2020

PhD course on participant involvement and ethics in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik has been completed

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Despite COVID-19, it succeeded this weekend in completing an international PhD course at the Greenland Center for Health Research at Ilisimatusarfik. The participants came from Canada, Russia, the USA, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

UArctic Chair's update: An Arctic Crystal Ball - Long-term Experiments as a Window into the New Arctic

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Figure 1. Northern Alaska with a view to the Brooks Range looking south across the tussock tundra landscapes in the foreground. These tussock tundra systems are becoming snowier and subsequently becoming dominated by shrubs that are leading to greater above and belowground biomass that is being sequester at much higher rates, creating a negative feedback to rising atmospheric CO2 levels (DeFranco et al. 2020)

Professor Jeffrey Welker* and Colleagues *UArctic Research Chair, University of Oulu, Finland & University of Alaska Anchorage The Snowier, New Arctic may lead to major increases in C capture and storage: A negative climate change feedback.

Arctic Futures Symposium 2020

Tue, Nov 03, 2020

Every year, the Arctic Futures Symposium creates discussions and exchanges between Arctic stakeholders from different backgrounds and perspectives over key challenges and issues the Arctic is facing. The 2020 Symposium will be held as a series of webinars from 30 November to 2 December.

Call for papers: International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) 2021 Congress

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

The online SIEF2021 congress brings into focus discourses and practices of making, breaking, reinterpreting and transgressing rules. Organizers invite participants to explore the dynamics, modes, arenas and implications of breaking the rules, and to revisit and discuss underlying concepts.

Call for applications: Model Northern Forum on November 19-20, 2020

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

We invite everyone interested in the development of Northern regions to participate in the International Model Northern Forum, which will be held online on November 19-20. The registration for the Model Northern Forum ends on November 8, essay submission – November 15.

13th Polar Law Symposium 2020 online

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

The 13th Polar Law Symposium 2020 will be held online 9-30 November 2020, creating opportunities for scholars and students interested in polar research from all across the world. The registration is now open.

New project funding to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

Arctic Law Ships At The Roadstead Off Longyearbyen Svalbard

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, in cooperation with the Northern Institute for Environment and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre, has initiated a new project entitled "Interdisciplinary curricula on indigenous and tribal peoples' studies." The project received funding of 35,500 euros from the Finnish Nation...

Eyjólfur Eyfells of University of Iceland hired as Philanthropy Manager of UArctic

Wed, Oct 28, 2020

UArctic is happy to welcome a new team member to our Finance, Development, and Engagement area.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie: European Researchers’ Night Call

Wed, Oct 28, 2020

The European Commission Horizon 2020: Excellent Science, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions work programme, invites applications for its European researchers’ night. Submission deadline: 12 January 2021.

Webinar. Research in the Arctic: how to write about humanities

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Northern Arctic Federal University is pleased to invite young researchers, PhD and Master students for the webinar within the framework of the II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” that is planned for the June 2021 in Arkhangelsk as a side event of the X International Congress o...

Arctic Five Education project group moving towards piloting the joint study course - Course website launched!

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Arctic Five Education project held a two-day online workshop on developing the project’s online master study course ‘Arctic Inclusive Education’ (10 ECTS) on 19th and 20th September.

Apply for the "ICE MECHANICS" Winter Course in FEFU (Vladivostok, Russia)

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Polytechnic Institute of Far Eastern Federal University invites undergarduate, Master and PhD students and researchers to take part in the International "ICE MECHANICS" Winter Course which will take place in Vladivostok in January 25-30, 2021.

Online event: Lessons learned from Covid-19 across the Arctic

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

In connection with the PhD course organized by the Greenland Centre for Health Research at the Institute for Nursing and Health research (University of Greenland) in collaboration with partner universities and researchers from the circumpolar region, we have invited a panel of circumpolar researchers and stakeholders to discu...

The Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series Presents: Wellness, Strength and Balance in a Changing North

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

The Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series Presents: Wellness, Strength and Balance in a Changing North Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:00-12:00 EDT/GMT-4 9:00-10:00 Yellowknife 12:00-13:00 Nuuk 16:00-17:00 Stockholm

UArctic Teacher Education Network invites presentation abstracts to a session in ASSW2021 - Call for Abstracts open now

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education will host a session in Arctic Science Summit Week 2021. The conference will be held online.