The University of Oslo is proud to introduce a new interdisciplinary course "A Changing Arctic" that combines Natural Sciences, Law and Social Sciences to explore the environmental, legal, and political changes in the Arctic region. The course takes place on 21 June - 1 August 2014 at the University of Oslo, Norway. Applicati...
Reimagining a winter campus during Winterfest 2014 (UAA)
Tue, Feb 25, 2014
From the University of Alaska Anchorage Blog and the Anchorage Daily News a tale of a two UAA professors, inspired by their work in Iceland and Finland with the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design are now bringing their ideas of Anchorages' Winterfest. See the full story.
Sustainable Arctic Tourism, Call for Papers
Mon, Feb 24, 2014
You
are cordially invited to contribute to a project on sustainable Arctic
tourism by submitting a paper to the Arctic Council's Working Group on
the Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) by June 15, 2014 on one or more of the following topics:Trends in Arctic tourism, with a particular focus on shipborne tourism;Ass...
Arctic Yearbook 2014, Call for Abstracts
Mon, Feb 24, 2014
The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for the 2014 edition. The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional geopolitics, circumpolar
relations, and security, broadly defined. The Arctic Yearbook is a
joint initiative of the Northern Research Forum (NRF) and the UAr...
Model Arctic Council starts in NArFU
Mon, Feb 24, 2014
Proactive and creative master and PhD students from Russia, USA, Canada, Norway and the UK will meet in Arkhangelsk February 25-28 with aim to increase their knowledge on the Arctic issues, meet like-minded participants from the other countries and develop their leadership skills. The overall idea of the MAC is to promote sci...
UNESCO has been continuously warning that more than half of the currently alive 7,000 languages may extinguish within several generations. Wise ethno-linguistic policies and modern information technologies offer a chance of at least slowing down these processes, which are capable of inflicting much harm to the entire humankind.
Master Student Fellowship in Northern Research
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
The Department Political Studies at University of Saskatchewan invites applications for four master’s fellowships in comparative Northern governance research.
17th meeting of the Council of UArctic
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
The 17th meeting of the Council of UArctic will be held in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada from May 20th to 21st, 2014.
Social Challenges of the European North: Experience and Perspectives of Sociological Research Conference on March 20-21, 2014
Thu, Feb 20, 2014
Murmansk State Humanities University cordially invites you to participate in the Conference “Social Challenges of the European North: Experience and Perspectives of Sociological Research” on March 20-21, 2014. Call for Papers letter is enclosed. We kindly ask you to send your articles to the e-mail: innaryzhkova@yandex.ru
Call for papers in the Conference “Linguistic and cultural interaction in Arctic Region” on September 23-25th, 2014
Wed, Feb 19, 2014
Murmansk State Humanities University cordially invites you to participate in the Conference “Linguistic and cultural interaction in Arctic Region” on September 23-25th, 2014.
NEFU supports north2north students by own funds
Wed, Feb 19, 2014
In 2013 North-Eastern Federal University established its own academic mobility program to support its students going for exchange studies abroad. Students are especially encouraged to apply for UArctic member institutions. This is an arcticle authored by Daria Burnasheva from the NEFU International Relations Office
Last chance to register for the 4th EMB Forum, Arctic 2050
Wed, Feb 19, 2014
Last chance to Register for the 4th EMB Forum Arctic 2050: Towards ecosystem-based management in a changing Arctic Ocean Wednesday 12 March 2014, Brussels The 4th European Marine Board Forum organized jointly with the European Polar Board,and recognized as an official ICARP III event, will focus on the challenges of a changin...
The Yakut representation of the Russian association on public relations, Federal state budget educational institution of higher professional education " Baikal State University of Economics and Law" and the advertisement and public relations department of philological faculty of North - Eastern federal University after M.K.Am...
Become a Volunteer of the Archaeological and Geographical Expedition Kyzyl-Kuragino-2014
Tue, Feb 18, 2014
Russian Geographical Society as an all-Russian non-governmental organization brings together scientists, explorers, school teachers, post -graduates, students and many others around the main goal - to study the geography of Russia and share this knowledge . Thereupon an international archeological-geographical expedition "Kyz...
MobilityDK travel support decisions for the second application period
Fri, Feb 14, 2014
After the second application round for MobilityDK travel support, the following applicants will receive a travel support for Arctic-relevant mobility activies.