The doctoral research of Joel Vikberg Wernström, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, is focused on the ecology of Arctic meiofauna, small animals which live between sediment grains.

The Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education is delighted to announce the publication of the first two Circumpolar Studies exemplar courses. 

The results for the 2024 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education are now ready. We received six applications and the evaluation process is now finalized. Three projects will receive funding from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. In total 1,5 mln DKK was distributed. T...

Juho Kähkönen, a PhD student from the University of Lapland, shares his unique experiences and insights from the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024. 

The ICEBERG project investigates the sources, types and distribution of pollutants and their impacts on livelihoods and health in Arctic communities.

The Arctic Data Center invites feedback via their 2024 Community Survey. The Arctic Data Center requests all Arctic researchers share their valuable feedback and insights to explore ways to enhance the repository to better meet the needs of the community.

Valeriia Makeionok, a tourism researcher and a graduate of the Master’s Degree programme in Northern Tourism, discusses the relationship between climate change tourists’ perceptions and Lapland's destination attractiveness in her Master's Thesis.

Santeri Halonen, a PhD student from the University of Oulu, shares his unique experiences and insights from the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024. 

Dr. Romain Chuffart, the new Nansen professor, hosted his inaugural lecture - ”Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises” on April 8, 2024. 

The Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research was represented on a panel at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø, exploring the links between heritage and tourism in northern and Arctic islands.

To capture long-range tranported dust, several dust traps for wet and dry deposition and vertical flow have been installed in May 2024 at 3106 m asl, at the Sonnblick Observatory, in the Austrian Alps.

The Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education took an active part in Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, a blockbuster event combining IASSA's 11th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, UArctic Congress 2024 and High North Dialogue 2024.

The Thematic Network on Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL@UArctic) Lead, Izzy Crawford from the Robert Gordon University, and Vice-lead, Elina Oksanen from the University of Eastern Finland, travelled to the Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway earlier this month. 

It has been a while since the Arctic-wide fora hosted as many sessions and talks related to Arctic health and well-being as during the recent Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø. Oral and poster presentations became part of more than twenty sessions crossing all five key themes of the congress, from oceans, climate and environment thro...

The UArctic Rectors' Meeting 2024 held during the Arctic Congress 2024 on 1st June in Bodø, Norway, brought together UArctic member institution leadership, high-level representatives from Arctic states as well as indigenous people’s organizations to discuss collaboration among academic institutions.