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Rector Jari Niemelä (University of Helsinki)

I warmly welcome you to Helsinki

The world’s climate is changing, particularly in the Arctic. Here, the changes will not only affect local communities, permafrost and ecosystems; they will h...

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

Russian-British cooperation in Arctic research

An International conference organized at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University on March 1 - 3, 2018, is the final event of the project "Development of the...

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Participants gather at the workshop on developing guidelines for Arctic research ethics

Report: Workshop on developing guidelines for Arctic research ethics

An informal, pan-arctic workshop on current issues and actions related to development of ethical guidelines for research in the arctic took place at the Thul...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

UArctic Chair Update - Reindeer-climate interactions and the consequences of husbandry practices on reindeer diets and subsequent meat quality

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Pallas, Finnish Meterological Institute's Sammaltunturi station

UArctic Chair Update - The Arctic Water Isotope Cycle

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Eurodoc Conference 2018: "Research career - a living dream?"

The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) organize th...

Tue, Feb 20, 2018

UArctic Congress 2018 Call for Abstracts now open

The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress is now open until March 16, 2018. We welcome submissions to more than fifty science sessions to be held in Ou...

Wed, Jan 31, 2018

Arctic Exposure Summer Programme

The University of Lapland and the University of Oulu are jointly offering the Arctic Exposure Summer Programme. The programme will take place from 16-31 Augu...

Wed, Jan 31, 2018

Welcome to beautiful Oulu this autumn!

When I was growing up, the University of Oulu was a natural choice for a place to study. During my master studies, I saw the fast development of the ‘miracle...

Tue, Jan 30, 2018

Call for applications: Effects of climate change on Arctic livelihoods and living conditions

INAR (Institution for Atmospheric and Earth System Research) is offering an interdisciplinary course on the effects of climate change on Arctic livelihoods a...

Mon, Jan 22, 2018

Article: The Earth’s rotation pushes poisons to the north

The Arctic region is like a real-time laboratory for climate change – the sensitive northern climate reacts first to changes and foreshadows changes to come...

Fri, Jan 12, 2018

Arctic Five cooperation meeting Rovaniemi, Nov 2017.JPG

Arctic Europe’s university rectors establish the Arctic Five partnership

On November 16, during the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference, representatives of the five universities of Arctic Europe met together under the umbrella of t...

Fri, Nov 17, 2017

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