This Ph.D. course, Climate Adaptation Policy, is Organized by the NORD-STAR Graduate Training Program, 13-17 Agust 2012 at  the University of Iceland, Reykjavik (5 ECTS credits).

Rapidly changing health conditions in the Arctic, due in part to climate change and globalization, call for a dramatically new approach to research and delivery of services to improve the health and wellness in Arctic communities, according to a report released by the Dickey Center for International Understanding and the U...

Disputas - Cand.philol. Inger Marie Gaup Eira defender her doctoral dissertation, "The Silent Language of Snow. Sámi traditional knowledge of snow in times of climate change" on May 31 in the Auditorium Sahkaskaidi i Diehtosiida, (Science building in Kautokeino Norway). This PhD thesis is a linguistic study with an int...

The BCS diploma award ceremony has been held at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. This year 15 NArFU students have been awarded bachelor degree in Circumpolar Studies. The delegation from the University of Nordland where the graduates took BCS courses came to NArFU. Marit Sundet, Eivind Karlsen and Håkan Sander...

The NArFU Organizing Committee of the unique project “Floating University,” which launches on June 1, 2012, has held its first meeting. Members of the Committee organizing the scientific-educational expedition to the high North - including representatives of NArFU and the Northern Hydrometeorology and Environmental Mon...

Alexander Feldt is a Phd student in Northern (Arctic) Federal University and studies tourism in Finnmark University College.

The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Co-operation program has granted funding for arranging planning workshop in 2012 (220 000 DKK) to develop a new PhD program on Arctic Health and Wellbeing. The initiative is a joint project by Thematic Networks on Health and Well-being in the Arctic and Global Change led by Thule In...

A group of scholars at the University of Tromsø will host a conference on the cultural and scientific history of the transits of Venus, in Tromsø 2-3 June 2012. The conference takes place in Tromsø for two reasons. First and foremost, the last transit of Venus of our century lends itself to be observed on the disc of t...

The graduation ceremony of awarding “Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies” (BCS) diplomas will take place at Northern Arctic Federal University (NArFU) on the 29th of May. This year 15 students will receive their diplomas. The delegation from University of Nordland including Marit Sundet, (regional lead of the BCS program)...

The Calotte Academy 2012 will be organized from May 28 to June 4, 2012 in Rovaniemi and Inari (Finland), Kiruna and Abisko (Sweden), and Tromsø (Norway). The Calotte Academy is an annual travelling symposium for both academic and policy-oriented discussion and dialogue between scholars, scientists, and PhD students, as wel...

Seminar Education for Sustainable Development and the future we wantMay 29th 2012 at 9.00-12.00 Kehys' meeting room, Töölöntorinkatu 2B (5th floor).

The Third International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-3) which will be held in Tokyo (Japan) on 15 - 17 January 2013. Please visit the symposium website http://www.jcar.org/isar-3/ for more information and note that the second circular will be available mid July.

The Arctic Council Secretariat is currently seeking a Director. Please download the job posting in pdf-format.

Enagage! Seminar 28.5.2012 9.30-16.00 Rovaniemi City Hall Enagage! Seminar opens the the Arctic Circles Art & Design Summer School with inspirational presentations about service design, sustainability and applied arts, especially in the Arctic areas.