The North changes the world – more sustainable, more intelligent, more humane. We, at the University of Oulu, work as part of the international science community to produce new scientific information and science-based solutions. We are committed to educate future pioneers to build a more sustainable, intelligent and humane wo...

In October this year, a UN Environment Programme (UNEP) “Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)” on Marine Litter will be fully available in Russian for the first time, with a special focus on the Barents Sea.  The course will be launched on 26 October 2020 on the platform of the Open University of Netherlands. The course consists...

The online series will engage the broadest audience possible in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas. The first session takes place on October 7.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education had its first regular network meeting with discussion about the network’s future. The network is planning to have these meetings twice a year from now on.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Lapland (ULap) invites applications for POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER in Intellectual Property Rights, IP Management and Sustainability for a fixed term of 36 months, starting from 1st January 2021. 

Dr. Maria Väisänen, a UArctic Postdoctoral fellow with Professor Jeff Welker, has been awarded a research grant from Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry grant. Her research project will focus on Understanding the interactions between plant root dynamics and coupled biogeochemical cycles in response to global changes in peatlands. H...

The lead institution and investigator is Professor Helgi Thor Thorarensen, the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø, who will be joined by scientists from Hólar University and the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland, and the University of New England in Maine, USA.

Arctic Five Teacher Education project held an interesting and current workshop on September 24, 2020.

The Journal of Comparative Social Work invites you to submit a paper for a special issue on the following topic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19.

UNITWIN/UNESCO and UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education welcomes a new intern Sara at University of Lapland.

Roundtable "The Role of Universities in the North and the Arctic in the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals" of the 2nd Northern Sustainable Development Forum will be held on September 30, 2020, at 5 PM, Yakutsk time UTC+9. Amid the remaining risks of COVID-19, the Roundtable will be held online.

The main topic of the Northern Sustainable Development Forum, which will be held online from September 27-30, 2020 is “Transport infrastructure in the North and the Arctic”.

The five-day intensive virtual seminar is co-taught by Indigenous leaders and science and policy experts from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The seminar will take place January 18-22, 2021 from 10:30am to 2:00pm ET.

The UArctic Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office conducted an open survey aimed at collecting data and information about the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on UArctic Thematic Networks’ and Institutes’ activities during year 2020. The survey was addressed to all members of UArctic Thematic Networks and Institutes d...

The Center for One Health Research (COHR) of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been working hard to make learning about One Health accessible to interested people worldwide. The course is offered online for free and it will start on October 5, 2020. The One Health course is open for enrollment now.