In November 2020, members of the TN "Working in the Arctic" - researchers from the Department of Psychology at NArFU made an expedition trip to a logging camp in Arkhangelsk region to conduct a scientific survey of employees working on rotational basis in the Far North.

VI International Field Symposium will take place June, 28 — July, 7 (2021) Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

The UArctic Congress 2021 is organized in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, May 15-18, 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The tentative program outline is now available.

"Climate Justice in the Arctic: A Critical and Interdisciplinary Climate Research Agenda", by Sennan D. Mattar, Michael Mikulewicz & Darren McCauley, is a recently published article in the Arctic Yearbook 2020.

Climate justice is an emerging and increasingly relevant field in Arctic research as the region undergoes rapid physical and socio-economic change because of climate change. Recently, the Centre for Climate Justice hosted a webinar on charting a way for climate justice research in the Arctic.

The report of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic in November, 2020.

Improve your knowledge about Arctic issues and people by studying and experiencing life in another circumpolar institution. north2north mobility program enables you to experience life in another North while gaining international competencies that will benefit your future career and academic endeavours. 

First Announcement & Tentative Call for 2021 Calotte Academy is now launched.

The postdoctoral project focuses on the geography of changing tourist flows to Arctic Sweden and the extent to which these changes have created issues around unforeseen ‘tourism bubbles’, over-tourism and land-use competition. Apply by December 31, 2020. 

The UArctic Board has formally approved Diane Hirshberg (University of Alaska Anchorage) as Vice-President Academic and Kirsi Latola (University of Oulu) as Vice-President Networks. Additionally, current UArctic Vice-President Research Arja Rautio (University of Oulu) was named as chair of the new Academic Advisory Board.

German travellers, explorers, missionaries and scholars produced significant new knowledge about the Arctic in Europe and elsewhere from the 17th until the 19th century. However, until now, no English-language study or collective volume has been dedicated to their representations of the Arctic.

The Arena for the gap analysis of the existing Arctic Science Co-Operations (AASCO) gathered scientists together on November 2-3 to discuss and analyze the most crucial science questions related to climate change and the Arctic.

The online workshop "Multilevel Governance and Interregional Cooperation: Vol.1 – The Pacific Arctic" will be held on (Tue) January 12, 2021, 16:00-17:30 (Japan Standard Time, GMT +9) on Zoom (hosted by Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center).

Across the world, soils are impacted by disturbances caused by trampling of large animals and us, humans, as well as by the weight of our vehicles. Polar tundra ecosystems face these same pressures, as tundra is occupied by large grazers, such as reindeer and musk ox, but also experiences ever increasing human activities. Sti...

The experimental, co-created film project explores the dualistic vision of the future of the Arctic. Utopist or dystopic and by who and why? Which way are we headed? The call for filmmakers closes on December 15, 2020.