Professor Satu Uusiautti and project manager, leader of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration, Dr. Nafisa Yeasmin have edited a book on top research on the past, present, and future of Arctic (im)migration.

NordForsk is now issuing a call for proposals under the Nordic Research Programme on Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities. The call has a budget of NOK 50 million and the deadline for the call for proposals is 4 June 2019.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education are jointly organising an event at the Arctic Science Summit Week on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The event consist of a panel discussion and a book launch.

The European Commission, the European External Action Service, and the Government of Sweden will jointly organize a high-level EU Arctic Forum on 3-4 October 2019 in Umeå, Sweden.

UArctic is searching for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2019 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region; its environment, people and culture. The internship will provide an environment in which the intern can develop, enhance professional working and communica...

Jacob DePodesta from Lakehead University recently went on a north2north exchange to Nord University in Bodø, Norway where he learned not everything can be taught in a classroom.

The North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC), co-organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute, is now in its 9th year. This year conference is held August 14-16, 2019 at Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu. 

This summer school, organised by Harbin Institute of Technology invites undergraduate students of all academic backgrounds from Chinese universities and from the eight circum-Arctic countries who have shown and can document profound professional interests in the Arctic and intend to achieve further relevant scientific knowled...

Pskov State University invites abstracts for a large-scale international research and practice conference "Northern Europe, Pskov and the Hanseatic League: past and present", which is to take place on May 21 - 23, 2019 in Pskov, Russia. The conference is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian...

Tampere University, Finland, would like to welcome UArctic universities to take part in an International Staff Week on 10 - 14 June 2019. The objective of the week is to give you an opportunity to get to know your colleagues and discuss current topics in different fields and share good practices. Registration is open until Ap...

The European Commission Horizon 2020 is now inviting proposals for Future and Emerging Technologies work programme, for H2020- fetopen-2016-2017 fet-open– novel ideas for radically new technologies call. The calls are opened now, the closing dates are different for each call. 

Update: Due to the great interest, the survey will be kept open until April 30, 2019. The results and report will be published in May 2019 (instead of late March).

At the meeting just concluded in Ruka, Finland, the Senior Arctic Officials reviewed and approved many deliverables for the Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi in May 2019 in close consultation with the Permanent Participants.

The University of Helsinki and Stockholm University have a strategic partnership since 2014 with a focus on Baltic Sea Research. To boost already existing excellent cooperation, the two universities have decided to launch a new research spearhead in Arctic research called Arctic Avenue.

Caribou and reindeer are central to the ecology, cultural and economic sustainability of the Arctic and northern regions.  As part of Professor Welker's UArctic Chairship,  Dr. Welker, students and colleagues are undertaking studies of ungulate ecology with a focus on herbivore landscape use patters, diets, vegetation traits,...