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This month
Release of the Current Developments in Arctic Law, Volume 13
November Highlights from UArctic Thematic Networks
November
Inter-Polar Conference 2025 Report Published
Reclaiming Science for Peace: Towards a Just and Interdependent Planetary Future
October Highlights from UArctic Thematic Networks
October
The 18th Polar Law Symposium held in Nuuk, Greenland, on 22-24 October 2025
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2025!
Thematic Networks leaders held a successful meeting in Akureyri, Iceland
September
NIEM Marks 40 Years with Seminar on Arctic Law and Indigenous Rights
The Second Inter-Polar Conference 2025 held successfully
The Second Inter-Polar Conference Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole begins in Kathmandu
August
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain taught at the CCCI PhD Summer School in Oslo, Norway
Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law, Volume 13, 2025
May
A session organized by the UArctic Chair and the Law Thematic Network at the Arctic Circle India Forum
A Panel Session at the Arctic Spirit Conference by the UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain spoke at a high-level panel at the Arctic Circle India Forum
UArctic at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2025: Day 3
UArctic at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2025: Day 2
April
Official website of the Polar Law Symposium and the Yearbook Launched
Call for Abstracts: The Second Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole HKH (2025)
March
Global Glacier Preservation and Fifth International Polar Year (IPY-5) 2032-2033
Webinar announcement: First World Day for Glaciers: Planning Toward the 5th International Polar Year 2032-2033
January
Call for Abstracts: The Second Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole HKH (2025)
2024
November
12th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (2024) Now Available
Save the Date: The 18th Polar Law Symposium - Indigenous Rights, Autonomy, Empowerment & Environment
Thematic Network on Arctic Law at the NORSIL Seminar in Luleå
Thematic Network on Arctic Law "Arctic Archives" Subgroup Visits Swedish National Archives in Östersund
October
Thematic Network on Arctic Law “Arctic Archives” subgroup delivered two seminars at the 17th Polar Law Symposium
Seminar “Sustainability in resource-dependent Cities in the Nordic Arctic" held as a pre-event to the Arctic Circle Assembly 2024
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain appointed as an Adjunct Faculty member at NIAS, India
September
The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education organized a Panel session at the Polar Law Symposium 2024!
Cryosphere: Linking the Arctic with the Third Pole
August
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain spoke at the YouthTV show “Global Perspectives”
The CCCI PhD summer school held in Oslo, Norway
Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL), Volume 12, 2024
June
UArctic Chair Professor Kamrul Hossain elected to the IASSA Council
Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law - recording available
April
Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law
March
The documentary film “Sherpas Amidist the Mist” was nominated for the London Himalayan Short Film Festival 2024!
January
UArctic Chair Professor Kamrul Hossain lectured at the summer school on "Indigenous Rights, Responsibilities and Ethics"
2023
December
The 11th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law released
November
Panel session at the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2023
Call for Papers: International Law and Displaced Archives in Arctic Countries
October
Arctic Urban Sustainability and the UN SDGs through the Lens of the Arctic Mayors’ Forum
The 16th Polar Law Symposium 2023 held successfully in the Faroe Islands
Breakout session at the Arctic Circle Assembly on Socio-Political dynamics of Inter-Polarity
Kamrul Hossain, UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, interviewed by Nepal Television
September
Publication: The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: Background, Motivations and Aspirations
The Arctic meets the Himalaya
The First Ever Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole, held on 6-9 September in Kathmandu, Nepal
Book release: Arctic Law in 1000 Words
UArctic at the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly
August
Routledge Handbook of Polar Law published
Call for Papers: Volume 11 of Current Developments in Arctic Law 2023
July
A Seminar on "Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability" at the Queen Mary University of London
UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain gave a keynote speech on protecting Indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge
June
Reminder: Call for abstracts for the Inter-Polar Conference
May
Seminar on Indigenous Rights at the University of Lapland
Job call: Professor of Law, specializing in sustainability transition
April
Workshop: Decolonising Nordic Archives
The First Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole
March
Anthropology Conference 2023: Day 2 and 3
A Panel Session at the Arctic Circle Japan Forum: The Cryosphere: Legitimizing the links between the Arctic and the Third Pole
February
Arctic Circle Japan Forum: Program is now out
January
Submissions call: 16th Polar law Symposium
Arctic 5 Chair Security Studies special seminar: "Hybrid Threats in the Arctic" held at the UiT Arctic University of Norway
2022
December
The 10th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL) is out
“Decolonizing futures”: Book launching seminar held at Uppsala University
November
A Seminar discussed the Arctic dimensions of human rights
"Sherpas Amidst the Mist" – a documentary film showcasing Yak herding in the Third Polar region
October
Seminar on Human Rights and Security Environment: Arctic dimensions
UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law organized an academic session at the 15th Polar Law Symposium
Register for the 15th Polar Law Symposium
September
UArctic at the 2022 Arctic Circle Assembly
The 2nd Finland-India joint seminar held at the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU)
A database project launched on Doctoral and Post-doctoral Projects on Arctic Law
August
Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL), Volume 10 (2022)
June
Invitation for Collaborative Research on Public International law and Arctic/Antarctic Legal & Policy Issues with JSPS Fellowship - Academic Year 2023
Study visit to the Saami Education Institute and the Sámi Parliaments in Inari and Karasjok on May 24-25, 2022
Finnish-India joint Seminar held on 27 May 2022
May
Recruitment for salaried positions at the University of Lapland completed
The release of the two special issues of Nordicum-Mediterraneum (NoMe)
Finnish-India joint Seminar: Perspectives on Indigenous and Tribal peoples from India and the Arctic
March
Two Post-Doctoral Positions: Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland
Introducing the UArctic Chair Kamrul Hossain
February
Learning satellite on Indigenous and tribal peoples’ studies comparing the Arctic and India held on January 31 – February 3, 2022
2021
December
Thematic Networks interviews series, part 11: Law and politics
Call for papers: The Yearbook of Polar Law
The 9th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (2021) is released
November
Seminar: Strengthening Region-building through Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: Urban Sustainability through the Arctic Mayors Forum: Part 1
Arctic Spirit 2021 pre-event: Seminar on Strengthening Region-building through Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: Urban Sustainability through the Arctic Mayors’ Forum: Part 1
Event: The 14th Polar Law Symposium, November 21-23, 2021
September
Call for papers: The 9th International Kant-Bakhtin Seminar
August
Call for Papers: Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL), Volume 9 (2021)
PhD Students support during COVID-19 times. Experiences of the doctoral students from the Faculty of Law, University of Lapland
UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law launches a new project
July
Call for abstracts: 14th Polar Law Symposium
June
The UArctic Law Thematic Network at the 10th ICASS Conference
2020
December
Volume 8 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law released!
