The University of the Arctic is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Patrick T. Maher, from the University of Northern British Columbia (Canada) as its Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for the North American region.

Visualizing your science – Science and photography workshop at the Kilpisjärvi biological station 19.3.-22.3.2013The course is administrated by the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø.

UArctic's Arctic Law Thematic Network has published its first newsletter (Feb 2013), presenting background and activity updates on the network and its members.

“Advancing Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Circumpolar North”, September 29 – Oct. 3, 2013, Girdwood, Alaska, U.S.A. First joint conference between the Circumpolar Agriculture Association and the Northern Food Security Thematic Network, Call for abstracts now available! http://www.uaf.edu/cac/

The Faculty of Law, University of Tromsø is happy to announce a PhD position on Law on Arctic Shipping. More information on the position may be found at http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=89653.

The annual program team meeting of the leads of UArctic's Thematic Networks takes place Jan 29-31, 2013 in Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. The meeting is an opportunity for the Thematic Networks to plan their activities, learn from each other's work, and engage in cooperative proje...

North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia is organizing the interdisciplinary summer field school, 'Cold Lands' June 20-July 11, 2013. Registration deadline is March 30, 2013.

The last three years have been both challenging and enjoyable for Nazar Petrov, postgraduate Emergency Medicine student at the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk. He took his first Circumpolar Studies courses several years ago, and he continues with the rest of them this study year. After working experience in remote...

If you are a student a participating UArctic institution, you can apply for a north2north student exchange at another member institution. The application deadline for the next calendar year is Feb 15, 2013. Apply today!

Climate Change in Northern Territories:  Sharing Experiences, Exploring New Methods and Assessing Socio-Economic Impacts. The ESPON/ENECON and NRF Open Assembly, hosted by the University of Akureyri, Iceland on the 22. - 23. August 2013, presents you with the 1st call for abstracts for general participation and young resea...

Please note that the deadline for submitting an abstract for the 2013 Arctic Science Summit Week Science Symposium (17-19 April, in Krakow) has been extended to 16 January 2013 (23:59 UTC). The deadline for registration has also been extended. Please see the conference website for more information, including information...

The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, the Université de Montreal (Département de géographie), and the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law are organizing an International Conference entitled "Protecting the Sacred: Recognition of Sacred Sites of Indigenous Peoples for Sustaining Nature and Cult...