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ArcticCube opens at Tellus Innovation Arena
Thule Institute has opened an ArcticCube at the Tellus Innovation Arena, in the heart of the University of Oulu's Linnanmaa campus
Extension of Deadline for Application to Model Arctic Council 2018 in Finland
The Model Arctic Council 2018 coordinating committee announces that it has extended the deadline for applications to the Model Arctic Council 2018 in Rovaniemi to March 18, 2018.
Call for Student Nomination: The 4th Korea Arctic Academy, July 5-14, 2018
UArctic and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) are pleased to announce an opportunity for students from UArctic member institutions in Arctic States to participate in the 4th Korea Arctic Academy in Korea - a 10 day study program in July 5-14, 2018 at KMI together with students from Korean universities.
UArctic Congress 2018 Call for Abstracts is open
The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress 2018 is open until March 16, 2018. Submissions are welcome to more than fifty science sessions that take place during the congress, which is held in Oulu on September 3-6 and concluding in Helsinki on September 7, 2018.
University of Oulu that is a local host of the UArctic Congress 2018, along with the University of Helsinki, welcomes you to northern Finland to attend high-level scientific presentations and discussions on cross-cutting and contemporary issues that also have a strong societal relevance.
Visit the UArctic Congress 2018 webpages to learn more about the event and to submit your abstract.
The Earth’s rotation pushes poisons to the north
The Arctic region is like a real-time laboratory for climate change – the sensitive northern climate reacts first to changes and foreshadows changes to come elsewhere in the world. This is why Arctic research is important. The results of such research have already brought changes for the better.
UArctic Congress publication the leading download in 2017
The UArctic Congress 2016 proceedings entitled The Interconnected Arctic, has been named by Springer as one of its top downloaded publications of 2017 with over 24,000 downloads, compared to the average of 7,000 downloads for similar titles.
Kirsi Latola elected to the chair of European Polar Board
Kirsi Latola elected to the chair of European Polar Board
Strategic research projects are introduced in a research seminar on 20.-21. November, 2017 at Tellus Innovation Arena
Strategic research projects in the University’s focus areas of research, “Creating sustainability by materials and systems” and “Earth and near-space system and environmental change” will be introduced in a research seminar on 20. – 21. November at Tellus Innovation Arena at the University of Oulu.
9 doctoral student positions open and a research seminar and workshop 20 -21 November, 2017
The University of Oulu is targeting strategic support to 12 research projects in the University’s two out of five strategi
INTERACT Transnational Access Call open for projects taking place between March 2018 and April 2019
INTERACT Transnational Access Call is open for projects taking place between March 2018 and April 2019
UArctic Congress 2018: Call for Session Proposals
The science section of the UArctic Congress will start in Oulu Sept 5 an
Thule Institute annual review 2016
The annual review 2016 of the Thule Institute is available here (pdf).
A book edited by Thule Institute research coordinators published by Springer Nature
Based on the presentations fro
University of Oulu prepares to host UArctic Congress 2018
The University of Oulu is preparing to host a major scientific event nex
Björn Klöve as Thule Institute's new director
Professor Björn Klöve is named as the director of the Thule Institute beginning from 1st June, 2017.
Nine Postdoctoral positions open in the Thule Institute’s projects
Nine postdoctoral positions are open for 2-3 years (maximum until the end of the year 2020).
Arja Rautio as University of the Arctic new Vice-President Research
The University of Oulu have renewed an agreement with the University of the Arctic (UArctic) to host both the Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office, and the position of Vice-President Resea
NOW OPEN: Internal call for proposals for the development of Doctoral training activities
The Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme (TNS-DP) has opened the second call for funding proposals for the development of doctoral training activities to be used during the year 2017.
EU-PolarNet newsletter January 2017
The EU-PolarNet newsletter gives an overview on what year 2017 will bring to the EU-PolarNet consortium. It provides news on European polar research, upcoming events and much more.
Summary of the Thule Institute 20th Anniversary Science Seminar
Video greeting of the University of the Arctic's President Lars Kullerud and keynote speeches of Jorma Kangas and Kari Strand and a photo album of the event are now available at
INTERACT Transnational Access Call is open for 2017 and 2018
The EU H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) project opens a call for research groups to appl
SubZero Collective‘s traveling exhibition at Tellus Innovation Arena
The exhibition “Visualizing Environmental Change“, produced by the