Living in the Landscape (Lila) international and interdisciplinary summer schools series gathered the sixth time this Spring 2025. This year's school took place online in March and onsite on the 19-23 May in Nesna, Norway and it was hosted by the Nord University of Norway. 

Takumi Okuno, a graduate of the master’s degree programme in Northern Tourism at the University of Lapland, discussed the potential of summer tourism development in Lapland by researching the viewpoint of Japanese people towards Lapland. 

The INQ-UArctic Regional Centre for the Province of Québec will serve to strengthen UArctic’s presence and impact in Québec, Canada and beyond.

On June 4-6, 2025, The University of Oulu and Oulu University of Applied Sciences hosted the 47th Association for Interdisciplinary Studies Conference “Shaping the Future in the Era of Polycrisis”.

Three candidates are being considered for the 2025 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award with projects focusing on food security, health monitoring, and adaptation to landscape change. The winner will be announced at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland, October 16-18.

Several members of the Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic participated in the UArctic Assembly, held in Inari, Sápmi, Finland, from 6 to 9 June 2025. The Assembly, hosted by the Sámi Education Institute, brought together over 130 participants.

The 2025 Call for Projects under the Polar Initiative is now open.

In a blog post published by Lloyd's Register Foundation, Dewan Ahsan from the University of Southern Denmark discusses his research project which examines how Nordic Arctic nations assess and manage the risks associated with increasing cruise tourism.

The UArctic Assembly has confirmed several new appointments and reappointments to the UArctic Board, strengthening the network’s leadership for the years ahead.

Relate North 2025 is an English-language, peer-reviewed symposium. Proposals are sought for the online symposium on November 3-4, 2025, that aim to chronicle, document, and critically analyze art, design, craft, and education in the North, including Arctic and near-Arctic regions, which focus on the theme “Lessons of the Land”.

Over 130 participants joined the UArctic Assembly 2025 in Inari, Sápmi, Finland, hosted by the Sámi Education Institute. This year marked the highest number of new members ever approved, reflecting UArctic’s expanding reach and collaborative strength.

UArctic warmly welcomes this year’s newly approved and endorsed Thematic Networks, confirmed during the Assembly in Inari. These initiatives highlight our members’ shared commitment to collaboration and knowledge exchange across the Arctic and beyond.

The UArctic Assembly concluded its final day of meetings with important decisions and acknowledgements that will help shape the path forward.

Below are the main takeaways from today's Assembly voting, which were centered around financial matters and the UArctic Congress and Assembly 2026.

Today's Assembly decisions concerned approvals of new UArctic member institutions and appointments of Board members.