The team and guest experts convened in Copenhagen at the second mid-term international workshop of the three-year NAPA funded project “Arctic Healthy Aging communities: Safe and inclusive outdoor environment and public spaces (The Nordic AHA-Communities)” on November 21-22, 2024.

A broad international consortium with a wide range of expertise in human, animal, and environmental health in the Arctic (One Health), including several members of the UArctic Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic, has published a new review study on Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic. We bel...

The Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) announces the next webinar in their monthly series: Alaska Tribal Landfills: Permafrost Data Needs will take place 5 December 2024 at 9:00 a.m. AKT.

The MarSafeLaw Journal is accepting paper proposals for its sixteenth issue, with the topic being "The Impact of Environmental and Climate Change on the Oceans and Marine Resources." Abstract submission deadline: December 31, 2024.

The 18th Polar Law Symposium will be held in Nuuk, Greenland, on 22nd – 24th October 2025. It is jointly organized by Ilisimatusarfik / the University of Greenland and the University of Akureyri.

Poster and abstract applications are open November 5th and close at 11:59pm AKT on December 15th, 2024. Submit your applications now!

At the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly, session on political participation in the Arctic called "Political Participation in Arctic Politics: Who is Heard When?"

The 12th National Seminar on Snow was held for the first time in Rovaniemi, Finland, gathering researchers and snow enthusiasts for discussions on diverse aspects of snow science. This bilingual event featured sessions in Finnish and English, enhancing its accessibility.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for an Experiential Education Program Coordinator. This full-time position will be located in Fairbanks, Alaska. For full consideration please submit your application by Sunday, November 24, 2024 by 11:59 pm.

The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference will take place from May 5–7, 2025, and is now accepting proposals for sessions to be included in the diverse program. The deadline for session proposals is January 24, 2025.

At the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly, the Next-Generation Science Diplomats Committee, as part of the University of the Arctic (Uarctic) Thematic Network on Science Diplomacy, hosted an open forum “The ‘Bear’ in the Room: How do we prepare for the future with Russia?”

The lecture series is intended for all those working with or interested in the Arctic region and is organized by the ACAF project and the Natural Resources Institute (Luke).

Adelheid Herrmann, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and member of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience recently released "Landscape of Tribal communities: Context for working in rural Alaska.” 

Laura Junka-Aikio, professor at the University of Lapland, joined a three-day gathering of Indigenous artists, scholars, activists and reindeer herders in Bådåddjo/Bodø, Norway in June 2024. In this article, she shares her experiences and reflects on Soptsestimmie as an example of autonomous Indigenous academia.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces their next IARPC Public Webinar Series event focusing on the launch of the Arctic Research Implementation Plan 2025-2026. This webinar will take place December 5 2024, 09:00 AKST.