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The Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) is very sad to announce the passing away of Professor Jean Malaurie in his 102nd year, February 5, 2024, at his home in Dieppe, France.

The High North Center for Business and Governance has opened nominations to the High North Hero Award, created to honor a person or an organization that has contributed to highlighting the importance of the Arctic.

Thematic Network on High Latitude Dust invites papers for special edition in Frontiers in Earth Science: "Atmosphere – Cryosphere Interaction in the Arctic, at High Latitudes and Mountains with Focus on Transport, Deposition and Effects of Dust, Black Carbon, and other Aerosols - Volume II". 

The Arctic Five opened a call for an Arctic Five Chairs program. The program hires researchers from each Arctic Five University (Umeå University, Luleå University of Technology, University of Oulu, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, and UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø). 

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) invites applications for the IARPC Fellowship for Indigenous Leaders. These full-time, fixed-term positions will work remotely.

UArctic Thematic Network on Herbivory invites contributions to observational study on herbivore diversity in tundra.

The 8th High Latitude Dust (HLD) Workshop will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 13-14 February 2024.

There is a vacancy for a permanent position as Associate Professor at the University of Bergen’s Department of Comparative Politics focusing on studies of the Arctic.

Stéphaníe Guilherme is a professor from University Laval doing research to Technical University of Denmark located in Campus Sisimiut, West Greenland.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, Iñupiaq, enrolled tribal member of the Nome Eskimo Community, and the founder/principle consultant for Sauyaq Solutions, LLC.

UArctic’s Nominations Committee is kindly requesting UArctic members to come forward with proposals for individuals who could serve on the UArctic Assembly as Assembly Officer, Vice-Chair.

Read about Jixin Qiao stay at the University of Bergen from Technical University of Denmark

The Thematic Network on Arctic Cultures and History (ARCH) Workshop on “Arctic Indigenous and local food traditions in the past” will be held at Sudernes Science and Learning Centre, Iceland, on February 6th, 2024, 10am-12.30pm UTC.

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applications for a Master’s or PhD assistantship in mariculture genomics. The fixed-term position will be located in Fairbanks, Alaska.