Greenland Science Week is a multidisciplinary Greenlandic Arctic science conference surrounded by research-related workshops and public outreach. It builds bridges between science and the Greenlandic society, business community and government, and creates a networking and cooperation platform.




The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic carries a cash award of 2 million NOK (approximately 210 000 €) and is awarded biennially. The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2019.


Two areas are covered: Rare disease registries for the European Reference Networks and Stakeholder actions to implement the EU guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health. The deadline for submission is September 10, 2019.




A special issue of the 2019 Synnyt Journal, edited by Maria Huhmarniemi, Timo Jokela and Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, has been published. The volume includes articles from around the Circumpolar North and encourages discourse about the role of art in the development of the Arctic.




UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker (University of Oulu & University of Alaska Anchorage) and colleagues from across the Arctic will be contributing to this monumental effort with their studies of the Arctic Water Isotope Cycle.