The Nordic Council of Ministers’ working group for environment and economy, together with the marine group and the terrestrial ecosystems group, invite proposals for projects on ecosystem services in the coastal zone of the Nordic countries. The deadline for this call is 20th August 2015.

The Nordic Council of Ministers’ working group for environment and economy invites proposals for projects on nudging in energy consumption, waste or resource efficiency in the Nordic countries. The deadline for this call is 20th August 2015.

Today, Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia) welcomed the international expedition "Arctic Floating University - 2015" participants. The research vessel "Professor Molchanov" returned to Arkhangelsk from the twenty-day voyage in high latitudes.

  An internship position is available at Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples´ Secretariat (IPS). The internship is for four-six months fall 2015, with an opportunity for extension pending on the needs of the Secretariat.  

The International Scientific and Practical Conference will be held in Russia at Ural Federal University

Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North informs about regional training seminars on the climate change impact on indigenous peoples, their way of life and traditional activities

In Vladivostok, Russia, city buses on several routes, including the bus No15 going to Far Eastern Federal University, have recently been equipped with virtual bookshelves. This invention is one of those about which we can say, “The concept is simple!”

The 7th International IT Forum with BRICS SCO Participation takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 6-7 July 2015

UArctic's Thematic Network on Permafrost arranged an international bachelor summer field school in Svalbard, in June 2015. The field school aimed to provide the students with an overview of the many different research topics related to permafrost, ranging from geoscience, engineering and bioscience to social science.

Nahaar Dybdyr, a former north2north and Circumpolar Studies student, has worked as the only surgeon and reanimatologist in three Far North districts of Russia. Now he has also published a photo essay on his home, the Even-Bitantay district of the Sakha Republic.

UArctic’s six new Thematic Networks, approved by the UArctic Council in its 18th meeting held June 14-17, 2015 at the Buryat State University in Ulan Ude, Russia, have now been launched in the UArctic web site.

There are Russia 15 regional scientific centres of the Russian academy of Science. In this article we would like to pay attention to three of them: Kola Centre, Karelian Centre and Komi Centre.

Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., US Special Representative for the Arctic, introduces the three primary initiatives of the US Arctic Council chairmanship in his article for the Shared Voices magazine.