Fulbright Arctic Initiative

Thu, Oct 16, 2014
The US State Department has announced the Fulbright Arctic Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaborative research initiative focused on the Arctic region.

Summer School Northwest Russia

Mon, Oct 13, 2014
The European University at St. Petersburg and the University of Vienna call for a "Nomadic" Ph.D. Summer School "Field Experiences in Northwest Russia" (FENOR)

This message comes as an invitation for submissions to an upcoming special issue "Bridging Divides" in October 2015 of the peer-reviewed journal Education in the North, within the theme/s summarised below.


Recently UiT- The Arctic University of Norway together with Russian partner institutions organized the Bachelor of Northern studies (BNS) annual local coordinators meeting and a graduation ceremony for 13 students who have completed the program. This happened in Murmansk, Russia.



Nearly 40 representatives from 17 UArctic members met at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University for a workshop aimed at promoting and developing international education programs in northern Russian universities, and effective international student marketing strategies. The two-day event took place in Arkhangelsk, Oct 7-8, 2...

Annual Arctic Futures Symposium takes place on Tuesday 14 October and Wednesday 15 October 2014, at the Residence Palace conference centre, located in the European District of Brussels, Belgium. The conference starts at 9:00 am both days.This year’s symposium theme is: “The Arctic, its peoples, and its economies”.


The School of Law, University of Dundee, UK and the K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø, Norway are pleased to announce the call for papers for “The European Union and the Arctic” (2015 EU-Arctic Conference).More information, please visit:http://www.dundee.ac.uk/law/events/details/call-for-papers-...


A workshop combining science and photography was arranged at Oulanka research station of University of Oulu in Kuusamo, Finland  between 1. – 5. of September  2014 – in the middle of the Oulanka National Park in Kuusamo North East Finland.