Arctic Centre at Umeå University
@arcticcentreumu.bsky.social
A connectivity hub for transdisciplinary research and education about the Arctic, in the Arctic, and for the Arctic.
Become associated: https://www.umu.se/en/arctic-centre/research/become-associated/
Website: https://www.umu.se/en/arctic-centre/
Become associated: https://www.umu.se/en/arctic-centre/research/become-associated/
Website: https://www.umu.se/en/arctic-centre/
Congratulations to our Director Keith Larson, who has been appointed Associate VP for Polar Research Analytics at UArctic!
@uarctic.bsky.social
@uarctic.bsky.social
Announcement of new Associate VP for Polar Research Analytics
Dr. Keith Larson has been appointed to fulfill the role of Associate VP for Polar Research Analytics.
www.uarctic.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Congratulations to our Director Keith Larson, who has been appointed Associate VP for Polar Research Analytics at UArctic!
@uarctic.bsky.social
@uarctic.bsky.social
Beyond Calls – Interreg Aurora
20 Nov, 12:00, Umeå University
UMU researchers, learn what makes funding applications successful. Bring your questions, share your experience, connect with colleagues and build strong networks for future calls.
Register here! 👇
20 Nov, 12:00, Umeå University
UMU researchers, learn what makes funding applications successful. Bring your questions, share your experience, connect with colleagues and build strong networks for future calls.
Register here! 👇
Beyond Calls – Nov25
Log into the student web
www.umu.se
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Beyond Calls – Interreg Aurora
20 Nov, 12:00, Umeå University
UMU researchers, learn what makes funding applications successful. Bring your questions, share your experience, connect with colleagues and build strong networks for future calls.
Register here! 👇
20 Nov, 12:00, Umeå University
UMU researchers, learn what makes funding applications successful. Bring your questions, share your experience, connect with colleagues and build strong networks for future calls.
Register here! 👇
Arctic Connect
24 October, 12:00, Umeå University
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!
24 October, 12:00, Umeå University
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!
Arctic Connect okt25
www.umu.se
October 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Arctic Connect
24 October, 12:00, Umeå University
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!
24 October, 12:00, Umeå University
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!
Some events from Arctic Centre 👇
Arctic Connect
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning.
Beyond Calls
Learn what makes your funding application successful! Connect and build strong networks for future calls.
Arctic Connect
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning.
Beyond Calls
Learn what makes your funding application successful! Connect and build strong networks for future calls.
Arctic Centre
Arctic Centre is a connectivity hub for Arctic transdisciplinary research and education.
www.umu.se
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Some events from Arctic Centre 👇
Arctic Connect
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning.
Beyond Calls
Learn what makes your funding application successful! Connect and build strong networks for future calls.
Arctic Connect
Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning.
Beyond Calls
Learn what makes your funding application successful! Connect and build strong networks for future calls.
Visste du att denna vecka är Giällavahkkuo (Samiska språkveckan)?
Denna vecka uppmärksammas de samiska språken över hela Sverige. Vid Umeå universitet uppmärksammas den av Várdduo - centrum för samisk forskning med en föreläsning av Peter Steggo på Tráhppie. Välkommen den 22 oktober!
Denna vecka uppmärksammas de samiska språken över hela Sverige. Vid Umeå universitet uppmärksammas den av Várdduo - centrum för samisk forskning med en föreläsning av Peter Steggo på Tráhppie. Välkommen den 22 oktober!
Giällavahkkuo / Samisk språkvecka uppmärksammas
www.umu.se
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Visste du att denna vecka är Giällavahkkuo (Samiska språkveckan)?
Denna vecka uppmärksammas de samiska språken över hela Sverige. Vid Umeå universitet uppmärksammas den av Várdduo - centrum för samisk forskning med en föreläsning av Peter Steggo på Tráhppie. Välkommen den 22 oktober!
