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Shaping Sustainable Cities through Cutting-Edge Research
Published: 2025-11-05

Visit Future Forests extensive webinar series on urban forests and green spaces

Building with ice
Published: 2025-10-16

Researchers at Umeå School of Architecture explores if ice can become a sustainable future building material.

Rethinking Arctic security in a time of tension and thaw
Published: 2025-10-15

Researchers and policymakers met in Oslo to discuss the future of Arctic security.

Abisko stay strengthens research on digital statehood
Published: 2025-10-07

Three days in Abisko brought new momentum to research – and a first encounter with the Arctic.

High expectations for a Polar Research School at Umeå University
Published: 2025-10-06

UMU and SU submitted an application to Swedish Research Council to establish a polar research school.

Highlighting Arctic sustainability at conference for young researchers
Published: 2025-10-01

APECS Sweden held its first conference for young researchers, focusing on sustainability in Arctic research.

When trees become co-actors: art, science, and care in Umeå’s forests
Published: 2025-09-24

Explore how art and science merge in Umeå’s forests—where trees speak as living companions.

Ice dissolves iron faster than liquid water
Published: 2025-09-22

Arctic rivers are turning rusty orange as permafrost thaws.

Arctic and Sámi research in focus as University of Northern British Columbia visited Umeå University
Published: 2025-09-18

A Canadian university visited Umeå to explore new paths for collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Methane production may increase as Arctic lakes warm
Published: 2025-09-18

A warmer and wetter climate leads to more methane being released from sediments.

ERC funding for research on Sámi in Swedish farming areas
Published: 2025-09-04

Gudrun Norstedt, researcher at Várdduo – Centre for Sámi Research, has been awarded ERC Starting Grant.

Global climate issues through an Arctic lens
Published: 2025-08-21

Umeå’s Arctic research at the centre of international dialogue on the climate’s future.

The Arctic Six urge the European Union to prioritise the Arctic
Published: 2025-06-27

The Arctic Six has released a EU position paper, calling for a stronger focus on Arctic research within EU.

Christina Storm Mienna elected new Secretary of the UArctic Assembly
Published: 2025-06-23

Christina takes on an honorary role that includes responsibility for the organization’s strategic divisions.

Sailing for science: Umeå students on the One Ocean Expedition
Published: 2025-06-18

Two students from Umeå University were selected to join a course on the One Ocean Expedition.

Profiles and Features

Arctic sovereignty through international law and AI perspectives
Arctic Six Fellow Michel Rouleau-Dick wants include and develop international law and AI in a changing Arctic.
Published: 2025-11-13
Arctic Six Fellow wants to explore relations in northern sparsely populated areas
Arctic Six Fellow Dorothee Bohn seeks to explore human-nature relations in regional development.
Published: 2025-11-03
Subtle changes in the Arctic landscape revealed from above
Matthias Siewert's drone images reveal how climate change is redrawing – centimetre by centimetre.
Published: 2025-09-18
Arctic traditions meet AI – course in Canada and Alaska inspires future research
Nikiforos Staveris will travel to the Northwest passage for a course on Arctic Future Pathfinders.
Published: 2025-09-15
Arctic literature, oceans, and perspectives – a research journey with personal depth
PhD student Lena Leimgruber participates in an Arctic course which will take her to both Canada and Alaska.
Published: 2025-08-25
Collaborating across borders to make polar science matter
From the Umeå University campus, Kylie Owen coordinates European polar research.
Published: 2025-06-02
Peering through the ice to uncover the secrets of Arctic lakes
Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.
Published: 2025-03-11
Co-creating resilient futures in the Arctic through food
Arctic Six Chair Danielle Wilde explores ways to reimagine the role of food and food practices in the Arctic.
Published: 2025-02-20
Arctic Six Chair examines the future of Arctic teacher education
Arctic Six Chair Björn Norlin will investigate Sámi content in teacher education at northern universities.
Published: 2025-02-03
Arctic Six project strives for a more secure future for the Arctic
Arctic Six Chair Niklas Eklund will address security issues and lead the work for Arctic Security forward.
Published: 2025-01-16
Researching the water bodies' emissions of greenhouse gases
Gerard Rocher-Ros wants to understand the flow of carbon and nutrients to find solutions to climate change.
Published: 2025-01-13
Exploring the future of food and nutrition in the Arctic
Arctic Six Chair, Professor Armando Perez-Cueto, will explore sustainable food transitions in the Arctic.
Published: 2024-11-20
Leading the Arctic Centre into a new era of collaboration and impact
Keith Larson aims to make a real impact in the Arctic by forging stronger links between research and society.
Published: 2024-11-14
Arctic Six project will reveal forests’ role in climate change
Daniel Metcalfe will initiate a research project on measuring carbon stocks and fluxes in Arctic forests.
Published: 2024-11-11
From “baggböleri” to green transition: an event with forestry in focus
Future Forests organised a field trip exploring the historical and contemporary significance of baggböleri
Published: 2024-09-16
Latest update: 2023-12-20