Dr. Romain Chuffart, the new Nansen professor, hosted his inaugural lecture - ”Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises” on April 8, 2024. 

The Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research was represented on a panel at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø, exploring the links between heritage and tourism in northern and Arctic islands.

To capture long-range tranported dust, several dust traps for wet and dry deposition and vertical flow have been installed in May 2024 at 3106 m asl, at the Sonnblick Observatory, in the Austrian Alps.

The Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education took an active part in Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, a blockbuster event combining IASSA's 11th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, UArctic Congress 2024 and High North Dialogue 2024.

The Thematic Network on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL@UArctic) Lead, Izzy Crawford from the Robert Gordon University, and Vice-lead, Elina Oksanen from the University of Eastern Finland, travelled to the Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway earlier this month. 

It has been a while since the Arctic-wide fora hosted as many sessions and talks related to Arctic health and well-being as during the recent Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø. Oral and poster presentations became part of more than twenty sessions crossing all five key themes of the congress, from oceans, climate and environment thro...

The UArctic Rectors' Meeting 2024 held during the Arctic Congress 2024 on 1st June in Bodø, Norway, brought together UArctic member institution leadership, high-level representatives from Arctic states as well as indigenous people’s organizations to discuss collaboration among academic institutions.

UArctic x Lloyd's Register Foundation Research Fellowship deadline for application ends in two days. The deadline is June 15, 2024 at 13:00 CEST. 

Read about the master's thesis of Emmi Kainulainen, University of Lapland, about the more sustainable tourism futures in the context of the Arctic.

The Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) announces their upcoming SAS webinar series event, titled Sea-ice and its Impact on the Arctic Ocean. This webinar will take place via Zoom on 17 June 2024, 8:00-9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (12:00 – 13:30 UTC).

The session "Embracing Diversity: The Future of Immigrant Communities in the Arctic" was held at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø on May 31, 2024 in Hotel Ramsalt, Bodø, Norway, from 11 am to 1 pm. Six papers were presented during the session.

The International Symposium on Combating Radicalization, Racism, and Hate Speech Against Immigrants was held on May 23-24, 2024 at Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland.

The Korea Arctic Academy, hosted by the Korean Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries and co-organized by the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), is an initiative to facilitate exchanges between students from both the Arctic region and Korea to develop and share a common Arctic vision. It aims to spread knowledge on sustainable Arcti...

The session “Intersectional Gender Equality within Academia – Exploring Sustainable Futures in the Arctic” gathered seven presentations from the circumpolar north – two from Canada and five from Arctic Five Universities, and had an audience of about 20 people.

Researchers involved in UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Marine Biodiversity, and the Nansen Legacy project have identified the first-ever loriciferan in Norwegian waters. This find was made in the Barents Sea at coordinates 81.53N and 30.96E, at a depth of 806 meters.