Denna vecka uppmärksammas de samiska språken över hela Sverige. Vid Umeå universitet uppmärksammas den av Várdduo - centrum för samisk forskning med en föreläsning av Peter Steggo på Tráhppie. Välkommen den 22 oktober!
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#ClimateChangePost: It will be hot in Europe this week. Climate extremes have already changed over Europe: 50% of European territory is now experiencing unusually warm temperatures in the summer in comparison to the past.
www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
Climate extremes have already changed over Europe
Half of European territory is now experiencing unusually warm temperatures in the summer compared to 50 years ago. Winter precipitation has increased in the North, drought intensity in the South.
www.climatechangepost.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#ClimateChangePost: It will be hot in Europe this week. Climate extremes have already changed over Europe: 50% of European territory is now experiencing unusually warm temperatures in the summer in comparison to the past.
www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...
Did you know that registration is now open for several Arctic-related forums and conferences in Sweden this autumn? Check them out! 👇
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@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Did you know that registration is now open for several Arctic-related forums and conferences in Sweden this autumn? Check them out! 👇
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@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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The warm weekend brought forward the first barren ground and flowers around TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social ! We are looking forward to welcome our colleagues from @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social soon who work with vegetation in #Storglaciären's forefield!
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The warm weekend brought forward the first barren ground and flowers around TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social ! We are looking forward to welcome our colleagues from @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social soon who work with vegetation in #Storglaciären's forefield!
Save the date for APECS Sweden Conference 2025!
22–23 September 2025 in Umeå, Sweden.
Registration opens soon.
22–23 September 2025 in Umeå, Sweden.
Registration opens soon.
APECS Sweden Conference 2025
Welcome to APECS Sweden Conference 2025, where we focus on the future of Arctic Sustainability Research.
www.umu.se
June 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Save the date for APECS Sweden Conference 2025!
22–23 September 2025 in Umeå, Sweden.
Registration opens soon.
22–23 September 2025 in Umeå, Sweden.
Registration opens soon.
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🤝 The European Polar Board members gathered in beautiful Umeå, Sweden, this May for the Spring 2025 Plenary Meeting, kindly hosted by the @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social !
💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
June 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🤝 The European Polar Board members gathered in beautiful Umeå, Sweden, this May for the Spring 2025 Plenary Meeting, kindly hosted by the @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social !
💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
💡 Learn more and explore the key highlights of the meeting here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
Let´s combine climate research with art!
Right now, Arctic Centre is present at the Botanic Garden in Lund to participate in the grand opening of the exhibition “Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures”. A project that will travel through Sweden until 2027.
Right now, Arctic Centre is present at the Botanic Garden in Lund to participate in the grand opening of the exhibition “Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures”. A project that will travel through Sweden until 2027.
Arctic Centre communicates climate research with art
Arctic Centre at is present at the exhibition “Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures” in Lund.
www.umu.se
May 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Let´s combine climate research with art!
Right now, Arctic Centre is present at the Botanic Garden in Lund to participate in the grand opening of the exhibition “Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures”. A project that will travel through Sweden until 2027.
Right now, Arctic Centre is present at the Botanic Garden in Lund to participate in the grand opening of the exhibition “Broken Greenhouse – Embodied Climate Futures”. A project that will travel through Sweden until 2027.
Information seminar about Impact Innovation
📅 Thursday 5 May, 12:00–13:00
📍 Galaxen (Sirius) and Online
🥗 Light lunch from 11:30 for those who register
Learn about Sweden's major innovation investment for the 2030s. Johanna Gardeström will explain the programme, share tips, and answer questions.
📅 Thursday 5 May, 12:00–13:00
📍 Galaxen (Sirius) and Online
🥗 Light lunch from 11:30 for those who register
Learn about Sweden's major innovation investment for the 2030s. Johanna Gardeström will explain the programme, share tips, and answer questions.
