7th Summer Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 18-29 May, 2010 hosted by the Department of Anthropology.

Application Deadline: Friday, 20 November 2009 For further information, please go to: http://www.arcticcentre.org/vacancies

Dartmouth is seeking applicants for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Polar Environmental Change. The program is based in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) For more information, see: http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php

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The Geography Department at the Memorial University of Newfoundland is seeking a human geographer with expertise in the human dimensions of climate change.

The IPY Oslo Science Conference will demonstrate, strengthen, and extend the International Polar Year's accomplishments in science and outreach. The conference is an essential opportunity to display and explore the full breadth and implications of IPY activities. The international and interdisciplinary science conference w...

The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland is an international research institution and a centre of Arctic communications: www.arcticcentre.org.

The Centre for Mountain Studies is based in Perth, at Perth College UHI, an academic partner of the UHI Millennium Institute, the future University of the Highlands and Islands. We are looking for a Deputy Director, who will play a key role in the Centre, working on all aspects of project development and implementation, an...

Arctic Community Meeting Space Available American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 13-18 December 2009 San Francisco Marriott, Pacific Room J San Francisco, California.

Sami University College celebrated its 20th anniversary in conjunction with the opening of the new science building, Diehtosiida, on November 2, 2009 in Kautokeino, Norway. Sami University College is one of the founding members of the UArctic network.

The Coordinating Council’s regular meeting was held in Moscow, on October 23. Leaders of the regional associations of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East as members of the Coordinating Council participated in the session.

The Arctic Report Card is updated annually in October and tracks the arctic atmosphere, sea ice, biology, ocean, land, and Greenland. The 2009 update indicates that warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic. Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident.

UArctic member organizations in Sweden gather in Abisko, Sweden, for two days of meetings to discuss participation in UArctic's programs and coordination of fundraising activities in Sweden.