The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy started this year began its tour with sessions in Rovaniemi on June 4th. This year’s conference is taking an explicit focus on discourses on the Arctic – (inter)disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic research.

The grand prize winner of Arctic Biodiversity Through the Lens competition will receive a trip to beautiful Rovaniemi, Finland. Selected images will be displayed at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress, October 9-11, 2018 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and be exhibited across Arctic countries.

A three-day hackathon Robocon: Arctic Way is taking place at the Ural Federal University. The event, designed to stimulate the emergence of new ideas for the effective development of the Arctic, is attended by teams representing universities,  scientific and educational institutions, research institutes and enterprises of the...

North2north partner meeting in Arkhangelsk on 22 May 2018 included important discussion on significance of circumpolar mobility. The meeting was organized in collaboration with Northern Arctic Federal University and the UArctic Interregional Office.

Tatiana Zykina from the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk visited the University of Copenhagen as a part of the Staff and Faculty north2north exchange.

APECS-UArctic Science Communication workshop will be held in connection with the UArctic Congress 2018 in Oulu, Finland on September 3, 2018. Workshop has still few seats available, so apply now!

UiT the Arctic University of Norway invites applications for the position of PhD researcher in biological oceanography. This full-time, four-year position will be located in Tromsø, Norway. Application deadline is on 28 June 2018.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity has published a new newsletter.

The book 'Arts in the Arctic: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives' is going to be needful and timely review of arctic arts. The book will cover a wide range of topics of current concerns in indigenous studies, art history and interdisciplinary research. The deadline for abstracts is on June 8, 2018.

Nearly all parts of the Science Section of the UArctic Congress 2018 (September 3-7, 2018 in Oulu and Helsinki) have been added to the online program, including plenary keynotes and parallel sessions. There is also a new Program Overview page available, which allows you to search the full program as well as filter by day or e...

A network of historians working in academia all over the Barents Region has worked with history textbook and encyclopedia about Barents Region for several years. Both books are ready and published recently.

Peter Harris is GRID-Arendal’s Managing Director and he recently became the first Australian to be awarded the Francis P. Shepard Medal for Marine Geology.

The University of Alaska Anchorage invites applications for the position of Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow that can provide multicultural perspective to teaching and research within the Department of Health Sciences (DHS) and the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS). This position will begin in August 2018 and w...

Stakeholders from the Barents region met in Luleå to invigorate the youth perspective in the development of our societies and the future of the Barents region.

Next webinar of the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education will be organized June 7, 2018 at 5 pm (UTC +3). The topic of the webinar is Finnish basic education and teacher education – perspectives on inclusive education.