New Types of Calls – and Half a Billion in the Pot Every Year
www.umu.se
May 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Information seminar about Impact Innovation
📅 Thursday 5 May, 12:00–13:00
📍 Galaxen (Sirius) and Online
🥗 Light lunch from 11:30 for those who register
Learn about Sweden's major innovation investment for the 2030s. Johanna Gardeström will explain the programme, share tips, and answer questions.
📅 Thursday 5 May, 12:00–13:00
📍 Galaxen (Sirius) and Online
🥗 Light lunch from 11:30 for those who register
Learn about Sweden's major innovation investment for the 2030s. Johanna Gardeström will explain the programme, share tips, and answer questions.
The European Polar Board and European Polar Coordination Office are officially established in Umeå, hosted by the Arctic Centre at Umeå University! It was celebrated with a top meeting with a wide international audience where the importance of Polar research in Europe was highlighted and discussed.
May 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The European Polar Board and European Polar Coordination Office are officially established in Umeå, hosted by the Arctic Centre at Umeå University! It was celebrated with a top meeting with a wide international audience where the importance of Polar research in Europe was highlighted and discussed.
Registration is now open! 👇
Arctic Forum: Food
29–30 September
Lycksele
On the theme "Food, transitions and Indigenous knowledges", we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by preparing and sharing meals with one another. Register before 8 September!
Arctic Forum: Food
29–30 September
Lycksele
On the theme "Food, transitions and Indigenous knowledges", we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by preparing and sharing meals with one another. Register before 8 September!
Arctic Forum: Food
At Arctic Forum: Food, we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by sharing meals.
www.umu.se
May 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Registration is now open! 👇
Arctic Forum: Food
29–30 September
Lycksele
On the theme "Food, transitions and Indigenous knowledges", we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by preparing and sharing meals with one another. Register before 8 September!
Arctic Forum: Food
29–30 September
Lycksele
On the theme "Food, transitions and Indigenous knowledges", we meet to explore new ways towards resilient societies in the North by preparing and sharing meals with one another. Register before 8 September!
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The European Polar Coordination Office (#EPCO) is pleased to welcome its new Officer, Dr Kylie Owen! 🎉
We are excited to announce her appointment and invite you to learn more about her background here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
We are excited to announce her appointment and invite you to learn more about her background here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
May 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The European Polar Coordination Office (#EPCO) is pleased to welcome its new Officer, Dr Kylie Owen! 🎉
We are excited to announce her appointment and invite you to learn more about her background here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
We are excited to announce her appointment and invite you to learn more about her background here: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...
Young researchers who use #AI to solve #sustainability and #climate problems, compete and showcase your ideas and help shape a more sustainable world! 👇
Compete in either "AI for Sustainable Development Projects" or "AI and Climate Change Solutions", and win prizes! Deadline 21 July.
Compete in either "AI for Sustainable Development Projects" or "AI and Climate Change Solutions", and win prizes! Deadline 21 July.
HAW-Hamburg: Call for Applications
www.haw-hamburg.de
April 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Young researchers who use #AI to solve #sustainability and #climate problems, compete and showcase your ideas and help shape a more sustainable world! 👇
Compete in either "AI for Sustainable Development Projects" or "AI and Climate Change Solutions", and win prizes! Deadline 21 July.
Compete in either "AI for Sustainable Development Projects" or "AI and Climate Change Solutions", and win prizes! Deadline 21 July.
Postdoc position in landscape limnology and methane cycling in Arctic lakes.
Apply for a four-year position at the CLIMET project (Climate feedbacks and methane cycling in Arctic lakes: enzymes to atmosphere). Apply by 28 April.
@umeaunimarine.bsky.social
Apply for a four-year position at the CLIMET project (Climate feedbacks and methane cycling in Arctic lakes: enzymes to atmosphere). Apply by 28 April.
