June 2015 the UArctic Council approved applications for the establishment of six new Thematic Networks, including “Working in the Arctic" initiated by Russian UArctic members. Natalya Simonova and Jana Korneeva, researchers from the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, NArFU, share their experience. The interview was publish...

The application deadline for the PhD course "Resource development versus other community sustainability options?" is June 15. The course is organized by the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries, and it takes place Aug 29 to Sept 4, 2016 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

"Arctic Floating University", joint scientific and educational project implemented by NArFU anв Northern Branch of RosHydroMet, supported by the Russian Geographical Society started its eighth Arctic expedition.

The final stage of the youth project contest "Discover the Arctic" was held at Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia) in the framework of the all-Russian conference "The Arctic as a national megaproject: personnel and research support"

The document on the establishment of National Arctic Research and Education Consortium was signed June 6, 2016 at all-Russian conference "The Arctic as a national megaproject: personnel and research support" hold at Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia).

The 4th annual China- Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium ( CNARC) takes place in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland from the 6th to 9th of June 2016.

On August 17-18, 2016, the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland will organize a seminar “New Forms of Law and Governance for and from the Arctic”, which will look at research approaches to explore the role of law and other institutions in governance of natural resources in the Arctic. [link]

Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University has announced plans to establish the number of scientific vehicle testing facilities for the Arctic zone of Russia. According to plan NEFU will lead experimental methods and tests of modern technologies.

The Prime Minister’s Office of Finland will organise a Nordic seminar Arctic Expertise in Nordic Cooperation (NordArc2016) at the House of the Estates in Helsinki on 5 September 2016. The high-level event for invited Nordic researchers, political decision-makers and public servants will be conducted in English.

The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy began this year its tour with a session held in Rovaniemi on the 30th of May. This year’s conference takes an explicit focus on resilience related to sustainable development in globalization, particularly the globalized Arctic.

Finland's former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen, a Friend of UArctic, has been received the Arctic Hero prize during the High North Dialogue meeting at Nord University in Bodø, Norway. Lipponen remarked, "This is my Nobel prize" on receiving the award. [Source: High North News, in Norwegian].

The keynote speakers for the Science Section of the UArctic Congress 2016 have been announced, and the early-bird registration deadline has been extended until June 15.

The French embassy in Sweden in collaboration with Umeå University organize the French-Nordic event: The Urban Arctic. It is part of a series of seminars that will take place in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during 2016. You will find more information about this event from the enclosed invitation or on the website. 

Application round for internship placements at UArctic offices is still open. Apply by May 31, 2016.

The Climate and Air Quality Group, under the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM), invites proposals for its Call for projects. This supports projects that describe the interaction between climate and air issues in the Nordic and Arctic region. The deadline for this call is 16 June 2016.