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Pallas, Finnish Meterological Institute's Sammaltunturi station PHOTO: Dr. Jeff Welker, UArctic Chair

UArctic Chair Update - The Arctic Water Isotope Cycle

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Eurodoc Conference 2018: "Research career - a living dream?"

The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) organize th...

Tue, Feb 20, 2018

UArctic Congress 2018 Call for Abstracts now open

The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress is now open until March 16, 2018. We welcome submissions to more than fifty science sessions to be held in Ou...

Wed, Jan 31, 2018

Arctic Exposure Summer Programme

The University of Lapland and the University of Oulu are jointly offering the Arctic Exposure Summer Programme. The programme will take place from 16-31 Augu...

Wed, Jan 31, 2018

Welcome to beautiful Oulu this autumn!

When I was growing up, the University of Oulu was a natural choice for a place to study. During my master studies, I saw the fast development of the ‘miracle...

Tue, Jan 30, 2018

Call for applications: Effects of climate change on Arctic livelihoods and living conditions

INAR (Institution for Atmospheric and Earth System Research) is offering an interdisciplinary course on the effects of climate change on Arctic livelihoods a...

Mon, Jan 22, 2018

Article: The Earth’s rotation pushes poisons to the north

The Arctic region is like a real-time laboratory for climate change – the sensitive northern climate reacts first to changes and foreshadows changes to come...

Fri, Jan 12, 2018

Arctic Europe’s university rectors establish the Arctic Five partnership

On November 16, during the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference, representatives of the five universities of Arctic Europe met together under the umbrella of t...

Fri, Nov 17, 2017

Prince of Monaco discussing Arctic issues with UArctic Student Ambassadors PHOTO: Olga Shavrina

Prince Albert II of Monaco to open UArctic Congress 2018

Prince Albert of Monaco will give the main opening address at UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, as an invited guest of UArctic and University of Oulu rector Jou...

Tue, Oct 31, 2017

Students enjoying the landscape at Varanger Peninsula during a field course in 2016, organised by the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism PHOTO: Outi Rantala

Northern perspective on tourism – University of Lapland launches a new master's degree programme

The new programme offers a comprehensive and international approach to tourism and reflects on the growing global influence and relevance of change in the no...

Mon, Oct 30, 2017

Inaugural UArctic Research Chairship seeks a postdoctoral researcher

The postdoctoral researcher will be working with Professor Jeff Welker, the inaugural UArctic Chair, and his research teams. The 3-year position will be base...

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Article: The Arctic region needs dialogue between local people and science

Essi Oikarinen from the University of Oulu School of Architecture participated in the "Conversations in the North" conference and the UArctic Student Forum,...

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

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