental Change”
• 2nd symposium of TN Teacher Education
• Joint meeting of UArctic Rectors' Forum, Board and Thematic Networks
• New UArctic Thematic Network on Migration in the Arctic meets in Stockholm

August

• Permafrost/Natural Hazard Summer Field School, August 2016 in Yakutsk
• At the intersection of science and art – New Thematic Network webpages launched
• Graduate Field Course: Northern Tourism in Practice
• NeAT Initial Meeting Registration and Program
• Nordic-Russian Cooperation Program 2016 results announced

July

• New e-publication: Philosophy of Law in the Arctic

June

• NeAT Summer 2016 Campaigns
• Featured arthropod: Gynaephora groenlandica, Hübner, 1819
• Initial Meeting of the NeAT Network
• Calotte Academy 2016: Resilience related to Sustainable Development at focus

May

• Online Seminar: Education for Social Justice in Scotland, 20 June 2016
• Interview with Timo Jokela, the leader of “Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design” Thematic Network
• One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science application deadline extended
• Extractive Industries PhD course in Newfoundland
• Arctic Extractive industries: interview with Florian Stammler
• Reducing spring flood impacts: an international project implemented by “Natural Hazards” Thematic Network
• Arctic Broadband Summit 13-14 July 2016
• Interview with Svein Johansen for UArctic Russian Newsletter
• Nursing in remote area a challenge worldwide

April

• Model Arctic Council, a rewarding experience
• Becoming a Research Scholar in Arctic Populations through a Networking Approach
• One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science
• Apply by April 15 for International Permafrost/Natural Hazards Summer Field School
• UArctic invites proposals for new Thematic Networks by 1 May 2016

March

• Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders Programme 2016: Student Experience
• UArctic in pure diamonds: Report from Arctic Extractive Industries course in Mirny
• International Permafrost/ Natural Hazard Summer Field School in Yakutia, 2016
• Model Arctic Council concludes at ASSW16 in Fairbanks
• UArctic at ASSW 2016
• New publication from Arctic Extractive Industries Thematic Network
• Telecom Survey Results Show Interesting Mix of Needs Throughout the Arctic

February

• Specialization in Health and Environment in Greenland and the Arctic
• Book "Relate North: Art, Heritage & Identity" now published
• Relate North 2016: Call for contributions
• Reminder: Calotte Academy 2016
• 13th International Summer School in Karelia ISSK 2016, May 16-21, Petrozavodsk
• Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design in Anchorage, Alaska
• Arctic Design Week 2016 in Rovaniemi, Finland

January

• Current Developments in Arctic Law 2015 published
• Online Seminar on Indigenous Teaching & Education, 8 Feb 2016
• Answering Important Questions in Polar Ecology
• Announcement and Call for Abstracts: Natural Hazards Symposium
• Call for contributions to Relate North: Culture, Community and Communication
• Thematic Network on Teacher education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Symposium
• Calotte Academy 2016 First Call
• 9th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference 2016

December

• Arctic Yearbook 2016 Call for Abstracts
• Thematic Network on Arctic Law visible in St. Petersburg’s legal forum
• Successful completion of the international project

November

• Course announcement for students: UArctic PhD and Masters Programme "Arctic Extractive Industries"- course in Yakutia 16-21 Feb 2016
• Thematic Network on Arctic Law establishes new sub-group: Philosophy of Law in the Arctic
• International Symposium on Emerging Arctic Legal Orders in Science, Environment and the Ocean
• Guidelines for establishing a new Thematic Network updated
• Survey on Telecommunications and Broadband Needs in the Arctic
• Northern Forum 12th General Assembly, Yakutsk, Russia, November 4- 6, 2015
• Deadline Extended - Apply now for Model Arctic Council 2016
• Timo Koivurova named as Director of ULapland's Arctic Centre

October

• The 2015 edition of the Arctic Yearbook is now online
• Beyond - Discovering the spatial scale of society-nature coevolution
• Arctic Law Thematic Network Active in the Arctic Circle October 16th-18th
• UArctic Congress 2016 - Call for Session Proposals Open
• ICE LAW Project on Indeterminate and Changing Environments: Law, the Anthropocene, and the World
• Yakutsk scientists took part in the international seminar "The imagination of the North" in Canada
• Great example of collaboration in northern tourism - Thematic Network meeting in Alta
• New master degree program in Social Science at University of Nordland, Norway
• Arctic Council Kicks-Off Task Force to Examine State of Telecommunications in the Arctic
• The Arctic Yearbook launch, October 16th
• New member of Thematic Network “Working in the Arctic”
• International Arctic Workshop on Online Case Based Learning
• Registration Now Open for ASSW 2016
• NeAT Summer 2015 Campaigns
• Featured Arthropod: Aedes nigripes (Diptera: Culicidae)
• Seminar Making Cultural Heritage Online: Lars Levi Laestadius, Tromsø, 29-30 October 2015
• UArctic Days at the University of Eastern Finland

