Monaco – April 14th Press releaseAs part of a memorandum of Understanding signed between the University of the Arctic, a network of over 160 higher education and research organizations in the arctic and beyond, and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the University of Oulu, represented by its President, Lauri Lajunen,...

The North Norway European Office hereby invites you to the event:Date: 7th of May – 2014 Venue: Norway House, Brussels Time: 10.00-12:00 + King Crab reception Increased economic activity has led to growth and optimism in the Arctic. Fish has been an essential resource for the people living in the Arctic for hundreds of years...

The first Potsdam Summer School is calling for applications. Under the overarching theme "Arctic in the Anthropocene", this two-week interdisciplinary and interactive event running from 23 June to 4 July 2014 will be the first in a series of Potsdam Summer Schools to be held annually.

Russian Foundation for Basic Research announces opening of application call for organization of Russian and International scientific conferences, seminars and so on.Deadline: 15.09.2014, 17:00 (Moscow time)

Russian Foundation for Basic Research announces opening of application call for organization of Youth Russian and International scientific conferences, seminars and so on. Deadline: 15.09.2014, 17:00 (Moscow time)

Deadline for submissions is 31 May 2014. Transformations to Sustainability will promote research on the most urgent problems of global change and sustainability — including climate change, biodiversity loss, water and food security, energy consumption, and poverty and growing inequalities.

Master of Northern Governance and Development (MNGD) program is accepting application until May 1st, 2014  for fall 2014. For more information info.icngd@usask.ca and here

Fourteenth International Scientific Student Conference “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic. The conference will be divided into sections “Biology and Medicine”, “Chemistry and Technology”, “Ecology of the North”, “Ec...

Stefan B. Sigurdsson (Rector, University of Akureyri) and Lars Kullerud, UArctic President presented UArctic to the Culture and Education committee of the Nordic Council on April 7 in Akureyri, Iceland. The presentation focussed on explaining importance of the North globally and the Nordic region's importance in...

First Circular Institute of Economics of Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences invites you to take part in the International Conference :The perspectives of socio-economic development of border regions in Petrozavodsk June 10, 2014 Registration deadline is May 25th, 2014. Personal participation is acceptable...

The Master of Landscape Architecture programme focuses on the changes and challenges generated by climate change, geopolitical forces, increased industrialization and migration in Circumpolar landscapes. It is is a joint cooperation between the University of Tromsø and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Deadline for...

The Master of Landscape Architecture programme focuses on the changes and challenges generated by climate change, geopolitical forces, increased industrialization and migration in Circumpolar landscapes. Deadline for applications: 15 April.

North-Eastern Federal University has opened a call for applications for its annual summer school programs. This year it offers six summer school programs in different fields of studies. NEFU also offers full tuition and accommodation fee waivers for UArctic partner institution students.

On Monday the BCS diploma award ceremony was held at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies is a unique program that allows students with different background to get the second higher education and study contemporary issues of the circumpolar region, such as peoples and cultures of the High...

On March 21, NEFU rector Evgenia Mikhailova met with a delegation from UArctic. The parties discussed further cooperation in the field of distance learning.