@umeaunimarine.bsky.social
Postdoc Climet: Landscape limnology and methane cycling in Arctic lakes
You will investigate lakes around Kangerlussuaq (West Greenland) across a gradient of dissolved organic matter and dust to identify relationships among methane cycling and potential environmental driv...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Postdoc position in landscape limnology and methane cycling in Arctic lakes.
Apply for a four-year position at the CLIMET project (Climate feedbacks and methane cycling in Arctic lakes: enzymes to atmosphere). Apply by 28 April.
@umeaunimarine.bsky.social
Apply for a four-year position at the CLIMET project (Climate feedbacks and methane cycling in Arctic lakes: enzymes to atmosphere). Apply by 28 April.
@umeaunimarine.bsky.social
Arctic lunch meet-up: EU Horizon funding
22 April, 12:00–13:00
A Working Lab, Umeå Campus
Meet with other researchers and learn about EU Horizon funding. Professor and Arctic Six Chair Armando Perez-Cueto will talk about his experience with Horizon applications. We offer a light lunch.
22 April, 12:00–13:00
A Working Lab, Umeå Campus
Meet with other researchers and learn about EU Horizon funding. Professor and Arctic Six Chair Armando Perez-Cueto will talk about his experience with Horizon applications. We offer a light lunch.
Arctic lunch meet-up
www.umu.se
April 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Arctic lunch meet-up: EU Horizon funding
22 April, 12:00–13:00
A Working Lab, Umeå Campus
Meet with other researchers and learn about EU Horizon funding. Professor and Arctic Six Chair Armando Perez-Cueto will talk about his experience with Horizon applications. We offer a light lunch.
22 April, 12:00–13:00
A Working Lab, Umeå Campus
Meet with other researchers and learn about EU Horizon funding. Professor and Arctic Six Chair Armando Perez-Cueto will talk about his experience with Horizon applications. We offer a light lunch.
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The report from the 2nd European Polar Science Week (3-6 September 2024) is now published! 💡
In Copenhagen, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders came together to strengthen collaboration on polar research.
🔍 Dive into the findings & recommendations here: eo4society.esa.int/2025/04/07/e...
In Copenhagen, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders came together to strengthen collaboration on polar research.
🔍 Dive into the findings & recommendations here: eo4society.esa.int/2025/04/07/e...
April 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The report from the 2nd European Polar Science Week (3-6 September 2024) is now published! 💡
In Copenhagen, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders came together to strengthen collaboration on polar research.
🔍 Dive into the findings & recommendations here: eo4society.esa.int/2025/04/07/e...
In Copenhagen, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders came together to strengthen collaboration on polar research.
🔍 Dive into the findings & recommendations here: eo4society.esa.int/2025/04/07/e...
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New job? Finished your PhD? New publications or projects? Change in contact information? If you have a profile on the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic website, please get in touch if you would like to update it. womeninthearcticandantarctic.ca #WomenintheArcticandAntarctic
Women in the Arctic and Antarctic
This website promotes the views, work and voices of women researching, representing, experiencing and living in the North and the Polar Regions.
womeninthearcticandantarctic.ca
February 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New job? Finished your PhD? New publications or projects? Change in contact information? If you have a profile on the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic website, please get in touch if you would like to update it. womeninthearcticandantarctic.ca #WomenintheArcticandAntarctic
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Call for Papers now open!
The #IGEC25 will take place in Reykjavík, 12–15 Oct, focusing on green energy, AI & Arctic solutions.
Submit your abstract by 30 April: igec25.is/call-for-papers
#ArcticEnergy #EnergyAI #CallForPapers #IACN
The #IGEC25 will take place in Reykjavík, 12–15 Oct, focusing on green energy, AI & Arctic solutions.
Submit your abstract by 30 April: igec25.is/call-for-papers
#ArcticEnergy #EnergyAI #CallForPapers #IACN
Call for Papers - International Green Energy Conference - IGEC
All papers will be screened and reviewed by the conference Technical Committee under the direction of the International Advisory Committee. Eligible papers will be published in the Conference Proceedi...
igec25.is
March 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Call for Papers now open!
