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Children will illustrate a new book of indigenous fairy tales

A new book of fairy tales "Tales of the river," based on the folklore of Indigenous Peoples of the North will be illustrated by children. The book author Ele...

Tue, Aug 18, 2015

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Our Common Future Under Climate Change - Outcome Statement

The scientific conference “Our Common Future under Climate Change” (CFCC15), organised in Paris in July 2015, covered the full landscape of scientific knowle...

Tue, Aug 18, 2015

Russian Geographical Society celebrates its 170th anniversary

Russian Geographical Society (RGS) was founded in St. Petersburg in 1845 and is one of the oldest in the world.

Tue, Aug 18, 2015

The indigenous festival "Ikenipke" will take place in Irkutsk

The “Ikenipke” festival is aimed at revival of national traditions, it offers an opportunity to meet the folklore, culture, songs and games of Tofalars and E...

Tue, Aug 18, 2015

The Sami flag was for the first time raised on August 14

The Sami flag was designed by Astrid Båhl with the initiative of Saami Council. The flag was officially recognized as the national flag of the Sami at the 13...

Tue, Aug 18, 2015

Yugra State University supports indigenous traditions

On August, 14-16 the UNESCO Chair of Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia hosted the seminar “Construction of a chum - traditional housing of the...

Mon, Aug 17, 2015

Grants for Research on Public Health

The Juho Vainio Foundation invites applications for its grants for research on public health. These support research and other activities that promote public...

Mon, Aug 17, 2015

Invitation to contribute: Special issue on Extreme Epidemiology for Public Health

Public Health is moving forward on the special issue related to ‘Extreme Epidemiology’ to be published in fall 2016, and the editors are in process of develo...

Mon, Aug 17, 2015

North-Eastern Federal University became better on 232 points in the Webometrics world ranking

On August 11, latest edition of the Webometrics World Ranking of universities was published. NEFU improved its position, became better on 232 points and is n...

Mon, Aug 17, 2015

In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process 2

Early Bird registration still open for In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process conference

The Early Bird registration for the conference ”In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process – Local and Global Arctic” is open until 31 August. The conference wil...

Fri, Aug 14, 2015

European Research Council Starting Grants 2016

European Research Council (ERC) has opened its 2016 Call for Starting Grants targeted for potential young researchers. The deadline for this call is 17 Novem...

Fri, Aug 14, 2015

Innovative Learning Institute on Circumpolar Health takes place in NEFU

The I International Summer Institute "Innovative Learning Institute on Circumpolar Health" was opened 10 August on the base of North-Eastern Federal Universi...

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

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