June

Summer Holidays

The UArctic International Secretariat wishes a happy summer to our members, partners and friends across the North and the world! Our office will be closed Ju...

Fri, Jun 30, 2017

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Sustainability Science, Indigenous Sustainabilities

Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science calls for applications for a professorship or a fixed-term associate/assistant professorship (tenure track syste...

Fri, Jun 30, 2017

Travel grants to Arctic Circle Assembly and related course for Danish/Greenlandic/Faroese students

Concurrent with the Arctic Circle Conference 2017, University of the Faroe Islands will arrange a course concerning international cooperation, science diplom...

Fri, Jun 30, 2017

Open position: Executive Secretary, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Foundation Board seeks a full-time Executive Secretary of the AMAP Secretariat. The AMAP Secretariat, e...

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

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Interconnected Arctic: Book based on UArctic Congress 2016 published

The Interconnected Arctic, an edited volume comprised of articles based on the UArctic Congress 2016, is now published by Springer Nature as an Open Access b...

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

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Call for Participants: UArctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries” Phd and Masters course

Security, Geopolitics, and Governance Challenges in relation to Arctic Extractive IndustriesPlace: Nuuk, GreenlandDate: 16-22 October 2017Deadline for applic...

Mon, Jun 19, 2017

Media Education Conference (MEC) 2017 – Under the Northern Lights

The MEC 2017 is organized at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, 27-28 November 2017. MEC (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference wh...

Thu, Jun 15, 2017

ICASS IX held by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association completed its work in Umeå

The ninth International Conference on Arctic Social Sciences hosted by the Umeå University was attended by more than 800 scientists and young researchers in...

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

7th MARPART Conference “Competence Development within Maritime Preparedness in The High North”

The MARPART conference is arranged on August 29-30, 2017 in Nuuk, Greenland as a part of the MARPART projects. It will serve as a meeting place for academia...

Tue, Jun 13, 2017

Open Calls for researchers in Polar Law Symposium and Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is involved in organizing two integrated international Arctic events in mid-November 2017. The 10th Polar Law...

Fri, Jun 09, 2017

ICASS-IX, Plenary - Extractive Resources Development and Sustainability in the Arctic

UArctic’s Indigenous Issues Committee and Nominations Committee meet in Umeå, Sweden

Chaired by Krister Stoor of Umeå University and Barry Scherr of Dartmouth College, respectively, the meetings were held in connection with the 9th Internatio...

Fri, Jun 09, 2017

Arctic Deeply: Some Arctic Reflections on US Plans to Exit the Paris Climate Pact

In an interview for Arctic Deeply, Lead of the UArctic Institute for Arctic Policy Mike Sfraga discusses how the US absence from the Paris Agreement will aff...

Wed, Jun 07, 2017

Call for papers: Education in the North special issue

This special issue of the journal "Education in the North" will be created in conjunction with the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social J...

Mon, Jun 05, 2017

Education and Healthcare - Arctic Broadband Forum Draws Attention to Shared Needs (Part 2)

The Arctic Broadband Forum, held in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 8-9 brought together an international audience of experts, researchers, educators, industry and in...

Mon, Jun 05, 2017

Nine postdoctoral positions open at Thule Institute, University of Oulu

Nine postdoctoral positions are open for 2-3 years (maximum until the end of the year 2020). The positions are a part of new projects centered on two themes:...

Mon, Jun 05, 2017