19-20 June 2015 the European University in St. Petersburg and the St. Petersburg Institute of History Russian Academy of Sciences organize an international conference participated by well-known scientists from Russia, the USA, UK, Germany and Finland. The conference continues the cycle on the reforms’ history in Russia.

The Institute of Economics of Karelian Research Centre of RAS with the Government of the Republic of Karelia organize the 7th Youth Economic Forum “New Economy – New Opportunities” in Petrozavodsk (Russia) in November 12-13, 2015.

Tyumen State Oil and Gas University jointly with Institute of Earth Cryosphere of Russian Academy of Science (Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Science) organize field course on the Chara river (Zabaykalsky krai) 

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) is pleased to invite Nordic institutions for higher education to apply for project funding under the Nordic-Russian Programme for Cooperation in Education and Research. Deadline for this call is 23 September 2015.

The 10th Arctic Frontiers conference, titled Industry and Environment, will be arranged in Tromsø, Norway on 24-29 January 2016. The organizers invite abstracts for presentations to any of the three parts: environmental footprints, Arctic stewardship, and technology needs. Call for papers closes on 21 September 2015.

The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy will this year begin its tour with a session held in Rovaniemi on the 1st of June 2015. This year’s conference is taking an explicit focus on issues related to security and resource (geo)politics in the globalized Arctic.

You are welcome to take part in the VI International Meeting on the Biology of Sphagnum which will take place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, August 15-24, 2016

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation invites applications for innovative programmes and projects focusing on issues related to peace and security. The Foundation supports projects addressing problems in the fields of international understanding, exchange, and cooperation. Deadline is 31 October 2015.

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s Erasmus+ programme invites applications for its strategic partnerships in the field of youth. These support the development, transfer and implementation of innovative practices at organisational, local, regional, national or European levels. Call closes on 1 October 2015.

The EU Horizon 2020 Excellent Science invites proposals for its H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2015 Marie Sklodowska-Curie co-funding of regional, national and international programmes call, closing on 1st of October 2015.

The Singapore-Arctic Council Permanent Participants (AC PP) Cooperation Package offers full postgraduate scholarships for Arctic indigenous peoples for studying in Singapore. The scholarships are available for three Master's programs in public policy, public administration and maritime studies.

On May 21, Russia celebrates the Day of polar explorer. This Day is celebrated since 2013.

Anastasia Emelyanova and Sandra Juutilainen are PhD students whose research focus is tightly in the Arctic issues and they both have close connections to University of the Arctic’s graduate programmes and other activities.

The Arctic Academy selection committee, consisting of Korea Maritime Institute leaders and UArctic’s Senior Management Team, has reviewed a total of 28 nominations from 8 countries to the Arctic Academy.

The latest issue of the IASSA newsletter Northern Notes is now available online.