Members of the UArctic Thematic Network on Digital North: Three-Dimensional Technologies and Arctic Education published an article recently in the journal Museum Anthropology titled "Small Collections Remembered: Sámi Material Culture and Community-Based Digitization at the Smithsonian Institution."
The Board autumn meeting was held in Fairbanks, Alaska from 31 October to 1 November 2023. After the meeting, the Board members visited UArctic members in Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. The meeting was hosted by the University of Alaska.
Special Issue "Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern" in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology is now available.
The call provides preparatory support grants for the initiation of joint Norwegian-Icelandic cooperation and project development in the field of Arctic scientific research.
The Tasmanian Government and the University of Tasmania are committed to ensuring the state has the quality teachers it needs with the new Teach Tasmania scholarship, valued at up to $31,000.
The third International Conference on Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems: Managing Marine Ecosystems in a Rapidly Warming Arctic will take place on 16-18 April 2024 in Tromsø, Norway.
The inputs from the UArctic's ICARP IV online survey, workshops and meetings have been compiled into a presentation and the topics listed in graphs are just few examples of input received.
On October 20, Minik Rosing became the winner of the third Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award (FP Award). Though he received the award in 2023, the groundwork for his winning initiative was laid almost a decade ago.
The first workshop of the project entitled “ARCSUS+SDG: Governing Arctic Urban Sustainability through the lens of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals” was held as a pre-event linked to the Arctic Circle Assembly held from October 19-22, 2023.
The 16th Polar Law Symposium was organized by the Kári á Rógvi Institute for Law and Legal Research of the University of the Faroe Islands and held in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The Symposium took place on 26-28 October 2023. The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law partners with organizers hosted the event.
The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education, in collaboration with the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law and the UArctic Law Thematic Network, organized a breakout session at the 10th Arctic Circle Assembly held on 19-21 October 2023.