October
13th Polar Law Symposium 2020 online
New project funding to the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law
August
Thematic Network on Arctic Law: four new books released
June
The first call for papers for the 8th Volume of the Current Developments in Arctic Law 2020
Release of the book: “Wilderness Protection in Polar Regions - Arctic Lessons learnt for the Regulation and Management of Tourism in the Antarctic”
Position Open for Research Fellowship To Support PCRC Polar Legal Research in 2020-21, Deadline 30 July 2020
May
Call for Papers from Thematic Network on Arctic Law
April
Updates about Polar Law Symposium
New publication available: Russian Laws on Indigenous Issues (Vol. II)
February
The seminar on Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Use of the Arctic Ocean was held at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland
Call for participation: international summer school “Arctic Law”
2019
December
Call for Abstracts: 13th Polar Law Symposium, Kobe, Japan, November 23-25, 2020
Volume 7 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law is out!
August
Reminder - Call for papers: Current developments in Arctic Law, Vol. 7 (2019)
The Final Workshop of Food (In)Security in the Arctic was held in Rovaniemi
Finnish-Japanese Summer School on Arctic Studies held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Food (In)Security in the Arctic: The Final Project Workshop will be held in Rovaniemi on 26-27 August, 2019
April
"Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North" - Project Update
Joint project on curriculum development for interdisciplinary Master’s program “STEP into Russian Arctic”
Call for Abstracts: 12th Polar Law Symposium, Hobart, Australia, December 1-4, 2019
March
International Women’s Day guest lecture on #MeToo movement at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
February
Preparatory meeting on Finnish-Japanese Summer School on Arctic Studies held at Sapporo on 4-6 February 2019
January
Workshop on Governance for Cyber Security and Resilience in the Arctic
Reminder: Summer School on Arctic Studies at Hokkaido University
2018
December
Call for application: Hokkaido University hosts Summer School on Arctic Studies 2019
New Publication: Current Developments in Arctic Law, vol 6
November
Book “Unconventional aspects of human security in the Arctic: Cases from the Barents Region” is now published
HuSArctic project held the final conference in Helsinki
HuSArctic launched its final publication - Human and Societal Security in the Circumpolar Arctic Local and Indigenous Communities
DurhamARCTIC Summer School 25-28 April, 2019
Call for Papers: ICE Law Final Conference 2019
Polar Cooperation Research Centre hosts 4th annual International Symposium
October
Thematic Network on Arctic Law Co-organized an Arctic Workshop in London
The second workshop on Food (in)Security in the Arctic was held in Umeå, Sweden
Call for papers: Current developments in Arctic Law, Vol. 6 (2018)
September
The new publication highlights the human security challenges in the Barents region
New programme to support Arctic research cooperation between Finland and Japan
May
New publication on Food Security Governance in the Arctic-Barents Region
Human rights and multiple discrimination of minorities within the Sámi minority
April
Volume 5 of the Current Developments in Arctic Law is out!
2017
10th Polar Law Symposium discussed global and local governance of the Arctic and Antarctic
Book launch panel on Indigenous Sacred Sites by UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law
UArctic representation at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference
New publication on Russian laws on indigenous issues
Open Calls for researchers in Polar Law Symposium and Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit
10th Polar Law Symposium 2017, Rovaniemi
New publication: Current Developments in Arctic Law, vol 4
2016
New e-publication: Philosophy of Law in the Arctic
Current Developments in Arctic Law 2015 published
Thematic Network on Teacher education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Symposium
2015
December
Thematic Network on Arctic Law visible in St. Petersburg’s legal forum
November
Thematic Network on Arctic Law establishes new sub-group: Philosophy of Law in the Arctic
International Symposium on Emerging Arctic Legal Orders in Science, Environment and the Ocean
Timo Koivurova named as Director of ULapland's Arctic Centre
October
Arctic Law Thematic Network Active in the Arctic Circle October 16th-18th
ICE LAW Project on Indeterminate and Changing Environments: Law, the Anthropocene, and the World
UArctic Days at the University of Eastern Finland
September
Eighth Polar Law Symposium Concludes in Alaska
July
8th Polar Law Symposium, 23-26 September 2015, Alaska
February
Thematic Network on Arctic Law meets in Rovaniemi
Eighth Polar Law Symposium, Alaska
January
New publication available online: Current Developments in Arctic Law, volume 2
2014
The seventh Polar Law Symposium took place near the other Pole