This is to notify you that the course formerly offered as Advance Emphasis for Circumpolar Studies (BCS) from the University of Tromsø, "Circumpolar Ecosystems, Resource Use and Management " , will not be offered any more.

The University of Lapland and UArctic are hosting a workshop to explore collaboration on Arctic Nature Photography on January 30-February 5, 2012. The meetings started in Kuusamo at the Oulanka Research Station, belonging to the University of Oulu with Riku Paavola, Director of the Research Station introducing the statio...

The university wide Department of Northern Studies in concert with NEFU Research Library holds a regular set of lectures in the framework of Cold Lands Seminar. This time Canada will be the subject.

THEME: Globalization: An Arctic Story Human Dimensions of Resource Development and Commercial Activity in Inuit Communities Convenor: Dr. Jackie Dawson (Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada) jackie.dawson@uottawa.caCo-convenor: Dr. Margaret Johnston (...


The International Permafrost Association is pleased to announce that it is opening the submission of extended abstracts for the upcoming Tenth Conference on Permafrost until the 10th of February.

Today, 30 January, the four-day intensive course ‘English for International Lecturers’ has started in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. It is arranged for lecturers from Russian partner-universities participating in Barents Cross-Border University Programme.

The biennial Inuit Studies Conference serves the critical function of drawing together scholars and Inuit representatives to share research results in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, political governance, environmental science, health, education, and culture

The 18th Inuit Studies Conference will be held October 24-28, 2012 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Recent dramatic transformations in the polar regions have brought inuit studies to the forefront of policy, international relations and scientific work.




Focus on Thematic Networks

Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Thematic Networks are at the forefront of UArctic's activties, focussing collaboration in key areas among our partners and producing high quality contributions to scientific research, public outreach, and educational development. The hosts of the recent Thematic Networks meeting, the University of Akureyri, have produced a se...


The Arctic Design –seminar brings together the leading researchers and entrepreneurs of the arctic area to discuss the intriguing challenges the arctic climate and location poses on design. Held as part of the Rovaniemi Design Week, the world’s northernmost design week, the seminar aims to define the term both from the...