The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), in cooperation with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), invites Early Career Scientists (ECS) to apply for the 2019 IASC Fellowship Program.

ISCORD 2019, 12th Symposium on Cold Region Development in Oulu 17-10 June 2019

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the University of the Arctic ran a joint science communication workshop in connection with the UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, Finland.

The call for abstracts for the 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference has been extended! The new deadline is October 29, 2018.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education publish a special edition of the journal Education in the North.

The Arctic Network OVSQ Environment and Societies Facing Global Issues hosts an Arctic Week conference. The conference takes place on December 10-14, 2018.

"Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North” project team has gathered on 11th of October 2018 at Arctic Research Centre (Arcum) at Umeå University, Sweden. This was the second workshop in which participants discusse...

Fishermen in the Attu community on the west coast of Greenland have been nominated for the Nordic Council Environment Prize 2018.

Universities around the Arctic celebrate the beginning of each academic year as a time of joy, anticipation, reflection and inspiration. This year, the University of Oulu had a series of speakers and presentations as part of the ceremony, the full program can be found here. The event started with a welcoming by Rector Niinimä...

According to new research of the UArctic Chair Jeffrey Welker and co-authors, the High Arctic has the most extreme conditions of the Northern Hemisphere, with areas such as Svalbard, having total darkness, “Polar Night” lasting for over 60 days each winter, reaching temperatures as low as -40C/-40F.  These extreme winter cond...

Applications are invited for two vacant junior researcher positions at the University of Lapland, in the doctoral programme of Communities and Changing Work. These two fixed-term positions will be filled from January 1, 2019.

The Thematic network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education and the UNITWIN/UNESCO network concerning Indigenous Languages in Urbanized areas captivated the audience at UArctic Congress 2018 side event.

Thematic Network on Arctic Health and Well-being announces One Arctic – One Health Conference 2019 to happen in Oulu, 7-9 February 2019.

The Arctic5 along with the Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education work to enhance teacher education for equality and social justice in the arctic region. 

Gender Equality of the Arctic (GEA) is a project endorsed by the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG).