2015

Invitation to the course “IWCF Drilling Well Control Combined Surface and Subsea BOP Stack”

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

International Training Centre at Tyumen State Oil and Gas University invites to the course “IWCF Drilling Well Control Combined Surface and Subsea BOP Stack”. The course is aimed to train personnel directly working on drilling platforms or ships.

Postdoc position available at Arctic Research Centre of Aarhus University

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship from June 1, 2015 – May 31, 2017. Application deadline April 1, 2015.

Thematic Network on Arctic Law meets in Rovaniemi

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

The leadership of the Arctic Law Thematic Network meet at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland) on February 27, 2015.

Conference "The Arctic and the challenges of globalization"

Fri, Feb 27, 2015

Baikal State University of Economics and Law (filial in Irkutsk, Russia) will hold all-Russian conference "The Arctic and the challenges of globalization", June 18, 2015 in the framework of the VIII National Festival of Mass Communications "PR Days in Yakutia-2015".

Final Reminder: Arctic Yearbook 2015 Call for Abstracts

Wed, Feb 25, 2015

Abstract submission for the 2015 edition of the Arctic Yearbook is open until March 1, 2015.

James McDonald, In Memoriam

Mon, Feb 23, 2015

It is with great sadness that UArctic announces the loss of James McDonald, our Council Chair and long-serving representative from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Jim, as he was known to his friends, will be dearly missed both as a leading contributor to the development of UArctic and for his humour and wa...

Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Thematic Network meets in Rovaniemi

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

The UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Sustainable Art and Design (ASAD) meeting met today in a special symposiumm "Value of Arctic Design - Demonstrating the Impact," in conjunction with the Arctic Design Week in Rovaniemi, Finland.

New Report: Arctic Human Development Report - volume II published

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

The production of the second volume of the Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR-II) on the tenth anniversary of the first AHDR makes it possible to move beyond the baseline assessment to make valuable comparisons and contrasts across a decade of persistent and rapid change in the North.

Graduate field course "Understanding the Human Dimensions of Long-term Environmental Change", Iceland, 5-15 June 2015

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Application round is open for a unique graduate course "Understanding the Human Dimensions of Long-term Environmental Change: Transformations of Iceland from the Viking Era through the late Medieval Period (CE 850-1500)". The field course is organized in Bárðardalur, Northern Iceland on June 5-15, 2015. Apply by March 15.

The 12th all-Russian petrographic conference «Petrography of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks»

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

The conference will be held by Institute of Geology, Karelian Research Centre RAS 15-20 September 2015 in Petrozavodsk, Russia

Post-graduate summer school "Change and Continuation in the Arctic", Aalborg, 12-15 Aug 2015

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

CIRCLA (Aalborg University), UArctic and ARC (Aarhus University) jointly organize a post-graduate summer school within the social and human sciences on change and continuation in the Arctic. The summer school is held in Aalborg University, Denmark on 12-15 August 2015. Application deadline: 9 April 2015.

Arctic Design Week 2015 begins in Rovaniemi, Finland

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Arctic Design Week 2015, the world’s northernmost design week, takes place on 16-22 February 2015 in Rovaniemi, Finland. The theme of the 7th design week is Transparency, which explores the role of design in the sustainable development of the Arctic.

Eurasia Foundation launches US-Russia University Partnership funding initiative

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

The Eurasia Foundation invites accredited higher education institutions from Russia and the United States to submit joint proposals for the development of new institutional partnerships funded by the US-Russia University Partnership Program (UPP). Application deadlines: March 2, 2015 and May 18, 2015.

New report available: “What Crisis? Global lessons from Norway for managing energy-based economies”

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

A new report from Macdonald-Laurier Institute, written Greg Poelzer (University of Saskatchewan/ICNGD; lead of Thematic Network on Northern Governance), suggests that Canada should follow Norway’s example by placing natural resource revenues into investments that can be used over the long-term. (original article: MLI)

Eighth Polar Law Symposium, Alaska

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

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Call for Papers for th Eighth Polar Law Symposium, "The Science, Scholarship and Practice of Polar Law: Strengthening Arctic Peoples and Places" in Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-26, 2015. See information below and the accompanying flyer.