The Circumpolar Agricultural Association would like to announce their 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference, titled "New thinking about local agriculture in the circumpolar Arctic – Best practices, innovations and perspectives". The conference will take place from 13-15 March 2019 Arctic Centre, University of Lapland in Rov...

An informal, pan-arctic workshop on current issues and actions related to development of ethical guidelines for research in the arctic took place at the Thule Institute of the University of Oulu from 22-23 February. The workshop included participants from Norway, Finland, Russia and the United States with some participants co...

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects in Finland at the University of Oulu. This article will cover the second of two projects.

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects in Finland at the University of Oulu. This article will explain the first of two projects.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Marlene Laruelle from George Washington University. The seminar will be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the event online will be sent...

The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) organize the Eurodoc conference for the first time in Finland with the title: “Research career – a living dream?” at the University of Tampere, on April 18–19, 2018.

A new, three-year research project hopes to discover what could attract young in Russia and Finland to the Arctic. The Finnish part of the project is hosted by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland and funded by the Academy of Finland.

Reminder that the deadline to submit content for the Arctic Biodiversity Congress is approaching. Submit via the online submission system by 30 March, 2018. The Congress will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland on October 9-11, 2018, and will build upon the success of the first Congress, held in Norway in 2014.

The World Indigenous Research and Education Conference, "Igniting Knowledge Sharing", will be held August 22-24 in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, Norway. The conference is organized by the Sámi University of Applied Sciences, WINHEC and the World Indigenous Research Alliance. The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 28, 2...

In 2017, five members of UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility (TN ASRSR) received mobility support from north2north for activities that in involved collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) and Arctic DTU (DTU ARTEK) as well as outreach for Thematic Network members...

The Industrial University of Tyumen invites students and young scientists to take part in the International geocryological field practice  in the Trans-Baikal Territory, in the Kodar Range area. The aim of the field practice is to study the phenomena generated by cold in mountain regions with low-temperature cryolithozone. Th...

In 2017, five members of UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility (TN ASRSR) received mobility support from north2north (N2N) for activities that in involved collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)  and Arctic DTU (DTU ARTEK) as well as outreach for Thematic Network...

Pre-announcement: ERAPerMed Call “Research Projects on Personalised Medicine – Smart Combination of Pre-clinical and Clinical Research with Data and ICT Solutions”, deadline for preproposals April 2018.

A number of educational activities will take place in concjunction with the International Congress of Circumpolar Health-17. If you wish to learn about human health in Arctic areas, join the international summer school and PhD course in Arctic Health.  

Are you planning a new Thematic Network? Now is time to act! The next deadline for submitting proposal is 1st of May 2018 for the Council meeting to be held in September in conjunction with the UArctic Congress 2018. However is it strongly advised to be in contact with Thematic Networks Office as early as possible for guidan...