The Shtokman project is comparable with the conquering of the cosmos, deputy leader of the Shtokman Development AG says.

Applications are invited from well-qualified candidates for the post of Research Fellow at the Thule Institute of the University of Oulu.

In a little less than a year the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 From Knowledge to Action Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada, April 22 27, 2012.

The program for the 9th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar, held in Luxembourg July 17-22, 2011, has been updated. Please click here to view the program.

Registration is now open for the Polar Symposium in Siena, Italy, September 23-24, 2011 "Research urgencies in the Polar Regions and their links to the ICSU Grand Challenges in Global Sustainability". It will address all aspects of polar science, with a focus on the functioning of the Earth System in the Arctic and Antarct...

Research professors Bruce Forbes and Timo Koivurova were interviewed for an article dealing with Arctic development.

The most recent German OSTEUROPA Volume ”Logbook Arctic – Space, Interests and Law” makes reference to UArctic in the context of regionalization and the future of the Arctic.

The Environment and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Alaska Anchorage is seeking a landscape/ecosystem ecologist for a 2-3year postdoctoral position on a Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) -funded project focused on climate-ecosystem processes and their influence on caribou populations in...

The May newsletter of the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) is now available.

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a webinar entitled "What We Know About Walrus and Sea Ice: The Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook" on Tuesday, 24 May 2011 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. AKDT. The webinar will be presented by Gary Hufford from the National Weather Service, Alaska Region

A high level international Arctic conference is organized on 1st of June at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. The theme of the conference is The Arctic and the European Union: Environmental and Human Challenges.

In the Declaration following the Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Nuuk the Ministers and Permanent Participants recognize the importance of the work done by the University of the Arctic.

UniverSud Paris launches the first call for applications of the European project RBUCE-UP which is now open until June 30th, 2011. A 2nd call will take place from January 1st, to March 30th, 2012.

On May 11 and 2, the foreign ministers and leaders of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic Council met in Nuuk, Greenland, to set out future policy for the Council.

The next major project for the Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program is a joint project with the University of Lapland entitled, "The Arctic Council: Its Place in the future of Arctic Governance."The final conferene of the project will be held on January 17-18, 2012, Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility of the Munk S...