Edited by Karen Langgård and Kirsten Thisted,  with chapters on Sami, Faroese, Greenlandic, Canadian Inuit, native Alaskan and indigenous Siberian literature, this anthology provides a first attempt to draw the literary landscape of the Polar North.

The Department of Biology and Wildlife and the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seek applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Ecology open at the Assistant or Associate level. Specifically, UAF seeks an ecologist studying mechanisms of change in ecological systems or soc...

Finnmark University College and the Barents Institute are hosting a research seminar on peoples and cultures in the High North with a special focus on the Barents region.

UArctic Vice-President Administration, Outi Snellman, and Vice Chair of UArctic Research, Oyvind Paasche are representing UArtic in a two day symposium in Siena (Italy), in the context of the ICSU General Assembly 2011 and the ICSU Earth System visioning process.

On 21.09.2011 MSHU received an official delegation from the University of Lapland (Rovaniemi, Finland) represented by Mauri Ylä-Kotola, rector, and Outi Snellman, head of International Office, who is simultaneously taking the position of the vice-president of the University of the Arctic, which is a network of universities, c...

From the 21st to the 24th of September, Arkhangelsk plays host to the Second International Arctic Forum “The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue” organized by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS).

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), together with the University of the Arctic and the International Antarctic Institute (IAI) are pleased to announce a great new resource for young researchers looking for graduate programs related to polar and cryospheric research and to help graduate programme recruit...

The Norwegian parliamentary committee on Environment and Energy will visit Arendal on Sept 27, and their program includes a briefing from UArctic president Lars Kullerud on our network's activities in these areas.

My name is Jodi Gustafson and I am a third year student completing a science degree in Global Resource Systems through the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. With significant environmental change occurring globally, it is no secret that circumpolar environments will be put at an elevated risk, so when...

The Canadian goverment has announced an additional CDN$67.3 million in funding to ArcticNet -- the largest funding renewal for the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program to date, hosted by UArctic member Université Laval. The mission of this world-leading network is to help adapt the coastal Canadian Arctic to clim...

Bernard Funston, current chair of the Canadian Polar Commission (a UArctic member) is meeting today (Sept 15, 2011) with UArctic President Lars Kullerud at his office in Arendal. The Canadian Polar Commission is Canada's national advisory agency on polar research issues, and engages with many international science and policy...

One of UArctic's newest Thematic Networks, Arctic Law, has wasted no time in kick starting its activities. Following its approval by the Council of the University of the Arctic in June, the network has approved its action plan and established its own website. The network was very active in the recent fourth 'Akureyri Polar La...

On the 6th of September 2011 Bjorn Sagdahl (professor of the program “Bachelor of Northern Studies”) and Per Moller (coordinator of the program from Finnmark University College, Alta, Norway) visited MSHU. During the meeting with MSHU coordinator of the program Prof. Sagdahl and Mr. Moller informed about the students’ progres...

As a follow-up to last year’s highly successful Arctic Futures Symposium, the IPF will be organizing Arctic Futures Symposium 2011 in Brussels, Belgium October 12th – 14th in conjunction with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

The Kingdom of Denmark is the latest Arctic state to adopt an offical strategy for the region. Significantly, the strategy recognizes the strong role of the University of the Arctic in promoting research and higher education in the Arctic, and pledges its support.