The Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, took place in Reykjavik on May 19-20, 2021. During the 12th edition, the importance of the University of the Arctic has been acknowledged at multiple times. 

The UArctic Congress was organized 15-18 May online from Reykjavik. The sessions consisted of short presentations and round table discussions between the participants and the audience.

During the Second Meeting of the Assembly of UArctic on Friday 14, 2021, the Assembly of UArctic elected new board members for the three-year term 2021-2024.

The exhibition shows a variety of art-based reflections on taskscapes and temporality of the northern landscapes. Living in the Landscape (LiLa) multidisciplinary spring school is a collaborative development concept of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD).

You are invited to submit artworks and/or an abstract for the virtual symposium and exhibition "Relate North 2021: Everyday Extremes".

The online session "Work and Health in the Arctic" was held on 18 May 2021 at the UArctic Congress 2021, and was organized by the UArctic Thematic Network on Working in the Arctic. Session participants exchanged research results in the fields of physiology, psychology and medical support of labor in the Arctic.

The online parallel session took place on 18 May 2021 at the UArctic Congress 2021, and was entitled “The Arctic Contributing Toward WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020–2030”. This focus on Healthy Ageing is part of the priorities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic, Northern Dimension Institu...

Watch the UArctic video message to Arctic Council Monisterial Meeting 2021.

Researchers from the Northern (Arctic) Federal University - members of the UArctic Thematic Network on Working in the Arctic  - will join the research and educational marine expedition "Arctic Floating University 2021" to study the dynamics of the functional states of the expedition participants in the high-latitude Arctic.

The Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow interested in applied transdisciplinary data science. This position will be located in Fairbanks, Alaska.

UArctic welcomes seven new Thematic Networks which were approved by the Assembly of UArctic in their meeting held online on May 14th, prior to the 2021 UArctic Congress.  

On the occasion of the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, the Arctic Council launches its new magazine, Pathways.

On behalf of UArctic and the Icelandic host organizations of the UArctic Congress, we make the following Declaration.

University of Alaska is looking for a Communications & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Manager based in the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 

On Sunday May 16, 2021, rectors from UArctic institutions met online to discuss on the Future of Circumpolar Higher Education and Research. The recording is now available here for registered UArctic Congress participants.