News from UArctic
Seminar: Entrepreneurship for a Changing Arctic - Ecosystems, Migration & Sustainability
The Kerttu Saalasti Institute of the University of Oulu is organizing this seminar in cooperation with the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration and the Thematic Network on Managing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the North as a forum to deepen the dialogue on entrepreneurship in Arctic contexts. It will take place on October 31, at the University of Oulu and online via Teams.
Speakers include Thule Institute's Dr. Kirsi Latola, Research Coordinator & Vice-President Networks, UArctic.
Topic: "University of the Arctic, a tool for cooperation."
Report from ArcSolution – UArctic Summer School 2025 at NMBU
ArcSolution, in collaboration with the University of the Arctic (UArctic), successfully hosted the 2025 summer school titled “One Health and Arctic Forensic Strategies” from 18 to 22 August at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås.
A total of 19 early-career researchers from four countries - China (11), Norway (5), Denmark (2), and Hungary (1) - participated in the summer school. The group included postdoctoral fellows, PhD candidates, and master’s students.
The teaching team featured leading experts from the ArcSolution project:
- Roland Kallenborn (NMBU)
- Arja Rautio (University of Oulu, Finland)
- Katrin Vorkamp (Aarhus University, Denmark)
- Lars-Otto Reiersen (Arctic Knowledge, Norway)
Read more:
https://www.uarctic.org/news/2025/8/report-from-arcsolution-uarctic-summer-school-2025-at-nmbu/
Article "The status of domestic wastewater treatment in the Arctic" now available
The Thematic Network on Arctic WASH published a paper offering an inventory titled “The Status of Domestic Wastewater Treatment in the Arctic”, which highlights many similarities across the region.
Up to 20% of Arctic wastewater is discharged without any treatment. Only 19% receives secondary or higher treatment, compared to 86% in Europe and North America. Untreated or poorly treated wastewater harms ecosystems and poses health risks, but further studies are needed to quantify the impacts. Development of treatment technologies suitable for the Arctic context is limited, and more is needed.
The authors hope that the paper can serve as inspiration for legislators and researchers across the region to bring about solutions to the challenges identified.
You can read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5VA00082C
Original article at UArctic website: https://www.uarctic.org/news/2025/8/article-the-status-of-domestic-wast…