Hundreds of species of plant-eating mammals, birds and insects – known as herbivores – inhabit the Arctic tundra. Some of these are vital for local communities and northern cultures, including domesticated reindeer and sheep, and hunted caribou, muskox, ptarmigan and geese.

This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on renewable economies in the Arctic and how these are being supported scientifically, economically, socially, and politically by Arctic states.

In this set of videos, you’ll get to know the leads of some of our Thematic Networks focusing on issues related to legal and political matters in the Arctic. 

On December 6, leadership from UArctic higher education member institutions convened for their first face-to-face meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces their upcoming Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026 launch webinar. This webinar will take place 16 December 2021 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. AKST.

The 10 ECTS course is developed in collaboration with the Arctic Five universities and it will be held for the second time on spring term 2022.

The Spatial and Environmental Data Center (SEDC) at Toolik Field Station (TFS) invites applications for a Research Technician. This full-time, year-round position will be located in Fairbanks, Alaska and at Toolik Field Station, Alaska.

A meeting was held for the national coordinators of north2north on 30 November and 1 December 2021 in Helsinki.

The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress 2022 will open in early January 2022.

The convenor of 14th Polar Law Symposium encourages the researchers to have their presentation(s) published as a fully-reviewed paper in The Yearbook of Polar Law Volume 14. 

The University of Lapland is looking for four junior researchers (salaried, full-time PhD positions) to carry out their doctoral theses in the multidisciplinary doctoral programme The Arctic in a Changing World.

​​​​​​The High North Hero Award is an annual award established by the High North Center for Business and Governance to honor a person, organization or company who has contributed to highlighting or developing the High North. The award is handed out during the High North Dialogue Conference in Bodø.

When you have a research project involving 21 research institutions across nine countries, it is complicated – even without the challenges of a global pandemic, which aside from wreaking havoc on human health and healthcare systems has been a disaster for field work and regular meetings.

The Arctic Five is a partnership between Luleå University of Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Umeå University, the University of Lapland, and the University of Oulu, whom together aim to lead the way on key Arctic issues.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law is pleased to announce the release of the ninth edition of the Current Developments in Arctic Law (CDAL).