March

Nansen Professor Inaugural Lecture: Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises

This inaugural Nansen lecture for Dr. Romain Chuffart will discuss the role of justice in the evolution of Polar Law both as an academic field and as a pract...

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

Nansen Final Lecture- Arctic Science Diplomacy in a NATO/BRICS-Divided World: Practical Problems or Moral Panic?

This was a concluding Nansen lecture for Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen as he discuss the place of science diplomacy in navigating changes to international and Arc...

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

International Workshop on India’s Polar Region Policy Towards Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development

International Workshop on “India’s Polar Region Policy Towards Building Partnership with Sustainable Approach”

Rashtriya Raksha University shares its experience on the first International Workshop on India’s Polar Region Policy Towards Building Partnerships for Sustai...

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

Polar Educators International: Connecting Communities Survey

The “Connecting Communities” project is exploring the feasibility of connecting Polar Educators, Early Career Researchers, and Arctic Indigenous representati...

Sat, Mar 23, 2024

POLARIN: Network for polar research infrastructures

A new EU research infrastructure project POLARIN in the polar regions, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, has started in the beginning of March.

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Alun Hubbard appointed Director of the Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland

Prof. Alun Hubbard will become the new Director of the Thule Institute at the University of Oulu from 1 July, 2024. The Thule Institute coordinates and promo...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Publication: Rethinking connectivity in Arctic tourism development

This paper explores tourism development in Greenland using connectivity as a prism to explore the emerging challenges and opportunities brought about by vast...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of Place-Making

Open access edited volume: Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of Place-Making, edited by Björn Thorsteinsson, Katrín Anna Lund, Gunnar Thór Jóhann...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Call for applications: The KOPRI Arctic Fellowship Program

The KOPRI Arctic Fellowship is open to early-career scientists from Arctic countries and researchers of Arctic indigenous heritage who wish to visit and cond...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Jason Maitland and team at the Naava Tourist Centre

Nipissing student returns from Finland with new understanding of sustainability in Arctic tourism

Graduate student Jason Maitland from the Nipissing University travelled to Lapland, Finland, as part of a field course where he spent a week in Pyhä-Luosto N...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group Initiative

European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group 4 (WG4) on building capacity for European science diplomacy convened a two-day co-creation workshop during 6-7...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Position Available: Data Operations Team Lead, National Snow and Ice Data Center

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) invites applications for a Data Operations Team Lead. This permanent position will be located in Boulder, Color...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Master's Course "Arctic Extractive Industries and Local People"

The course "Arctic Extractive Industries and Local People" is part of the University of Lapland's new "Arctic World" masters programme. The focus is on the s...

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Position Available: Data Systems Specialist, National Snow and Ice Data Center

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) invites applications for a Data Systems Specialist. This permanent position will be located in Boulder, CO.

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

New Publication: Representations of the West Nordic Isles: Greenland – Iceland – Faroe Islands

Several members of the Thematic Network on Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) have participated in this new publication "Representations of the West Nordic I...

Thu, Mar 21, 2024