Thematic Networks and Institutes

This month

• “Art for Arctic Business” project received funding for business and art collaboration
• Observation of Change Art Project conducted fieldwork in Junkerdal National Park
• Memorable Reception at the Foodlab Lavvo in Bodø

June

• The UArctic funded onsite postgraduate course “One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems” took place in Norway in June 2024
• Launch of PermaIntern Platform and SEDNA Project Celebrated at ICOP 2024
• Thematic Network on Arctic Transport and Logistics hosted a workshop on New Collaborations and Strategic Planning in Bodø
• “The future of Arctic shipping in the era of escalating geopolitical tensions and regionalization” - Session at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• "Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement as a condition for a Just Green Transition - A Canadian and Nordic perspective" - Session at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• North2North staff mobility to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) for the exploration of Greenlandic meiofaunal flatworms
• Læra Institute: Circumpolar Studies exemplar courses published
• Tourists’ perceptions of climate change impacts in Rovaniemi, Lapland
• Lecture of the Nansen Professor Dr. Romain Chuffart "Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises" - recording available
• Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research was represented on a panel at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• Dust campaign in the Austrian Alps during 2024
• Læra Institute at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• COIL@UArctic attended Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Arctic Health related topics were broadly represented at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• Can the idea of tourism be changed? Company practices shaping Arctic holiday experiences towards tourism with a meaning
• Thematic Network on Arctic Migration organized a Session on "Embracing Diversity: The Future of Immigrant Communities in the Arctic" at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• International Symposium on Combating Radicalization, Racism, and Hate Speech Against Immigrants held in Rovaniemi, Finland
• Intersectional Gender Equality within Academia - Exploring Sustainable Futures at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• First loriciferan discovered in the Norwegian Arctic
• New Genre Arctic Art and Art Education Exhibition at the Arctic Congress Bodø
• The Arctic Health Network meeting in Copenhagen
• UArctic Chair Professor Kamrul Hossain elected to the IASSA Council
• Thematic Network on Social Work: Putting Arctic Social work on the agenda
• Session "Youth in the Arctic: Possibilities and challenges" at the Arctic Congress 2024
• Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law - recording available
• UArctic Thematic Networks and UArctic Institutes leaders met in Bodø, Norway
• UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks

May

• Thematic Network on Arctic Cultures and History at the conference "The Arctic in Eastern and Central Europe: Knowledge, Perception and Communication in 17th -19th century”
• COIL@UArctic at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024
• Critical Arctic Studies symposium 2024: Second Call for Abstracts
• Workshop and Panel: "Circumpolar Education Program on Environmental Change and Resilience" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, Norway
• COIL@UArctic goes to EDULEARN24
• Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in the Arctic Workshop
• Climate change adaptation planning: Breaking down barriers through comprehensive educational frameworks
• COIL@UArctic Collaborative Online International Learning workshop - recording available

April

• The fifth Living in the Landscape Art-based Research Method’s Summer School investigates rivers and the impact of green energy
• Arctic University Museum of Norway launches digital portal to zoological and botanical collections
• Call for Applications: Arctic Academy for Sustainability 2024
• Next-Generation Science Diplomat Committee
• Apply for Science Diplomacy Internship
• Organizing public relations visits in Northern Finland – Shedding light on organizations’ practices that make or brake the visit
• Nomadic Hub of Arctic Art Education camped in Karasjok, Norway
• Call for contributions: Relate North: New Genre Arctic Art Education Symposium & Exhibition
• Documentary film Dear Arctic now available online
• Increasing the visibility of environmental observations and Indigenous Knowledge for local and regional use in the Arctic
• Three-year PhD Scholarship in Arctic Humanities at the University Paris-Saclay, France
• Call for abstracts: Critical Arctic Studies symposium 2024
• Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law
• Herbivory Network Workshop: Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic
• New Læra Institute website section on UArctic Circumpolar Studies
• New publication: Herbivore diversity effects on Arctic tundra ecosystems: a systematic review
• Nine Arctic Indigenous Filmmakers Selected for Witness 2024 Film Training and Mentorship Program
• New UArctic Publication: Arctic Research Trends, External Funding 2016-2022
• CAMS National Collaboration Programme Survey for Iceland: Air Quality and GHG monitoring products in Iceland and in the Arctic