September

• Save the Date - UArctic Congress 2016
• Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education launches new web pages
• Eighth Polar Law Symposium Concludes in Alaska
• The first issue of the "Arctic art and culture" magazine
• Funding awarded to Arctic Tourism Project
• Upcoming Circumpolar Innovation Workshop in Canada
• School projects in Siberia examine permafrost
• Professor Heininen honored with the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of Petrozavodsk State University
• Security and sustainable development were discussed at NArFU
• Arctic Geology field trip took place in Russia, summer 2015

August

• Invitation to contribute: Special issue on Extreme Epidemiology for Public Health
• Innovative Learning Institute on Circumpolar Health takes place in NEFU
• Apply for Extractive Industries PhD course in Sept 2015, Fairbanks, Alaska

July

• Featured Arthropod: Pardosa glacialis
• Help Create an Invertebrate Herbivory Protocol
• Permafrost Summer Field School was held in Svalbard, Norway, June 2015
• UArctic Welcomes Six New Thematic Networks
• 8th Polar Law Symposium, 23-26 September 2015, Alaska

June

• Gargia-Oktemtsy-2015 Conference on Sustainable Development of the Northern Territories
• Six new Thematic Networks approved at 18th meeting of the Council of UArctic
• Open Seminar on Indigenous Education in the Arctic
• In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi process 2015: Local and Global Arctic Conference, 24-26 November
• Call for Relate North 2015 – Culture, Community & Communication: Symposium & Art Exhibition

May

• Security and resource (geo)politics at focus in the Calotte Academy 2015
• Life-changing experiences in the North – Testimonials from young UArctic researchers
• IASSA spring/summer 2015 newsletter
• UArctic Day at the University of Oulu
• Field courses offered by Thematic Network on Arctic Geology
• Course announcement: Business Practice in Norway, 2–8 August 2015, University of Nordland

April

• NRF at ICARP III in Toyama, Japan on 29th of April 2015
• Calotte Academy 2015: Resources and Security in the Globalized Arctic, May 31 – June 7, 2015
• UArctic Board meets in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

March

• UArctic Research Liaison strengthens with new team members
• Thematic Networks brainstormed joint research
• Newsletter from Thematic Network on Social Work

February

• Thematic Network on Arctic Law meets in Rovaniemi
• Final Reminder: Arctic Yearbook 2015 Call for Abstracts
• Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Thematic Network meets in Rovaniemi
• Arctic Design Week 2015 begins in Rovaniemi, Finland
• New report available: “What Crisis? Global lessons from Norway for managing energy-based economies”
• Eighth Polar Law Symposium, Alaska
• Two field courses on innovations in aquaculture and marine resources, UWestfjords, March-April 2015
• Proceedings of the 8th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference & University of the Arctic Inaugural Food Summit

January

• Summer School on Circumpolar Health: Focus on Future Health and Wellbeing, June 6-8, 2015 in Oulu, Finland
• International Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School, 12 June-3 July 2015, UNIS, Longyearbyen, Svalbard
• Extended abstract deadline and two PhD courses - 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
• New publication available online: Current Developments in Arctic Law, volume 2

December

• Thematic Network on Social Work: interview with a researcher
• New open online course on Circumpolar Innovation offered by USask
• Arctic Yearbook 2015 call for abstracts
• New eBook available: Sustainable Development in the Circumpolar North - From Tana, Norway to Oktemtsy, Yakutia, Russia

November

• Business and community development in Avjuvarri Indigenous Region
• News from the Thematic Network on Environmental Impact Assessment of Industry Contaminated Areas
• Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Exhibition in Kautokeino, Norway
• New book on art and design from the northern perspective
• Workshop and course in Neryungri, Yakutsk, Russia this week
• Arctic Yearbook 2014 launched

October

• The seventh Polar Law Symposium took place near the other Pole
• The launch of “Russian Strategies in the Arctic: Avoiding a New Cold War”
• Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security’s Panel on Security of the Arctic

September

• Ten days in Sisimut planning the research proposal on remediation of mine sites and contaminated areas
• The initiation of new Thematic Network: Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable Arctic natural resource development
• The EU in the Arctic, the Arctic in the EU
• Linking the UArctic Thematic Network with a new exciting partner in Greenland
• Guest lecturing on the Russian Arctic at the University of the Faroe Islands
• Arctic Networking and Storytelling Event October 13

August

• Recent Changes to three UArctic Thematic Networks