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APECS and UArctic Workshop provided best practises on communicating science to policy makers and the public

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and UArctic ran a joint science communication workshop in connection with the UArctic Congress 2018...

Thu, Oct 18, 2018

Abstracts Deadline extended for Circumpolar Agriculture Conference 2019

The call for abstracts for the 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference has been extended! The new deadline is October 29, 2018.

Wed, Oct 17, 2018

A special edition of Education in the North has been published

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education publish a special edition of the journal Education in the North.

Wed, Oct 17, 2018

The Arctic Network of OVSQ hosts an Arctic Week conference

The Arctic Network OVSQ Environment and Societies Facing Global Issues hosts an Arctic Week conference. The conference takes place on December 10-14, 2018.

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

The second workshop on Food (in)Security in the Arctic was held in Umeå, Sweden

"Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North” p...

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Greenlandic fishermen nominated for Nordic Council Environment Prize

Fishermen in the Attu community on the west coast of Greenland have been nominated for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2018.

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

UArctic Chair Jeffrey Welker at the University of Oulu’s 2018-2019 Opening Ceremony

Universities around the Arctic celebrate the beginning of each academic year as a time of joy, anticipation, reflection and inspiration. This year, the Unive...

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Svalbard-Polar Night-Permafrost Feedbacks and Deeper Winter Snow

According to new research of the UArctic Chair Jeffrey Welker and co-authors, the High Arctic has the most extreme conditions of the Northern Hemisphere, wit...

Tue, Oct 16, 2018

Two junior researcher positions available at the University of Lapland

Applications are invited for two vacant junior researcher positions at the University of Lapland, in the doctoral programme of Communities and Changing Work....

Mon, Oct 15, 2018

Liisa Holmberg; Erika Sarivaara and Marja-Liisa Olthuis

Side event on Indigenous Languages in Urbanized areas drew attention at UArctic Congress 2018

The Thematic network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education and the UNITWIN/UNESCO network concerning Indigenous Languages in Urb...

Mon, Oct 15, 2018