Three master’s degree programs at the University of Lapland, Finland will be open for applications December 1, 2016 − January 31, 2017. The programs are Arctic Art and Design, Media Education, and Tourism, Culture and International Management. Studies start in September 2017.

Anastasia Kaptsova from the Russian State Hydrometeorological University visited the Aarhus University as part of the UArctic north2north program. Now, it is possible to read her story.

Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts will host an International conference: "Culture and education in the development of human capital of the Arctic". (December, 15-16, 2016).

Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT The Arctic University of Norway invites students to apply for Nature Tourism and Management PhD course, March 16-17, 2017. Credits: 5 ECTS   

Industrial University of Tyumen invites international students to take part in international summer school “Tyumen’17 Connecting Times” - The Past, Present & Future of the 430-year-old Siberian City (August 28 – September 10, 2017).

The 4th biennial 2017 Arctic Energy Summit will be held in Helsinki, Finland, on September 18-20, 2017. Hosted by Institute of the North and Finland Ministry of Economy and Employment. Call for Presentations: Expressions of interest encouraged by January 18, 2017.

The Winter Cities Shake-Up 2017 advance program is now available online.

Barents Cooperation Forum offers the latest information on the development activities and funding opportunities within the region. The registration and bilateral meetings booking are open until 2.12.2016. The event is held on 8.12.2016

The biannual Arctic conference “Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit” will be held next time on 14–16 November 2017 in Lappia Hall, Hallituskatu 11, 96100 Rovaniemi.

Three travel grants available for a multi-disciplinary workshop at the 2017 Ninth International Congress on Arctic Social Sciences in Umeå, Sweden for early career scientists and traditional indigenous knowledge holders. Complete applications should be sent to by December 14th 2016.

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) has announced the second call for the International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action April 24-27, 2017 Reston, Virginia, USA.The deadline for abstracts submission has been prolonged to December 1, 2016.

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