February

Rector Jari Niemelä (University of Helsinki)

I warmly welcome you to Helsinki

The world’s climate is changing, particularly in the Arctic. Here, the changes will not only affect local communities, permafrost and ecosystems; they will h...

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

Save the Date - Arctic Art Summit 2019

The Arctic region is changing rapidly. On the one hand, ecological, cultural, social and economical changes pose challenges for well-being and sustainable de...

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

Dickey Center Lombard Fellowship recipient Sappho Gilbert MPH'14, Gregory Poulin MALS’16, Lauren Bishop D’19, and Sydney Kamen D’19 attending the Model Arctic Council 2016 simulation in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Extension of Deadline for Application to Model Arctic Council 2018 in Finland

The Model Arctic Council 2018 coordinating committee announces that it has extended the deadline for applications to the Model Arctic Council 2018 in Rovanie...

Wed, Feb 28, 2018

Participants of the first Korea Arctic Academy, August 2015

Call for Student Nomination: The 4th Korea Arctic Academy, July 5-14, 2018

UArctic and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) are pleased to announce an opportunity for 20 students from UArctic member institutions in Arctic States to pa...

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Russian-British cooperation in Arctic research

An International conference organized at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University on March 1 - 3, 2018, is the final event of the project "Development of the...

Tue, Feb 27, 2018

10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference

The Circumpolar Agricultural Association would like to announce their 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference, titled "New thinking about local agriculture i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Participants gather at the workshop on developing guidelines for Arctic research ethics

Report: Workshop on developing guidelines for Arctic research ethics

An informal, pan-arctic workshop on current issues and actions related to development of ethical guidelines for research in the arctic took place at the Thul...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Why you should specialize in Arctic Studies at Aalborg University

Aalborg University offers a specialization in Arctic Studies within the Master's degrees ’Culture, Communication and Globalization’, and ’Tourism’. Students...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

UArctic Chair Update - Reindeer-climate interactions and the consequences of husbandry practices on reindeer diets and subsequent meat quality

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Pallas, Finnish Meterological Institute's Sammaltunturi station

UArctic Chair Update - The Arctic Water Isotope Cycle

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Workshop announcement: Joint Interdisciplinary Maritime Safety Workshop

The Disaster Law and Law of the Sea Interest Groups of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the Arctic Centre (AC) at the University of Lapla...

Fri, Feb 23, 2018

Call for Webinar Registration - Russia's Arctic Ambitions: Domestic Factors and Foreign Policy Strategies

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Marlene Laruelle from George Wa...

Fri, Feb 23, 2018

New Publication - Well-being among indigenous children and youth in the Arctic – with a focus on Sami and Greenland Inuit

The Nordic Council of Ministers (Nordic Co-operation) has released a new publication regarding the health and well-being of Indigenous youth across Greenland...

Fri, Feb 23, 2018

Eurodoc Conference 2018: "Research career - a living dream?"

The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) organize th...

Tue, Feb 20, 2018

Young people playing in Novyi Urengoy in Russia which is one of the places where the research will be conducted

Research Project: What could attract young to Arctic industrial cities?

A new, three-year research project hopes to discover what could attract young in Russia and Finland to the Arctic. The Finnish part of the project is hosted...

Mon, Feb 19, 2018