The #IGEC25 will take place in Reykjavík, 12–15 Oct, focusing on green energy, AI & Arctic solutions.
Submit your abstract by 30 April: igec25.is/call-for-papers
#ArcticEnergy #EnergyAI #CallForPapers #IACN
The #IGEC25 will take place in Reykjavík, 12–15 Oct, focusing on green energy, AI & Arctic solutions.
Submit your abstract by 30 April: igec25.is/call-for-papers
#ArcticEnergy #EnergyAI #CallForPapers #IACN
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🚨Last call!🚨 The deadline to apply for the #BorealisIntern program is almost here! Gain hands-on experience working on cutting-edge research. Join us!🧪🌊🦑
📅 Apply by April 1, 2025! Don't miss out!
More here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
#Internship #MarineScience @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
📅 Apply by April 1, 2025! Don't miss out!
More here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
#Internship #MarineScience @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
The Borealis UMF Fellowships and Internships
We invite internationally competitive candidates to apply for research fellowship or Internship awards.
www.umu.se
March 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🚨Last call!🚨 The deadline to apply for the #BorealisIntern program is almost here! Gain hands-on experience working on cutting-edge research. Join us!🧪🌊🦑
📅 Apply by April 1, 2025! Don't miss out!
More here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
#Internship #MarineScience @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
📅 Apply by April 1, 2025! Don't miss out!
More here: www.umu.se/en/umea-mari...
#Internship #MarineScience @umeauniversitet.bsky.social
Did you know that today, 21 March, is the first-ever World Day for Glaciers? Today, we acknowledge the rapid melting glaciers, and the research conducted to preserve them. 💙
#WorldDayForGlaciers #Arctic #ArcticResearch #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Glaciers #UN #UnitedNations #FN
#WorldDayForGlaciers #Arctic #ArcticResearch #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Glaciers #UN #UnitedNations #FN
21 March is the day when we acknowledge the glaciers
The United Nations acknowledge the rapid melting glaciers, and the research conducted to preserve them.
www.umu.se
March 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did you know that today, 21 March, is the first-ever World Day for Glaciers? Today, we acknowledge the rapid melting glaciers, and the research conducted to preserve them. 💙
#WorldDayForGlaciers #Arctic #ArcticResearch #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Glaciers #UN #UnitedNations #FN
#WorldDayForGlaciers #Arctic #ArcticResearch #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Glaciers #UN #UnitedNations #FN
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Reporting from @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social, Nina Kirchner, professor of glaciology, marks the first-ever #WorldDayForGlaciers by emphasizing why glacier research is vital.
March 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Reporting from @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social, Nina Kirchner, professor of glaciology, marks the first-ever #WorldDayForGlaciers by emphasizing why glacier research is vital.
21 mars är Internationella glaciärdagen! Idag fokuserar vi på de allt snabbare smältande glaciärerna, och på det fantastiska jobbet för att försöka bevara dem. 💙
#InternationalGlacierDay #ClimateChange #WarmerClimate #FN #UN @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social
#InternationalGlacierDay #ClimateChange #WarmerClimate #FN #UN @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social
Internationell glaciärdag ska sätta fokus på smältande glaciärer - Vetenskapsradion Nyheter
I dag, den 21 mars, är det den internationella glaciär-dagen.FN har också utnämnt år 2025 till det internationella glaciär-året för att sätta fokus på ...
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March 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
21 mars är Internationella glaciärdagen! Idag fokuserar vi på de allt snabbare smältande glaciärerna, och på det fantastiska jobbet för att försöka bevara dem. 💙
#InternationalGlacierDay #ClimateChange #WarmerClimate #FN #UN @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social
#InternationalGlacierDay #ClimateChange #WarmerClimate #FN #UN @tarfalaresstation.bsky.social