The fourth session of the Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series will explore the biodiversity of Arctic flora and fauna as well as traditional conservation and land-use practices through youth perspectives. The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 11:00-12:00 EST/GMT-5.
The Korea Polar Research Institute invites you to the 26th International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS2021) which will take place in Incheon* (from September 27 to 29, 2021). With “Responding to Climate Crisis” as its overarching theme, ISPS2021 invites researchers to discuss how polar science and technology can contribut...
Call for applications: NEFU Arctic Online School (winter session) 2021 from February 22 – March 5, 2021
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
Arctic Online School (winter session) 2021 is organized by North-Eastern Federal University and Northern Forum international organization and will be held from February 22 – March 5, 2021. Applications until February 19, 2021.
Barents Borderland Realities (BBR) seminar at UiT in Kirkenes
Tue, Jan 19, 2021
In late October last year, thirty students from Norway and Russia (UiT, MASU and PetrSU) participated in the first BANHE course excursion arranged and based at the UiT- The Arctic University of Norway’s campus in Kirkenes, Norway’s border town with Russia. Due to the ongoing Covid-19-pandemic, participants from Russian and Sw...
In memoriam: Lene Kielsen Holm
Mon, Jan 18, 2021
UArctic Board member Lene Kielsen Holm has sadly passed away on January 10, 2021. UArctic extends our deepest condolences to Lene's family and friends, and the entire Arctic research community that knew her and had such great respect for her work.
Call for Abstracts: Arctic Yearbook 2021
Fri, Jan 15, 2021
The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for its 2021 volume - the 10th anniversary edition. This year's theme is “Defining and Mapping the Arctic: Sovereignties, Policies and Perceptions”. Deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2021.
Apply for the Nordic Master’s Programme in Cold Climate Engineering by March 1, 2021
Fri, Jan 15, 2021
Aalto University, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) offer Cold Climate Engineering Masters Programme. Next application deadline is 1 March 2021. Study start in autumn semester only.
Positions available in Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
Faculty members in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University are seeking highly motivated applicants for graduate students, postdoc, and lab technician positions in Arctic marine fish genomics and feeding ecology for the FISHSENS project for Fall 2021. Deadline for application is 15 February 2021.
Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education Call for Participation in Online Workshop
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
The UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education is calling for participation in an online workshop on Friday 12th March to discuss different themes about Circumpolar Studies. As the climate changes, the Arctic now looms large in the popular perception as one of the most important regions on the planet. It attracts attent...
Leadership seminar for Arctic Indigenous Youth on January 25-29, 2021
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
There are still few positions available for the James J. McCarthy leadership on-line seminar for Arctic Indigenous Youth Leaders.
UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic intern for the spring 2021 who is interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region; its environment, people and culture. The internship will provide an environment in which the intern can develop, enhance professional working and communica...
Be Featured in New Polar STEAM Magazine Polynya
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
Are you a woman working in polar sciences, research, Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge, advocacy, or the arts? Polynya wants to feature you! Published by The Anchorage Museum and supported by the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Polynya is a new free magazine that aims to activate a culture shif...
Open Call for Nordic Talks
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Nordic Talks are looking for projects that are setting new agendas and strengthening the Nordic mindset in the global arena. The Nordics is The Nordic Council of Ministers’ branding project, and they support ideas and collaborations that embrace common Nordic values like trust, innovation, sustainability, openness and equalit...
UArctic Chair's update: Trees of the Arctic record sea-ice loss affects around the North
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Declining Arctic sea ice drives divergent shrub growth around the north.
The implications of shrub growth responses to sea ice-induced changes in climate are Pan Arctic wide with global consequences including: landscape carbon sequestration, diets of caribou, reindeer and muskoxen as wall as strengthening positive albedo feed...
Nord University Centre for High North Logistics granted NOK 7,5 million for research
Fri, Jan 08, 2021
The Nord University Centre for High North Logistics in Kirkenes, Norway has been granted NOK 7,5 million for further research and development of Arctic maritime logistics and transport solutions in the Barents region. Part of the work within the project will be done in coordination with the newly established Thematic Network...