January

Introducing the first winners of the UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund

Three winners of the UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund were recently selected, each receiving between $5,000-10,000 USD.

Thu, Jan 25, 2024

COIL@UArctic event: Collaborative Online International Learning in the Arctic

Thematic Network on Collaborative Online International Learning and Biodiversity Education across the Arctic Circle (COIL@UArctic) is excited to extend an op...

Thu, Jan 25, 2024

Apply to Turku Åbo Summer School - Affordable and high quality studies in August 2024

Turku Åbo Summer School is inviting participants from all over the world to join their studies in August 2024 in one of the most traditional and popular stud...

Thu, Jan 25, 2024

The multidisciplinary course in One Health team meeting: Keep an eye on the student Call to be out shortly

The international team of the UArctic funded project “One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems” held the workshop on 22-25 January 2024, to finalize...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

Student story: University of Akureyri student, Haukur Brynjarsson went on Exchange to the University of Washington, USA

The inspiring North2North exchange story from Haukur Brynjarsson, a student of the University of Akureyri, who spend the semester at the University of Washin...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

Social Inclusion Special Issue: Expanding the Boundaries of Digital Inclusion: Perspectives From Network Peripheries and Non-Adopters

The special issue "Expanding the Boundaries of Digital Inclusion: Perspectives From Network Peripheries and Non-Adopters" (2023, Volume 11, Issue 3) in the S...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

Blanco (Aarhus University, Denmark), Lead Author Of The Study

Towards an increasingly biased view on Arctic change – A recent study published in Nature Climate Change by INTERACT

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the resulting geopolitical tensions may impact our ability to understand ongoing Arctic change. A recent study...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

Report Available: 2023 SIO Post-Season Report

The 2023 Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) Post-Season Report is now available online

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

Leah Macaden, Vice-Lead of the Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education

Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education at the 5th Nordic Conference in Nursing Research

The 5th Nordic Conference in Nursing Research was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, on October 2-4, 2023. The main theme of this conference was “Methods and Networ...

Tue, Jan 23, 2024

Student Story: Umeå University student, Samuel Steen went on Exchange to the University of Saskatchewan, Canada

UArctic's mobility program North2North provided the opportunity for Umeå University student, Samuel Steen to spend a semester at the University of Saskatchew...

Tue, Jan 23, 2024

Professor Position Application: Arctic Geopolitics and Security

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland invites applications for a research professor in Arctic geopolitics and security. This permanent position will...

Tue, Jan 23, 2024

Student Story: Umeå University student, Celina Hedström went on Exchange to the University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Umeå University student went on Exchange with North2North to University of Saskatchewan. Read about the experience of Celina Hedström in the following story:

Mon, Jan 22, 2024

Five PhD Positions Available: Center for Ice, Cryptosphere, Carbon and Climate

Centre for Ice, Cryptosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) invites applications for five PhD positions in polar science. These positions will be located in Troms...

Mon, Jan 22, 2024

"Could giant underwater curtains slow ice-sheet melting?" News article in Nature

The article published in Nature by Xiaoying You looks into the seabed curtain project that John Moore, lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic...

Fri, Jan 19, 2024

Bowhead Whale Skull In Utqiagvik (Travelingotter Via Creativecommons)

Indigenous knowledge is moving towards the top of the Arctic agenda

For four decades, Eugene Brower was a whaling captain, leading numerous hunts and kills, using his acute sense of the whales, their feeding habits, seasonal...

Fri, Jan 19, 2024