Good health is not the mere absence of diseases. It is the result of a complex interplay between factors influencing our daily lives and the surrounding environment. However, increased human activities resulting in the loss of natural habitats imperil both healthy ecosystems and healthy humans. 

International Centre for Reindeer Husbandrys report to Horizon 2020 INTERACT: Guide for facilitating local adaptation to environmental change by Rosa-Máren Magga, Anders Oskal & Svein D Mathiesen (editors). Project No. 730938

You are invited to participate in an online workshop to discuss topics and ideas that you think are important for policy makers and the Arctic Science Ministers to better understand and prioritize at the Third Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3; https://asm3.org/).

We at UArctic, together with the local host organizations in Iceland, have made the difficult decision to postpone the UArctic Congress (originally scheduled to take place in Reykjavik Oct 6-8, 2020) until May 2021 in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial.

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is seeking candidates for two post-doctoral positions (ca. 45 months) starting in the fall 2020, by 1 October 2020 at the latest. Apply by August 3, 2020, 1.00 pm. 

The Migration in the North 2020 Conference​ is postponed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and will be organised as a virtual conference in the autumn 2020. The new dates will be informed later. 

An International Arctic School will be held at Harbin Institute of Technology (China) between 6 and 17 July, 2020. 

European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants call is open. Deadline 26 August, 2020.

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) 2020 call is open. Deadline September 29, 2020.

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF) call is open. Deadline 9 September.  

With regard to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 Northern Arctic Federal University  transfers the II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” for June 2021. The event will be held in Arkhangelsk within the framework of X International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS Х)

University of Alaska Fairbanks One Health Team wants to reach out with a program opportunity for students that want to deepen their understanding of One Health and incorporate the paradigm and problem-solving skills into their future careers. 

The conference “Special and Inclusive Education in Euro-Arctic Region” will take place in Arkhangelsk (Russia) on November 24,  2020. The Conference is devoted to 10th anniversary of Northern (Arctic) Federal University and 20th anniversary of special teachers’ training in Arkhangelsk.  

Gunn-Britt Retter, Saami Council's Head of the Arctic and Environment Unit was interviewed at Arctic Spirit Conference, Rovaniemi 2019.

The Arctic Future Challenge is an innovation competition for young entrepreneurs across the Arctic, launched by the Governments of Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Iceland.