The research and PhD seminar "Responsive and Deliberative Governance in Natural Resources Management and Policy" is organized at the University of Eastern Finland (Joensuu, Finland) on 16-17 April 2015. Researchers and doctoral students are requested to propose papers for presentations until 27 March 2015.

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), in cooperation with UNIS and Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), organize an interdisciplinary PhD and post-doc summer school "Arctic Ocean Governance as a Multifunctional Challenge" on 2-9 August 2015. Application deadline: 30 April 2015.

The conference is part of the project: Marine Resource Governance in the Arctic, financially supported by Nordic Council of Ministers' Arctic Co-operation Programme, the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Carlsberg Foundation. See full story at Arctic Portal.

The workshop will be held 24-25 March 2015 at Saint Petersburg State University and Norwegian University Centre in Saint Petersburg (DNUS), Russia

Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU, North-West Russia, Arkhangelsk) is honoured to invite you to participate in the international dissemination seminar “Internationalization as the Way towards University Excellence” that will be held on 21 April 2015 in NArFU.

The Arctic Studies Programme (ASP) is a non-degree program offering a unique opportunity to specialize in Arctic issues. The University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland now invites applications for exchange studies for the academic year 2015-2016 (application deadline May 15, 2015).

The panel discussion "Art and Spirituality as a Part of the Arctic Debate" is open for the public and held on 23 March 2015 at the Arktikum museum in Rovaniemi, Finland. The panel discussion is part of a series of public events, organized by the Lento Research Group on Tradition and Innovation.

The Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington, in partnership with the Government of Québec, will be sponsoring a workshop on the unique relationship between the Government of Québec and the Inuit of Nunavik. The workshop is the first step toward the writing of an edited volume on this unique relationship.

In the Nenets Agrarian Economic Technical School were announced results of the students’ research papers competition. The winner is the work of Anastasia Orlova, made in the form of a video film dedicated to the prominent Nenets representative of indigenous peoples and the outstanding scientist Anton Petrovich Pyrerka.

The 1st part of the International Youth Forum "The Arctic Expedition", which took place from 2 to 7 February 2015 in the Tver region, finished. The event was attended by more than 100 students and young scientists from seven countries of the Arctic Council (Russia, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, the United States and Cana...

In cooperation with several institutions, Aarhus University will host the Matchpoint conference on security, resilience and sustainability of the globalized Arctic region. The conference takes place on November 12-13, 2015 in Aarhus, Denmark. Proposals and abstracts can be submitted until June 15, 2015.

Marine research and education expedition «Exploring Russian Arctic» within the framework of the project «Arctic Floating University – 2015». We are inviting scholars, graduate and postgraduate students to take part in the expedition! Professors are invited!

The UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work has published its March 2015 newsletter.

The new issue of the Nordic Council of Ministers' web magazine, Green Growth the Nordic Way, is now available online. Through three feature articles, this issue looks at some of the Nordic activities in the Arctic and North Atlantic linked to both the green and blue economy.

Arctic Council press release, March 5, 2015 - The Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials and Permanent Participant organizations, which represent indigenous peoples of the Arctic region, held their fourth and final meeting during Canada’s Chairmanship on March 2-5, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.