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Master's program on indigenous studies open for applications at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Do you want to take part in shaping and producing solutions to global and local challenges through the study of indigenous issues? UiT The Arctic University...

Fri, Nov 03, 2017

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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

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Arctic Council at COP23: Climate change in the Arctic and its global impacts

On 6 November 2017, the Arctic Council will host an official side event at the UNFCCC COP23 in Bonn, Germany. The event — “The global implications of a rapid...

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

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New Thematic Network to foster international research cooperation related to migration in the Arctic

The new UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration focuses on newfound problems and challenges in the field of migration alongside of the already existing...

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

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Nominate for the Arctic Mohn Prize

Nominate a candidate for the new international Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic. The prize amounts to 2 million NOK (approximately 2...

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

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UArctic's Seven New Thematic Networks

Seven new Thematic Networks were approved by the Council of UArctic at their 20th annual meeting held August 2017 in Nuuk, Greenland.

Mon, Aug 21, 2017

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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

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Summer school report: A change of perspective, ICTs at 78 degrees north

David Palma participated in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard in early August 2017 to learn about the challenges...

Thu, Aug 17, 2017

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Call for papers: Language Contact in the Circumpolar World

The ‘Language Contact in the Circumpolar World’ conference (Moscow, Russia, 27-29 October 2017) will bring together researchers studying language contact in...

Tue, Aug 15, 2017

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Summer school on the Arctic Ocean and the marginal ice zone (MIZ) taking place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

This week (31 July – 6 August 2017), 23 students participate in an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school in Longyearbyen, Svalbard to learn about...

Fri, Aug 04, 2017

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Call for Nominations - Mohn Prize 2018

UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis - The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nomin...

Tue, Jul 18, 2017

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Call for Participants: UArctic Thematic Network “Arctic Extractive Industries” Phd and Masters course

Security, Geopolitics, and Governance Challenges in relation to Arctic Extractive IndustriesPlace: Nuuk, GreenlandDate: 16-22 October 2017Deadline for applic...

Mon, Jun 19, 2017

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