The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), together with the University of the Arctic and the International Antarctic Institute (IAI) are pleased to announce a great new resource for young researchers looking for graduate programs related to polar and cryospheric research and to help graduate programme recruit...

The Norwegian parliamentary committee on Environment and Energy will visit Arendal on Sept 27, and their program includes a briefing from UArctic president Lars Kullerud on our network's activities in these areas.

My name is Jodi Gustafson and I am a third year student completing a science degree in Global Resource Systems through the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. With significant environmental change occurring globally, it is no secret that circumpolar environments will be put at an elevated risk, so when...

The Canadian goverment has announced an additional CDN$67.3 million in funding to ArcticNet -- the largest funding renewal for the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program to date, hosted by UArctic member Université Laval. The mission of this world-leading network is to help adapt the coastal Canadian Arctic to clim...

Bernard Funston, current chair of the Canadian Polar Commission (a UArctic member) is meeting today (Sept 15, 2011) with UArctic President Lars Kullerud at his office in Arendal. The Canadian Polar Commission is Canada's national advisory agency on polar research issues, and engages with many international science and policy...

One of UArctic's newest Thematic Networks, Arctic Law, has wasted no time in kick starting its activities. Following its approval by the Council of the University of the Arctic in June, the network has approved its action plan and established its own website. The network was very active in the recent fourth 'Akureyri Polar La...

On the 6th of September 2011 Bjorn Sagdahl (professor of the program “Bachelor of Northern Studies”) and Per Moller (coordinator of the program from Finnmark University College, Alta, Norway) visited MSHU. During the meeting with MSHU coordinator of the program Prof. Sagdahl and Mr. Moller informed about the students’ progres...

As a follow-up to last year’s highly successful Arctic Futures Symposium, the IPF will be organizing Arctic Futures Symposium 2011 in Brussels, Belgium October 12th – 14th in conjunction with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.

The Kingdom of Denmark is the latest Arctic state to adopt an offical strategy for the region. Significantly, the strategy recognizes the strong role of the University of the Arctic in promoting research and higher education in the Arctic, and pledges its support.

Murmansk State Humanities University is organizing an international seminar entitled, "Social and cultural mechanisms of everyday life in the Circumpolar world”, 28-29th November 2011 in Murmansk, Russia, and is seeking article submissions. The main topics of the seminar include the evolution of everyday culture in the c...

Leaders of Norway's parliamentary delegation to the Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR) will visit Lars Kullerud, President of the University of the Arctic and GRID-Arendal on Wednesday, Sept 14, 2011. Among the issues to be discussed are the follow-up to the Green Growth in the Arctic seminar, as well...

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the ArcticNet Student Association (ASA) announce a "From Knowledge to Careers" workshop opportunity, to be held in Montreal, Canada in conjunction with the IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action conference. The workshop is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, 21-22...

The NCM was recently granted 1.8 mill DKR in support for three years to the project titled “Nordic Network and Roadmap Development for Welfare Technology (NeRo). The three UArcic member institutions are the University of Turku, Umeå University and the University of Tromsø. The coordinating institution is the University...