News Search

New IASSA Secretariat 2017-2020 and ICASS X location in 2020

From September 2017 to August 2020 the IASSA Secretariat will be housed at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, USA, while ICASS X in 2020 w...

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

Read more

UArctic organizing partner in High Altitudes Meet High latitudes: Globalizing Polar Issues

The University of the Arctic performed as one of the organizers of the High Altitudes Meet High latitudes: Globalizing Polar Issues conference, taken place i...

Tue, Sep 19, 2017

Read more

NPE symposium 2017 Political Arctic/Arctic Political, 26-27 September 2017

The 7th Northern Political Economy symposium will address political aspects of life in the Arctic as well as the Arctic life as an object of politics, even i...

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

Read more

ICASS IX held by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association completed its work in Umeå

The ninth International Conference  on Arctic Social Sciences hosted by the Umeå University was attended by more than 800 scientists and young researchers in...

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

Read more

UArctic’s Indigenous Issues Committee and Nominations Committee meet in Umeå, Sweden

Chaired by Krister Stoor of Umeå University and Barry Scherr of Dartmouth College, respectively, the meetings were held in connection with the 9th Internatio...

Fri, Jun 09, 2017

Read more

PhD course - Community based methods for sustainable development in the north

In this PhD course we would like to present, discuss and practice research methodologies, which are being used around the arctic and to co construct in a par...

Tue, Mar 14, 2017

Read more

Deadline January 16 for Paper and Poster abstracts to ICASS IX, June 8-12 2017

A reminder of the upcoming deadline for submitting Paper and Poster abstracts to the Ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) to be...

Tue, Jan 10, 2017

Read more

Call for papers and posters for the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) is pleased to announce the first call for papers and posters for the 9th International Congress...

Thu, Nov 03, 2016

Read more

New book: Encyclopedia of the Barents Region

The Encyclopedia of the Barents Region (With Foreword by Thorvald Stoltenberg and Mikhail Gorbachev) contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, econ...

Thu, Oct 27, 2016

Read more

ICASS IX - Extended Call for Sessions

Ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences: People and Place (ICASS IX), 8-12 June 2017 - Umeå University, Sweden - Extended Call for Sessions

Mon, Sep 26, 2016

Read more

ICASS IX: Second Call for Sessions

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...

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

Read more

Reminder: ICASS IX Session proposals

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...

Fri, Jul 01, 2016

Read more