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Arctic Floating University successfully completed its work in 2014

The expedition of "Arctic Floating University" was completed August 20. This is the sixth expedition in a joint research and educational project of the North...

Wed, Aug 27, 2014

Next UArctic Rectors' Forum 2015

Hosted by the University of Umeå, Sweden, the 9th UArctic Rectors' Forum will be held August 19 to 22, 2015. The Theme of the 9th Rectors' Forum will be "The...

Fri, Jun 13, 2014

New director at Umeå University's CeSam

From May 1, 2013, professor Patrik Lantto will assume the role of Director of the Centre for Sami Research (CeSam) – Vaartoe, at Umeå University, as his pr...

Mon, May 27, 2013

Arctic Council Ministerial concludes in Kiruna, Sweden

Foreign ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples met on May 15 in Kiruna at the conclusion of Sweden’s...

Thu, May 16, 2013

NCM Arctic Co-operation Program continues to fund the development of the joint UArctic PhD program on Arctic Health and Well-being

The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation program has granted funding for arranging planning workshop in 2013 (200 000 DKK) to continue the de...

Thu, May 02, 2013

Understanding North Conference, April 25th-26th

The conference Understanding North will be held in Umeå on the 25 - 26th April 2013 and arranged by the Umeå University Faculty of Arts to celebrate Umeå's...

Tue, Apr 16, 2013

Jokkmokk Winter Conference 2013 report available

Jokkmokk Winter Conference on climate change, energy and sustainable development is an annual international forum for students, decision makers, entrepreneur...

Tue, Apr 09, 2013

PhD Training coure on Health impact assessment and climate change

Health impact assessment and climate change A PhD Training course May 14 – 16, 2013, Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden Registration opened in Februa...

Mon, Feb 25, 2013

BCS student accepts challenges in Arctic Yakutia

The last three years have been both challenging and enjoyable for Nazar Petrov, postgraduate Emergency Medicine student at the North-Eastern Federal Universi...

Fri, Jan 11, 2013

Umeå University inaugurates Sweden’s first Arctic Research Centre

On 12 December, Umeå University inaugurated the Arctic Research Centre “Arcum”. Now all Arctic countries have such a research centre. World-famous scientis...

Thu, Dec 13, 2012

Arctic Health and Well-being PhD Program Meeting

Successful workshop on new Arctic Health and Well-being PhD program held in Oulu

The first planning workshop for the new PhD program on Arctic Health and Well-being was held in Oulu, Finland on August 23 -24, 2012. Workshop participant...

Wed, Aug 29, 2012

New Barents research project starts at the Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi

The Barents International Political Economy (BIPE) researcher network has received funding to start a two-year joint research project in the Barents...

Tue, Aug 07, 2012

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