February

Thematic Network on Arctic Law meets in Rovaniemi

The leadership of the Arctic Law Thematic Network meet at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland) on February 27, 2015.

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

Conference "The Arctic and the challenges of globalization"

Baikal State University of Economics and Law (filial in Irkutsk, Russia) will hold all-Russian conference "The Arctic and the challenges of globalization", J...

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

Final Reminder: Arctic Yearbook 2015 Call for Abstracts

Abstract submission for the 2015 edition of the Arctic Yearbook is open until March 1, 2015.

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

James McDonald, In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that UArctic announces the loss of James McDonald, our Council Chair and long-serving representative from the University of Northern...

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Thematic Network meets in Rovaniemi

The UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Sustainable Art and Design (ASAD) meeting met today in a special symposiumm "Value of Arctic Design - Demonstrating the I...

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

New Report: Arctic Human Development Report - volume II published

The production of the second volume of the Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR-II) on the tenth anniversary of the first AHDR makes it possible to move bey...

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Graduate field course "Understanding the Human Dimensions of Long-term Environmental Change", Iceland, 5-15 June 2015

Application round is open for a unique graduate course "Understanding the Human Dimensions of Long-term Environmental Change: Transformations of Iceland from...

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

The 12th all-Russian petrographic conference «Petrography of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks»

The conference will be held by Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre RAS 15-20 September 2015 in Petrozavodsk, Russia

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Post-graduate summer school "Change and Continuation in the Arctic", Aalborg, 12-15 Aug 2015

CIRCLA (Aalborg University), UArctic and ARC (Aarhus University) jointly organize a post-graduate summer school within the social and human sciences on chang...

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

Arctic Design Week 2015 begins in Rovaniemi, Finland

Arctic Design Week 2015, the world’s northernmost design week, takes place on 16-22 February 2015 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The theme of the 7th design week is...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Eurasia Foundation launches US-Russia University Partnership funding initiative

The Eurasia Foundation invites accredited higher education institutions from Russia and the United States to submit joint proposals for the development of ne...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

New report available: “What Crisis? Global lessons from Norway for managing energy-based economies”

A new report from Macdonald-Laurier Institute, written Greg Poelzer (University of Saskatchewan/ICNGD; lead of Thematic Network on Northern Governance), sugg...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

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Eighth Polar Law Symposium, Alaska

Call for Papers for th Eighth Polar Law Symposium, "The Science, Scholarship and Practice of Polar Law: Strengthening Arctic Peoples and Places" in Fairbank...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process 2

Call for Abstracts: In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process

The 2nd International Conferene "In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process – Local and Global Arctic" takes place 24-26 November 2015 in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Fi...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Delegation from Ilulissat College of Social Education at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, campus Alta

At the beginning of February, a delegation of 39 staff members from the College of Social Education in Ilulissat, Greenland, took the trip to Norway to visit...

Thu, Feb 12, 2015