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The Sustainability Portrait Project – Art, location, and social responsibility for sustainable development in the Arctic

The Sustainability Portrait Project has been successfully completed, and its results have been compiled into a book. This publication is the culmination of c...

Wed, Jan 22, 2025

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Introducing new UArctic Chair Maria Huhmarniemi

Professor Maria Huhmarniemi from the University of Lapland has been appointed as the UArctic Chair in Arctic Art and Design for the next five years

Tue, Jan 21, 2025

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Online course: Gender Equality as a Diverse Phenomenon

Gender Equality as a Diverse Phenomenon (5 ECTS) online course with open lectures in Zoom. The focus of this joint course is to explore intersectional gender...

Mon, Jan 20, 2025

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Call for Abstracts: The Second Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole HKH (2025)

The Call for abstracts for the second “Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole HKH” is open. The abstract submission deadline has b...

Fri, Jan 17, 2025

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Lessons of the Land: New Genre Arctic Art and Land-Based Learning Advances Sustainability and Collaboration

The project ”Lessons of the Land: New Genre Arctic Art and Land-Based Learning” of the Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design had its first m...

Wed, Jan 15, 2025

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ASAD network: New Genre Art Education in the Arctic project carried out successfully

The New Genre Art Education in the Arctic project was carried out successfully in collaboration among the UArctic Thematic Networks - Arctic Sustainable Art...

Mon, Jan 13, 2025

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Event Recap: Open seminar - Science Diplomacy in the Arctic: Addressing the Climate Crisis with Urgent & Ethical Action

The University of Lapland and the UArctic jointly organised an open seminar titled Science Diplomacy in the Arctic: Addressing the Climate Crisis with Urgent...

Fri, Jan 10, 2025

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS – Relate North: Lessons of the Land

The Thematic Network of Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) is seeking chapter proposals for the twelfth edition of the Relate North series, focusing o...

Fri, Dec 13, 2024

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New Mimir accepted by the Board

Three Chairs have now been accepted as members of the Academic Advisory Board (Mimir), Karl Kreutz, Philip Steinberg, and Tuija Turunen. Mimir is the UArctic...

Fri, Dec 06, 2024

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Yukon University field school program brings students and faculty to visit Nordic institutions

In mid-November, UArctic staff met with students and professors visiting from Canada at the University of Lapland, and later joined them in Inari, Finland, w...

Wed, Nov 27, 2024

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Save the Date: The 18th Polar Law Symposium - Indigenous Rights, Autonomy, Empowerment & Environment

The 18th Polar Law Symposium will be held in Nuuk, Greenland, on 22nd – 24th October 2025. It is jointly organized by Ilisimatusarfik / the University of Gre...

Mon, Nov 25, 2024

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Speaking at the Arctic Circle Assembly on political participation in the Arctic

At the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly, session on political participation in the Arctic called "Political Participation in Arctic Politics: Who is Heard When?"

Thu, Nov 21, 2024

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