The University of Washington is pleased to announce the competition for the 2015-16 Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies is open. The Arctic Chair position - the first in the nation - is for Canadian scholars, scientists, practitioners or community/political leaders to conduct research at the University of Washington, lead an un...

Welcome to a Joint Finnish-Japanese symposium titled Innovation and Well-being through Multidisciplinary Dialogue held at the University of Lapland on 5th to 7th November 2014. The symposium is part of the Sustainability Weeks event collaboration between universities from Finland and Hokkaido since 2005. The symposium focuse...

The Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Science is holding an International Conference in honour of K. Arseniev "Problems of E Geography and Spatial Development Statistics in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia, October 24, 2014.

Ma Li from Nesna University did a MobilityDK research exchange to visit the University of the Faroe Islands for one week.

For the second year in a row, UArctic would like to thank all of our partners, other members, and visitors at this year's EAIE (European Association for International Education) conference in Prague. In addition to staffing an stand at the exhibition, UArctic also organized a session of our own and hosted a meet-and-greet rec...

Lars Lövgren from Umeå University visited Sisimut in Greenland August 13-23 2014 to meet with colleagues to plan a common research proposal on remediation of mine sites and other contaminated areas.

The conference "Gender Equality and the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges" will be held in Akureyri, Iceland, on October 30th and 31st, 2014.

Karin Buhmann is interested in CSR and Sustanable solutions, and did her MobilityDk exchange in Canada to explore her interest by attending a conference in Vancouver, Canada.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) looking for new photographs for their annual yearbook publication 2015.

Dedicated in honour of K. Arseniev, the international conference on «PROBLEMS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS» will be held October 24, 2014 in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

9-11 September 2014 the 11th Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region took place in Whitehorse. Conference Statement adopted by the conference can be found here    

Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of development of the Arctic project held its final seminar – The EU in the Arctic, the Arctic in the EU – in September 11, 2014 in Brussels. The project Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of development of the Arctic is implemented by the European Union Arctic Information Cent...

Last PhD student slots left, for those who have an interest in extractive industries social sciences.The programme is going to focus on legal issues as well as broader aspects of industry and Arctic Development, governance, and indigenous peoples.  Among other professors teaching are Gail Fondahl, Nikolay Vakhtin, Mikhail Pri...

"A week with the University of Lapland and the UArctic Secretariat in Rovaniemi, Finland."

The Solution: Contaminants in Freezing Ground & Permafrost Terrain