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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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How do non-Arctic actors’ interests matter the Arctic? – debates around Arctic Circle assembly

From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries held a masters/Phd course in Iceland on the topic of Securi...

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

Master's program on indigenous studies open for applications at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Do you want to take part in shaping and producing solutions to global and local challenges through the study of indigenous issues? UiT The Arctic University...

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

Students enjoying the landscape at Varanger Peninsula during a field course in 2016, organised by the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism

Northern perspective on tourism – University of Lapland launches a new master's degree programme

The new programme offers a comprehensive and international approach to tourism and reflects on the growing global influence and relevance of change in the no...

Mon, Oct 30, 2017

Arctic Council at COP23: Climate change in the Arctic and its global impacts

On 6 November 2017, the Arctic Council will host an official side event at the UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, Germany. The event — “The global implications of a rapid...

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

The network of scholars decided to apply for the Thematic Network status when they met in the Migration in the Arctic Workshop in September 2016 in Stockholm. The lead of the Thematic Network is researcher Nafisa Yeasmin from the Arctic Centre (4th from the left).

New Thematic Network to foster international research cooperation related to migration in the Arctic

The new UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration focuses on newfound problems and challenges in the field of migration alongside of the already existing...

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

Nominate for the Arctic Mohn Prize

Nominate a candidate for the new international Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic. The prize amounts to 2 million NOK (approximately 2...

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

UArctic's Seven New Thematic Networks

Seven new Thematic Networks were approved by the Council of UArctic at their 20th annual meeting held August 2017 in Nuuk, Greenland.

Mon, Aug 21, 2017

NPE symposium 2017 Political Arctic/Arctic Political, 26-27 September 2017

The 7th Northern Political Economy symposium will address political aspects of life in the Arctic as well as the Arctic life as an object of politics, even i...

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Summer school report: A change of perspective, ICTs at 78 degrees north

David Palma participated in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard in early August 2017 to learn about the challenges...

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Call for papers: Language Contact in the Circumpolar World

The ‘Language Contact in the Circumpolar World’ conference (Moscow, Russia, 27-29 October 2017) will bring together researchers studying language contact in...

Tue, Aug 15, 2017

Summer school on the Arctic Ocean and the marginal ice zone (MIZ) taking place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

This week (31 July – 6 August 2017), 23 students participate in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard to learn about...

Fri, Aug 04, 2017

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