Until recent years, science diplomacy and science collaboration have generally been seen as useful tools for building trust in international relations. However, a new Icelandic study shows how geopolitical developments are directly influencing the practical implementation and operation of science projects on the ground.

Harri Saarnisaari from the University of Oulu’s Arctic 6G project, and lead of the Thematic Network on Arctic Telecommunications and Networking, participated in a joint measurement campaign with colleagues from The Sámi Education Institute’s and the University of Lapland’s New forms of heritage wisdom project. 

UArctic Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM) held its biennial in-person meeting within the program of the 29th Polar Libraries Colloquy in Tromsø, Norway on June 10, 2024. 

Take a look at the newly published program draft for the Arctic Circle 2024 Assembly, set to take place October 17-19 in Reykjavík, Iceland in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre.

Three 3 Ph.D. positions (4 years, full time) are opening at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Liège (ULiege) in a collective research project that explores intuitive interspecies communication and the collaboration with animal communicators and Indigenous knowledge holders in the development of novel multisp...

Jan Borm, UArctic Chair in Arctic Humanities, participated in the symposium.

In this video series, the finalists of the 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award talk about their award-nominated ideas. The first video comes from Louise Chavarie and team whose project focuses on the northward expansion of Atlantic and pink salmon and its impacts on Arctic communities and coastal ecosystems.

The perception of the Arctic has varied through time and between cultures, but because of its fairytale beauty and menace, it has always occupied a special place in our imagination.

ARCUS invites academic, nonprofit, government, business, Indigenous, and international organizations to apply for membership by September 30, 2024.

The leadership of the Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) invites book chapter submissions for the book “Climate Action with Global Inclusion: Perspectives, Lessons, and Observations from Indigenous Youths on Climate Adaptation and Resilience”. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2024.

Organizers are accepting abstracts for ArcticNet’s Arctic Change 2024. This meeting will take place 9-12 December 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Although the "Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors" isn’t specifically Arctic-focused, it does present 5 chapters that share experiences in Arctic tourism, and a number of its authors have connected through the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism, where co-editor Patrick Maher had be...

A new intern Evan Hansen has begun work this fall at the UArctic International Secretariat at the University of Lapland. His internship will span September 2024 through January 2025.

Laura Ditto joins the International Secretariat staff in Rovaniemi for a five-month internship organized by UArctic and the US Embassy.

The International Sami Film Institute and Arctic Indigenous Film Fund invite Arctic Indigenous writers to join the Arctic Indigenous Screenwriting Workshop. Application deadline: September 20th, 2024.