The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, the Regional Council of Lapland, and the Baltic Sea Commission (BSC), as part of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), are jointly organizing a day-long seminar on the sustainable economic development of the northern regions and the just green transition. 

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the ISC are partnering on an initiative to publish a Global Report in 2024 to inform the deliberations of the sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).

The report is the result of a collaborative project between the German Council on Foreign Relations‘ Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, the Wilson Center, and the Alfred Wegener Institute.

The United Kingdom released an updated Arctic policy framework, which builds on the country’s 2021 Integrated Review and last year’s report on the UK’s defense contributions in the High North.

Professor David Newhouse of Trent University named 2022 3M Teaching Fellow by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Governor General of Canada Mary Simon made a state visit to Finland from 6 to 10 February 2023.

UArctic Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies invites researchers at any level to submit proposals for the first Critical Arctic Studies Symposium on the theme “Post-Human Dialogues: Rethinking human-nature relations in and through the Arctic” to be held in Rovaniemi, Finland, from 10 to 12 October 2023. 

Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is looking for Inuit post-secondary education students who have completed at least one semester so far to join ISC and help with the work of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee’s (ICPC) Task Team on Economic Development.

The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) invites applications for an Associate Professor in Physical Geography. This tenure-track position will be located in Joensuu, Finland.

The environmental council of the University of Akureyri invites everybody to the 3rd sustainability conference at the University of Akureyri on March 31 2023.

The Arctic Encounter is seeking artists and designers to participate in and/or exhibit their artwork, designs, or other textile creations at the flagship event from March 29-31, 2023.

The webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST.

The Wilson Center’s Polar Institute and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) announce the upcoming live webcast for the public release of the Commission’s "Report on the Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2023-2024."

This hybrid event will take place February 13, at the University of Oulu and online. In the event UArctic Vice-President Networks Kirsi Latola presents the UArctic, what it is and how it operates and what role University of Oulu has in it.