This is to notify you that the course formerly offered as Advance Emphasis for Circumpolar Studies (BCS) from the University of Tromsø, "Circumpolar Ecosystems, Resource Use and Management " , will not be offered any more.

The University of Lapland and UArctic are hosting a workshop to explore collaboration on Arctic Nature Photography on January 30-February 5, 2012. The meetings started in Kuusamo at the Oulanka Research Station, belonging to the University of Oulu with Riku Paavola, Director of the Research Station introducing the statio...

The university wide Department of Northern Studies in concert with NEFU Research Library holds a regular set of lectures in the framework of Cold Lands Seminar. This time Canada will be the subject.

THEME: Globalization: An Arctic Story Human Dimensions of Resource Development and Commercial Activity in Inuit Communities Convenor: Dr. Jackie Dawson (Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada) jackie.dawson@uottawa.caCo-convenor: Dr. Margaret Johnston (...

With three national parks, one of which is located in Northern  Labrador (Torngat Mountains National Park), an agreement to establish a fourth national park in the Mealy Mountains in Labrador, and a growing tourism industry, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is an ideal location to host the 3rd IPTRN conference.

The International Permafrost Association is pleased to announce that it is opening the submission of extended abstracts for the upcoming Tenth Conference on Permafrost until the 10th of February.

Today, 30 January, the four-day intensive course ‘English for International Lecturers’ has started in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. It is arranged for lecturers from Russian partner-universities participating in Barents Cross-Border University Programme.

The biennial Inuit Studies Conference serves the critical function of drawing together scholars and Inuit representatives to share research results in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, political governance, environmental science, health, education, and culture

The 18th Inuit Studies Conference will be held October 24-28, 2012 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Recent dramatic transformations in the polar regions have brought inuit studies to the forefront of policy, international relations and scientific work.

We are very pleased to announce the 18th International Symposium on Polar Sciences to be held in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea on 22-24 May 2012, under sponsorship of Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI).

Registration for the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)'s annual conference, "Tying it al together" is now open. Please see their website for the full program and registration informaition.

The Calotte Academy 2012 will be organized in May 28 – June 4, 2012 in Inari and Rovaniemi, Finland; in Kiruna and Abisko, Sweden, and in Tromsø and Kirkenes , Norway (the exact route will be defined later). Please see below for details of the call for papers, aimed at PhD students.

Thematic Networks are at the forefront of UArctic's activties, focussing collaboration in key areas among our partners and producing high quality contributions to scientific research, public outreach, and educational development. The hosts of the recent Thematic Networks meeting, the University of Akureyri, have produced a se...

First Announcement: Twelfth International Scientific Student Conference “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic.

The Arctic Design –seminar brings together the leading researchers and entrepreneurs of the arctic area to discuss the intriguing challenges the arctic climate and location poses on design. Held as part of the Rovaniemi Design Week, the world’s northernmost design week, the seminar aims to define the term both from the...