UAcrtic Thematic Network on Arctic Law is happy to announce the release of the book: “Wilderness Protection in Polar Regions - Arctic Lessons learnt for the Regulation and Management of Tourism in the Antarctic”. The book is published by Brill, and written by the network member Antje Neumann.    

University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Dr. Cathy Sandeen has been named as UArctic's new Vice-President Academic, providing strategic leadership for all of UArctic's academic activities.

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative brings together professionals, practitioners, and researchers from the 8 Arctic Council member states for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience to address key research and policy questions related to creating a secure and sustainable Arctic. The third round of t...

Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) is looking for a research fellow who can support the Centre’s polar legal research. The fellow must stay at the Centre in Kobe, Japan, during the fellowship. This position will be available for a maximum of three months stay in Kobe during the period of mid-October 2020 to the end of M...

Our partners the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), has published a statement on Tackling Racism and Sysetmic Bias. IASC “is committed to ensuring that the opportunities provided through its internal and external processes, activities and events are delivered in ways that support participation regardless of nation...

12 energy topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application. The projects will be selected for funding in a single-stage evaluation. The deadline to submit a proposal is September 1, 2020.  

The One Health project is led by the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council and now is in its third Chairmanship cycle under the leadership of the United States, Canada, and Finland. The One Arctic, One Health Fact Sheet is now published.

Good health is not the mere absence of diseases. It is the result of a complex interplay between factors influencing our daily lives and the surrounding environment. However, increased human activities resulting in the loss of natural habitats imperil both healthy ecosystems and healthy humans. 

International Centre for Reindeer Husbandrys report to Horizon 2020 INTERACT: Guide for facilitating local adaptation to environmental change by Rosa-Máren Magga, Anders Oskal & Svein D Mathiesen (editors). Project No. 730938

You are invited to participate in an online workshop to discuss topics and ideas that you think are important for policy makers and the Arctic Science Ministers to better understand and prioritize at the Third Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3; https://asm3.org/).

We at UArctic, together with the local host organizations in Iceland, have made the difficult decision to postpone the UArctic Congress (originally scheduled to take place in Reykjavik Oct 6-8, 2020) until May 2021 in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial.

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is seeking candidates for two post-doctoral positions (ca. 45 months) starting in the fall 2020, by 1 October 2020 at the latest. Apply by August 3, 2020, 1.00 pm. 

The Migration in the North 2020 Conference​ is postponed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and will be organised as a virtual conference in the autumn 2020. The new dates will be informed later. 

An International Arctic School will be held at Harbin Institute of Technology (China) between 6 and 17 July, 2020. 

European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants call is open. Deadline 26 August, 2020.