We are pleased to announce that the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has entered into an official partnership with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as a non-governmental organization. [Press Release]

The current offers of the Université Laval’s Sentinel North program are PhD and post-doc scholarships, international mobility scholarships for 2-6 month internships at the university, and an international field school "The Changing Cryosphere: From Sensors to Decision-making".

Organizers announce an extended deadline (until 6 October) for abstract submission for the Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Poland conference, organized 17-19 November 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. Submissions are invited on all aspects of research of Arctic and Antarctic polar regions focusing on empirical, theoretical, and meth...

The following story is a memoir from Karina Kunavina, a Russian student who participated in the joint Master’s program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being arranged by the Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic.

British and Russian researchers are welcomed to take part in the international workshop within the project ‘Development of the UK-Russia Arctic Research and collaboration Network”, funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the UK Embassy in Russia. The workshop will be organized at Northern (Arctic) Federal Universi...

The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges is a funding opportunity for communication projects that aim to mitigate anthropogenic climate change.

Essi Oikarinen from the University of Oulu School of Architecture participated in the "Conversations in the North" conference and the UArctic Student Forum, organized in conjunction with the UArctic Rectors' Forum in Aberdeen in August 2017. Her report from the conference highlights the need for collaboration between research...

A field-based training course for graduate/post-doc level snow scientists on state-of-the-art snow measurement techniques will take place at Col du Lautaret, France from 11 to 17 February 2018. Application deadline: 3 November 2017.

The ARTEK International Conference 2018 (May 1-3, 2018 in Sisimiut, Greenland) offers an opportunity for the industry, the public sector, the science community and other stakeholders to present, discuss and exchange ideas and experiences on how to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain transportation infrastructure in...

Scholars and researchers from the eight Arctic Council countries — the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden — can now apply for the second Fulbright Arctic Initiative, an 18-month collaborative research program, which will begin in spring 2018 and run through the fall of 201.

The conference organized by the Komi Republican Academy of State Service and Administration with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Government of the Republic of Komi will be held October 18 - 19, 2017  

The University of the Arctic performed as one of the organizers of the High Altitudes Meet High latitudes: Globalizing Polar Issues conference, taken place in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, last week.

The International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) now welcomes abstract submissions for their 6th conference to be held June next year. The Call for Abstracts is open until October 31, 2017.

The themes of the UArctic Congress science section are environmental protection, connectivity, meteorological cooperation, and education. The science section will start in Oulu on Sept 5 and conclude in Helsinki on Sept 7, 2018. The call for session proposals is open until Sept 30, 2017.

This special issue of the journal "Education in the North" will be created in conjunction with the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education. Extended deadline for expressions of interest and abstracts: 1 October 2017.