The University of the Arctic's Board of Governors and Strategic Area leads (Ma-Mawi) will meet in Levi, Finland from Dec 8-11, 2012, with the new Strategic Plan 2020 central to their discussions. This week (Aug 6-8, 2012), staff from the UArctic secretariat met in Levi to go through plans for the December meetings, and to mak...

The Barents International Political Economy (BIPE) researcher network has received funding to start a two-year joint research project in the Barents region. The aim of the new project is to study the role of states in advancing sustainable development focusing on local communities perspectives in different parts of th...

Teachers and researchers interested in learning more about participating in PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) are encouraged to participate in an informational webinar (web seminar) scheduled for Thursday, 9 August 2012, at 2:00 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (3:00 p.m. PDT; 4:00 p.m. MDT; 5:00 p....

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for the seventh year of teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher during the 2013 (usually Arctic) or 2013-2014 (usually Antarctic) field sea...

The Kevo Research Station of the University of Turku is part of the INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) project, which the European Commission has defined as a success story. Source article (University of Turku).

Furthermore the developed world CO2 reduction promises would achieve just a third of any warming slowdown, even though they are responsible for more than two thirds of climate change before 2005. The new results come from an international collaboration between researchers from Arctic Centre, Finland and the College of...

Eleven Canadian students traveled in Russia and Komi over 30 days, concluding on June 30, 2012. Each day was full of impressions and new knowledge about the country, its people and way of life. Michel Bouchard, UNBC Professor and Canadian Field School Coordinator and Olga Alekseevich, NETESDA leader and Russian Fiel...

Former Arctic Studies Program (ASP) student Sintija Dzelme tells about her studies in Finland, how they affected her then and later on in her life.

Former Student of Arctic Studies Program (ASP) from year 2010, Hannes Prang, tells about his studies in Finland, how they affected his course of studies and life later on.

PhD Programme in Arctic Extractive Industries Course: HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES Sept 10-16, St. John’s, Newfoundland

NETESDA Russian Field School 2012 project was over on June 30, 2012. 11 Canadian students traveled in Russia and Komi during 30 days. Each day was full of impressions and new knowledge about the country, its people and way of life.

The UN Summit on Sustainable Development "Rio +20" was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 20-22, 2012. At the summit, world leaders met to discuss the problem of "green" economy, sustainable development and poverty eradication. Source: RAIPON

“My name is Valentina. I live in Arkhangelsk, the North-West of Russia. I am a linguist and a specialist in foreign languages and cultures. For a couple of years ago I got interested in circumpolar studies and joined the on-line courses at the University of the Arctic.”

The photos from the Council Meeting 2012 in Tromsø has been published. They can be found under http://www.uarctic.org/compactArticles.aspx?m=1219.

The seminar, "Strategies and best practices for sustainable/green development of cities and regions" was held in Petrozavodsk, June 13-15 and gathered more than 50 specialists, united by the idea of elaborating and implementating strategies for the sustainable development of cities and regions. Scientists and research...