University of the Arctic (UArctic) has enhanced Arctic research and collaboration among researchers and universities for two decades. Anniversary seminar is organized in Rovaniemi Arktikum on September 6th .

The Arctic
Centre at the University of Lapland is a fitting location to organize the
Anniversary Seminar since the first ever UArctic meeting was also organized in
Rovaniemi in 2001.

UArctic is an important strategic
partner to University of Lapland and to the Arctic Centre. Researchers of the Arctic
Centre are active members in many of its thematic networks and some of them are led
by the Arctic Centre such as Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries and
newly established Thematic Network on Critical Arctic
Studies.

– The UArctic
provides an excellent opportunity to network with scholars in both one’s own and
other related disciplines, which is the key to refreshing existing knowledge and
creating new knowledge, says director of the Arctic Centre Johanna
Ikävalko.

– Throughout
the past two decades the UArctic has proven its vital role in offering a pan-arctic
visibility and opportunities for collaboration about important topics in Arctic
studies, Ikävalko continues.

The program of the Anniversary Seminar
consists of a brief look into history of the UArctic, messages from Arctic and
non-Arctic governments and short introductions to the UArctic Thematic Networks.

The Arctic
Centre congratulates UArctic on its 20th
anniversary!

 

UArctic 20 Years Anniversary
Seminar
Monday 6.9.2021, starting at 15:00 (UTC +3)
Arktikum, Rovaniemi (online stream)

Seminar programme and link to the
online stream can be found from the UArctic website