New UArctic Staff member from Yukon University: Bryce Henney

Fri, Feb 09, 2024

Bryce Henney is a new addition to the UArctic Indigenous Vp Indigenous, Nadia Joe's team. Henney is now serving as UArctic Project Coordinator to one of UArctic’s projects called Indigenous Education Resources.

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Exhibition "Shifting Ground – Muuttuva maa" at the Rovaniemi Art Museum

Fri, Feb 09, 2024

The Exhibition "Shifting Ground – Muuttuva maa" at the Rovaniemi Art Museum from February 1 - May 19, 2024, features artists from the Shifting Ground project, including Timo Jokela, Ruth Beer, Maureen Gruben, Tsema Igharas, Lindsay McIntyre, and Jeneen Frei Njootli.

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Thematic Network on Circumpolar Archives, Folklore and Ethnography (CAFE) members win large international grant to reserach indigenous heritage

Fri, Feb 09, 2024

ArcHeritage is the UK component of one of six international projects for the Joint Project Initiative on Cultural Heritage, Society and Ethics. It will run from academic year 2023/24 for three years and aims to explore the commodity chains of three iconic heritage artefacts in the Arctic: reindeer antler, the conical tent, an...

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Seabed curtain project featured in the Guardian

Thu, Feb 08, 2024

The article focuses on the research project led by the UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic Conservation which aims at stopping glacier melt - and, consequently, sea level rise - caused by global warming.

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Webinar Panel Discussion Announcement: K-12 Student-Led Research, ARCUS

Thu, Feb 08, 2024

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the February Tundra Talks webinar. This webinar will feature a panel discussion entitled, K-12 Student-Led Research, and will be held on Wednesday, 21 February 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Alaska Standard Time.

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Webinar Announcement: Building a Framework for Understanding Permafrost at Local and Regional Scales

Thu, Feb 08, 2024

Organizers announce the next Permafrost Discovery Gateway Spring 2024 Webinar Series event. The webinar, titled Building a Framework for Understanding Permafrost at Local and Regional Scales, will feature Christopher Stevens (Northern Permafrost Consulting) and will take place on 15 February 2024 at 9:00 a.m. AKST.

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Postdoctoral Position Available: Climate Science

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

The University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher on climate intervention by seeding polar mixed-phase clouds. This full-time, one-year appointment, renewable up to at least three years based on performance, will be located in Los Angeles, California.

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Student Internship Available: Geophysics and Remote Sensing

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL) invites applications for a summer research intern with a focus in geophysics and remote sensing. This fixed-term internship will go from May to September 2024 and will be located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Call for nominations: 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award

Wed, Feb 07, 2024

UArctic and the Arctic Circle are pleased to open the call for nominations for the 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award. The Award includes a 100,000 euro grant to a promising project that addresses climate change through concrete actions and plans. The call is open until April 30, 2024.

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Op-ed article: "The Paradox of The Blue Economy"

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The Blue Economy offers enormous opportunities for growth. However, significant challenges can occur along the way, such as labor shortage, gender inequality, and issues about the attractiveness of the Blue Economy jobs for new generations. This creates a paradox – great potential in talks and plans versus difficulties in pra...

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Jean Malaurie, 1922-2024, R.I.P.

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) is very sad to announce the passing away of Professor Jean Malaurie in his 102nd year, February 5, 2024, at his home in Dieppe, France.

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Call for Nomination: High North Hero 2024

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The High North Center for Business and Governance has opened nominations to the High North Hero Award, created to honor a person or an organization that has contributed to highlighting the importance of the Arctic.

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New Research Topic on Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions has been opened for papers in Frontiers in Earth Science

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust invites papers for special edition in Frontiers in Earth Science: "Atmosphere – Cryosphere Interaction in the Arctic, at High Latitudes and Mountains with Focus on Transport, Deposition and Effects of Dust, Black Carbon, and other Aerosols - Volume II". 

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Call for the Arctic Five Chair Program 2024 is now open!

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The Arctic Five opened a call for an Arctic Five Chairs program. The program hires researchers from each Arctic Five University (Umeå University, Luleå University of Technology, University of Oulu, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, and UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø). 

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Fellowship Available: Fellowship for Indigenous Leaders, Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) invites applications for the IARPC Fellowship for Indigenous Leaders. These full-time, fixed-term positions will work remotely.

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