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Alumni Story: Victoria Mlakar shares her experience of studying at the University of Lapland

Originally from Austria, Victoria Mlakar came to Rovaniemi to study Arctic Art and Design master’s program at the University of Lapland. She shares her stude...

Thu, Mar 28, 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

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

The documentary film “Sherpas Amidist the Mist” was nominated for the London Himalayan Short Film Festival 2024!

The documentary film “Sherpas Amidist the Mist” was nominated for the London Himalayan Short Film Festival 2024. The film portrays the last Indigenous family...

Tue, Mar 19, 2024

Publication: Rewiring remote urban futures? Youth well-being in northern industry towns

Open access publication "Rewiring remote urban futures? Youth well-being in northern industry towns" by Stammler, Florian; Adams, Ria Maria; Ivanova, Aytalin...

Fri, Mar 15, 2024

Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures (EAF 2024) Conference - Call for abstracts is now open

The international Conference Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures (EAF 2024) will be held at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland...

Wed, Mar 06, 2024

Call for Papers and Participation: International Symposium on Combating Radicalization, Racism, and Hate Speech Against Immigrants

The International Symposium on Combating Radicalization, Racism, and Hate Speech Against Immigrants will be held in Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland on May 22–23...

Wed, Mar 06, 2024

Photo: Markku Heikkilä, (head of science communication at the Arctic Centre, leader of Arctic Spirit conferences).

Arctic Spirit was held in Ottawa and Washington DC

In mid-February, together with local Finnish embassies, Arctic Spirit -branded events happened in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, and in the US capital, Washin...

Wed, Feb 28, 2024

Critical Arctic Studies: a theory, a method or a perspective – or something else?

The second CAS roundtable and research clinic was held online 27 February, 2024. In the roundtable, experts from the UArctic Thematic Network on Critical Arc...

Wed, Feb 28, 2024

Antti Stöckell presenting his installation: Drowning Ground - Hukkuva maa, 2024.

Exhibition "Shifting Ground – Muuttuva maa" at the Rovaniemi Art Museum

The Exhibition "Shifting Ground – Muuttuva maa" at the Rovaniemi Art Museum from February 1 - May 19, 2024, features artists from the Shifting Ground project...

Fri, Feb 09, 2024

Seabed curtain project featured in the Guardian

The article focuses on the research project led by the UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic Conservation which aims at stopping glacier melt - and, cons...

Thu, Feb 08, 2024

Call for the Arctic Five Chair Program 2024 is now open!

The Arctic Five opened a call for an Arctic Five Chairs program. The program hires researchers from each Arctic Five University (Umeå University, Luleå Unive...

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

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