The UArctic International Secretariat wishes a happy summer to our members, partners and friends across the North and the world! Our office will be closed July 1-17, 2017.

Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science calls for applications for a professorship or a fixed-term associate/assistant professorship (tenure track system) in sustainability science, with focus on indigenous sustainabilities. HELSUS is a new cross-faculty research unit in sustainability science at the University of Helsinki.

Concurrent with the Arctic Circle Conference 2017, University of the Faroe Islands will arrange a course concerning international cooperation, science diplomacy, geopolitics and globalization in the Arctic. In relation to this event it is possible for ten young polar scientists to receive a grant of 10,000 DKK for participati...

The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Foundation Board seeks a full-time Executive Secretary of the AMAP Secretariat. The AMAP Secretariat, established for more than 25 years, supports the work of the AMAP Working Group, one of six Working Groups of the Arctic Council. The position is to be located in Tromsø,...

The Interconnected Arctic, an edited volume comprised of articles based on the UArctic Congress 2016, is now published by Springer Nature as an Open Access book in the Springer Polar Sciences series.

Security, Geopolitics, and Governance Challenges in relation to Arctic Extractive IndustriesPlace: Nuuk, GreenlandDate: 16-22 October 2017Deadline for applications: 30 June 2017Notification of participation decision: 1 August 2017

The MEC 2017 is organized at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, 27-28 November 2017. MEC (former NBE) is an informal and friendly conference which participants attend to exchange ideas and information dealing with media education, educational use of ICTs and learning environments.

The ninth International Conference  on Arctic Social Sciences hosted by the Umeå University was attended by more than 800 scientists and young researchers involved in the Arctic and Subarctic research. Sessions and round table discussions on 22 main thematic areas were organized within the Conference; cultural heritage and in...

​The MARPART conference is arranged on August 29-30, 2017 in Nuuk, Greenland as a part of the MARPART projects. It will serve as a meeting place for academia, emergency professional and governmental bodies and institutions that work in the area of maritime preparedness and emergency management.

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is involved in organizing two integrated international Arctic events in mid-November 2017. The 10th Polar Law Symposium is organized 13–14 and Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit 14–16 November.

Chaired by Krister Stoor of Umeå University and Barry Scherr of Dartmouth College, respectively, the meetings were held in connection with the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX), June 8-12, 2017.

In an interview for Arctic Deeply, Lead of the UArctic Institute for Arctic Policy Mike Sfraga discusses how the US absence from the Paris Agreement will affect climate change mitigation in the Arctic and the country's relationship with other Arctic nations.

This special issue of the journal "Education in the North" will be created in conjunction with the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education. Deadline for expressions of interest and abstracts: 1 September 2017. 

The Arctic Broadband Forum, held in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 8-9 brought together an international audience of experts, researchers, educators, industry and indigenous and political leaders from around the World to focus on successes and challenges in creating a Connected Arctic. The Forum drew over 200 participants from six co...

Nine postdoctoral positions are open for 2-3 years (maximum until the end of the year 2020). The positions are a part of new projects centered on two themes: "Creating sustainability through materials and systems" and "Earth and near-space system and environmental change".