2016

The Arctic Broadband Forum May 8-9, 2017, Fairbanks, Alaska

Fri, Sep 02, 2016

The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of the Arctic are pleased to announce The Arctic Broadband Forum 2017 which will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, May 8-9, 2017, not 2016.

Get Ready for UArctic Congress 2016

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

The first ever UArctic Congress is being held in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 12-16, 2016 hosted by St. Petersburg State University. Final preparations are being made and we are looking forward to seeing you all at the biggest UArctic meeting to date, with over 500 registered participants.

Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars and Artists for the 2017–2018 Academic Year

Mon, Aug 29, 2016

Each year the Swiss Confederation awards Government Excellence Scholarships to promote international exchange and research cooperation between Switzerland and over 180 other countries. Recipients are selected by the awarding body, the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS).

Permafrost/Natural Hazard Summer Field School, August 2016 in Yakutsk

Fri, Aug 26, 2016

The Thematic Network on Permafrost/Natural hazards summer course was held in the North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk in August 2016. The summer field school aimed to provide the students with an overview of the many different research topics related to permafrost, ranging from geoscience, engineering, bioscience to soci...

At the intersection of science and art – New Thematic Network webpages launched

Thu, Aug 25, 2016

The UArctic Thematic Network on Communicating Arctic Research, also known as SubZero, has just launched their new website at sub-zero.org. The new website introduces the purpose of the network and the people behind SubZero, and most importantly features several visual projects done within the framework of the Thematic Network.

Thematic Network on Teacher education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Symposium in Helsinki September 10-12, 2016

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The chairmanship of Arctic Council will be forwarded from the USA to Finland early 2017. UArctic and our network will play an important role in that and the symposium will be an important check point in the planning process.

Call for proposals 2016: Nordic Master

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The Call for proposals for the Nordic Master programme is now open until 22nd September 2016. The Nordic Master (NM) is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ funding programme, which offers financing for joint Nordic Master’s programmes based on research, excellence and high quality.

Reminder: Call for proposals for the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Master funding

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The deadline for submitting the proposals is Thursday 22nd September 2016.

North2North Research Visit Report

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

Adam Stepien from Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland was visiting Aarhus University, Department of Political Science and Department of History.

New intern has joined the UArctic team at Oulu

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

From the middle of August, the UArctic Thematic Networks and Research Liaison office welcomed a new addition to their team.

UArctic Congress: Prizes to Young Scientists for the best poster and oral presentation

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

The best poster and oral presentations by Young Scientists in the Science Section will be awarded in the closing session of the UArctic Congress on Fri 16th Sept. The prizes are sponsored by Springer Nature.

BRICS Law Journal invites authors

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

Tyumen State University (Russia) presents a new research project – BRICS Law Journal. Though BRICS is an association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the journal is an open forum for the dialogue between legal scholars in BRICS countries as well in the whole world. You are welcome to make a contribution on Ar...

Staff Exchange at Aarhus University

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

'' Education is a social institution that determines the development of society. Being connected with other social institutions, it largely reflects the socio-political and economic contradictions in any country. The study and comparison of education systems in European countries would work out a common strategy for the devel...

ICASS IX: Second Call for Sessions

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

The IASSA Secretariat reminds of the upcoming ICASS IX 2017 at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden, June 8 to June 12 2017. Session proposals for the conference are due September 23, 2016.

Graduate Field Course: Northern Tourism in Practice

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

Do you want to explore Northern Tourism in the context of the beautiful and unique nature and culture of Varanger? Are you interested in learning together with students from Canada, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway? Do you want to be taught by a group of international tourism scholars and researchers? We, the participants...