A Thematic Network Conference will be arranged July 8, 2012 in conjunction with the Conference on Social Work and Social Development in Stockholm, Sweden (July 9-12, 2012). Program and details.

The University of Saskatchewan's International Centre for Northern Governance and Development is pleased to provide you with the first edition of its new monthly newsletter, ICNGD News. Please see attached (PDF format).

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved the UArctic project "Global Access to Northern Higher Education", granting funding of NOK 2 635 000 over three years. The project involves UArctic's GoNorth Office at the University of Tromsø, the International Secretariat at the University of Lapland, and the Research Of...

Returning from the UArctic Board meeting, President Lars Kullerud will today (Dec 9, 2011) visit several partners in Montreal, Canada including representatives of Makivik Corporation and University of Quebec à Montreal (UQAM). Makivik is already a member of the University of the Arctic, while avenues of potential future coope...

A unique partnership has emerged from cooperation activities between leading academics from our networks. Tor Gjertsen shares more about his personal story.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted the University of the Arctic's Board of Governors meeting from Dec 4-6, 2012, chaired by Barry Scherr. The Board reached a number of key decisions on UArctic's future direction. Finance policy was at the centre of the Board's agenda, with the approval of an overall budget and work pla...

A Memorandum of Understanding between North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) and the University of the Arctic during the Board of Governors meeting in Fairbanks on Dec 5, 2011.The MoU addresses NEFU's hosting of UArctic's Undergraduate Office, and Claudia Fedorova becomes UArctic's new Dean of Undergraduate Studies. NEFU's...

NArFU Vice-rector of International Cooperation Marina Kalinina and other NArFU representatives took part in the meeting of the Barents Council Joint Working Group on Education and Research. The meeting was held in Murmansk on 17th November, on the premises of Murmansk Humanities Institute. The idea of the meeting was i...

Herb Enns, co-lead of the Thematic Network on Digital Media and Media Arts, has been named as the first director of the University of Winnipeg's Cisco Innovation Centre. Read the full story here. Congratulations Herb!

Sini Kestilä has joined the UArctic International Secretariat on a six month internship in the role of Office Secretary, with duties including meeting support, communications tasks, and general administrative functions.

Social Sciences, Ilimmarfik Institute, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland The Department of Social Sciences at the Ilimmarfik Institute at Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland hereby announces two vacant positions as associate or assistant professor of political science and economics. The positions are to be filled...

The NETESDA Thematic Network organized the International Round table on the Thematic Network of Environmental Training and Education for Sustainable Development of the Arctic under UArctic, which took place in Syktyvkar State University where NETESDA Secretariat is located. The workshop was held between November 22- 2...

A new Arctic Co-operation Programme for 2012-2014 takes off by announcing an application deadline for project proposals by December 19, 2011.(source: Norden)

The University of Lapland is now accepting applications for the program Master of International and Comparative Law. The program offers specialization in either Arctic Law and Governance or Transcultural Business Law. 

Everyone who has ever attended a Council meeting, needed to figure out how to fly from Barrow, Alaska to Salekhard, Russia or had to find a key document on our website knows who to contact: Riitta Aikio.