Jokkmokk Winter Conference 2015 "Communicating Energy and Climate Science: Delivering Benefits to Northern Communities!" will take place in Jokkmokk, Norrbotten, Sweden on 2-4 February 2015.

The State Polar Academy is pleased to invite you to take part in the international research conference “The First World War and the problems of Russian society” which is going to be held on November 20-21, 2014 in St Petersburg. Application deadline: 7 November.

Polar Law Symposium is already an institution. These symposia have been held annually from 2008 onwards, but mostly near the North Pole, in the Arctic.

The International Institute of Business Education in Murmansk, Russia, was visited by the representatives of UiT The Arctic University of Norway from 20th to 24th of October. At their meetings colleagues discussed the issues of learning English in terms of cultural communication and the experience of teaching English in schoo...

Grants are available for study, research and professional visit purposes at doctorate, post-doctorate and staff mobility levels. Application deadline is 11 December 2014, 14:00 Finnish time (+2 GMT).

The Arctic Science Partnership (ASP), established by the University of Manitoba in collaboration with the Greenland Institute for Natural Resources and Aarhus University in Denmark, announces a call for applications for a field course on snow covered sea ice. Application deadline: 31 December 2015.

The report Russian Strategies in the Arctic: Avoiding a New Cold War was launched and distributed in October 22, 2014 on the sidelines of the 11th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in that is underway in Sochi. It is written by Prof. Lassi Heininen frrom University of Lapland, Finland, Prof. Alexander...

A new program will be led by Darthmouth and University of Alaska Fairbanks allowing researchers to study the Arctic, exploring topics like energy, water, health and climate change.

The new Catalogue with easy access to the latest publications of the Nordic Council of Ministers is available.

UArctic's leadership, including the Board and senior management meet this week at Memorial University of Newfoundland. See the full article at the MUN website.

The UArtic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security will participate in the annual Arctic Circle in Reykjavik, Iceland with a special session on Security of the Arctic.

Particularly for those working in Nordic countries / led by Nordic Univeristies. The Full call title: Nordic Centres of Excellence in Arctic Research "Responsible Development of the Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges - Pathways to Action" Application deadline: 04.03.2015 More information:http://www.nordforsk.org/en/funding/...

The Board of Governors of UArctic will be meeting later this week in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.  The meeting held from October 23rd to 25th, is being hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland. Following the Board meeting, UArctic's Senior Management group Ma-Mawi will also be meeting in Newfoundland, from the 25th...

ACUNS (Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies) 11th Annual Student Conference is held November 5-8, 2015, in University of Calgary.

May 27-29, 2015, Roskilde University hosts the Conference on New Narratives of the Postcolonial Arctic, organised by Arctic Encounters – Contemporary Travel/Writing in the European High North (ENCARC)