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...



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.  



Open position at UAF

Tue, May 18, 2021
University of Alaska is looking for a Communications & Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) Manager based in the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 

Rectors Roundtable recording

Tue, May 18, 2021
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. 


The 2021 meeting of the Assembly was held online on May 14th. It was co-hosted by Icelandic members of UArctic, Agricultural University of Iceland, Bifröst University, Hólar University, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavik University, University of Akureyri, University Centre of the Westfjords, and the University of Ice...

The opening and closing plenaries of the UArctic Congress 2021 will be freely available as livestreams, starting today with the Opening May 15, at 1300 UTC https://livestream.com/hi/uarticopeningplenary  

The latest issue of our annual magazine, Shared Voices, is now available online. To celebrate UArctic's 20-year anniversary, the 2021 issue envisions how UArctic will make a difference in the Arctic and in the world and where the network will be going in the next ten years.