POLARIN: Network for polar research infrastructures

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

A new EU research infrastructure project POLARIN in the polar regions, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has started in the beginning of March. 

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Alun Hubbard appointed Director of the Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Prof. Alun Hubbard will become the new Director of the Thule Institute at the University of Oulu from 1 July, 2024. The Thule Institute coordinates and promotes the University's broad and multidisciplinary Arctic and Polar activities, research, faculties, and the Arctic Research Network, and hosts the UArctic Thematic Network...

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Publication: Rethinking connectivity in Arctic tourism development

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

This paper explores tourism development in Greenland using connectivity as a prism to explore the emerging challenges and opportunities brought about by vast distances and limited and costly accessibility.

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Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of Place-Making

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Open access edited volume: Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of Place-Making, edited by Björn Thorsteinsson, Katrín Anna Lund, Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson and Guðbjörg R. Jóhannesdóttir.

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Call for applications: The KOPRI Arctic Fellowship Program

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

The KOPRI Arctic Fellowship is open to early-career scientists from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage who wish to visit and conduct research at KOPRI for up to 3 months.

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Nipissing student returns from Finland with new understanding of sustainability in Arctic tourism

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Graduate student Jason Maitland from the Nipissing University travelled to Lapland, Finland, as part of a field course where he spent a week in Pyhä-Luosto National Park.

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European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group Initiative

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group 4 (WG4) on building capacity for European science diplomacy convened a two-day co-creation workshop during 6-7 March 2024, hosted by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analyses (IIASA) and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna.

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Position Available: Data Operations Team Lead, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) invites applications for a Data Operations Team Lead. This permanent position will be located in Boulder, Colorado.

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Master's Course "Arctic Extractive Industries and Local People"

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

The course "Arctic Extractive Industries and Local People" is part of the University of Lapland's new "Arctic World" masters programme. The focus is on the social science study of the relations between incoming extractive industries and local people who inhabit the lands on which natural resources of interest to such industri...

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Position Available: Data Systems Specialist, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) invites applications for a Data Systems Specialist. This permanent position will be located in Boulder, CO.

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New Publication: Representations of the West Nordic Isles: Greenland – Iceland – Faroe Islands

Thu, Mar 21, 2024

Several members of the Thematic Network on Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) have participated in this new publication "Representations of the West Nordic Isles: Greenland – Iceland – Faroe Islands", edited by Jan Borm, Joanna Kodzik and Axel E. Walter.

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Call for travel grants for MA and PHD students attending the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024

Thu, Mar 21, 2024

The University of the Arctic is inviting Master and PhD students from UArctic member institutions, and Northern indigenous students from Arctic countries, whose abstracts have been accepted to be presented during the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, to apply for funding support to the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 held in Norway on May...

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Position Available: Director of Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland

Thu, Mar 21, 2024

The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) at the University of Maryland invites applications for a Director of its Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC). This full-time position will be located in College Park, Maryland.

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Request for Input: Updating the Implementation Plan for the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026, Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

Wed, Mar 20, 2024

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) invites input as they update the Implementation Plan for the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026.

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Event Announcement: Arctic Security & The Urgency of Understanding Actorless Threats

Wed, Mar 20, 2024

Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth invites to join the event "Arctic Security & The Urgency of Understanding Actorless Threats" that will be held on Monday, April 1, 2024, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm at the Haldeman Hall 041 (Kriendler Conference Hall), Dartmouth College. 

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