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  • Post-doctoral position available

    Post-doctoral position available

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    A Post-doctoral position on high-latitude land surface modelling within the Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM) and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research is open for applications. The deadline is the 3rd of September.

    The main focus of the work will be on including near-surface vegetation functions into the terrestrial ecosystem model JSBACH. Two aspects are important: The representation of plant physiological processes being responsible for the vegetation distribution as well as hydrological processes in the moss layer which have impacts on the soil hydrological and thermal regime.

    Field observations (e.g. physical properties and carbon profile data, eddy covariance heat and carbon fluxes) and large-scale observational datasets (e.g. remote sensing products, atmospheric inversion of trace gas fluxes) will be important for a calibration and validation of the model. Then, such new modelling tool can be used to investigate past, current and future ecosystem functions in relation to environmental change.

    This is a full-time, initial 1-year position with the possibility of one year extension. The expected starting date is after agreement.

    More information available here.

  • MobilityDK is now open for applications

    MobilityDK is now open for applications

    Spring in Faroe Islands

    UArctic is launching a MobilityDK pilot model, which provides travel support for student, teacher, and researcher mobility activities.

    MobilityDK is a part of the UArctic Danish Mobility Project, the goal of which is to support mobility for the Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic education activities, and mobility from the Kingdom of Denmark to Arctic educational activities in different areas of the Arctic through the UArctic network.

    Financial grants are being offered in two separate categories. Teaching and research staff as well as students mobility provides financial support from and to Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese members of UArctic.

    The goal of the mobility is to support broad institutional networking within UArctic, contributing to the development of mobility agreements, joint research projects, joint education programs, and activities of Thematic Networks.

    Furthermore, the staff mobility is to promote initiation of new Thematic Networks with engagement from Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese institutions.

    The goal of the mobility is to support broad institutional networking within UArctic, contributing to the development of mobility agreements, joint research projects, joint education programs, and activities of Thematic Networks. Furthermore, the staff mobility is to promote initiation of new Thematic Networks with engagement from Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese institutions.

    The deadline for applications is August 15th 2013 and all decisions will be made by August 30th.

    MobilityDK is a pilot program to provide with financial support for mobility of students, teachers and researchers within the Kingdom of Denmark.

    The model is supported by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation.

    For more information and to apply, please visit University of the Arctic.

    Source

    UArctic

  • Northern Sea Route almost passable

    Northern Sea Route almost passable

    Northern Sea Route - Map Arctic Portal

    As reported by The Northern Sea Route Administration, this year´s sailing season through the Arctic shortcut will probably be busiest in the history. The first vessels are to hit the route in the end of this month.

    The Northern Sea Route Administration has so far received 89 applications to use the Northern Sea Route (NSR). 54 vessels have so far been given permission to sail along the route, the administration’s web site reads. All the vessels will not sail the whole route between Europe and Russia, some of them will only be working on the western part of the route from Dudinka to Murmansk.

    The total cargo transported on the NSR last year was 1 261 545 tons – a 53 percent increase from 2011, when 820 789 tons was shipped on the route. According to conservative estimates the amount will grow to 1, 5 million tons in 2013.

    The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane officially defined by Russian legislation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean specifically running along the Russian Arctic coast from Murmansk on the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait and Far East.

    The entire route lies in Arctic waters and parts are free of ice for only two months per year. Before the beginning of the 20th century it was called the Northeast Passage, and is still sometimes referred to by that name.

    Source: Barents Observer

  • Polar Law studies open for application

    Polar Law studies open for application

    Students at the University of Akureyri

    The University of Akureyri has now opened an online application form for the 2013-2014 application round in the Polar Law Program.

    The University of Akureyri is offering the following studies in Polar Law:

    • a 120 ECTS Master Programme leading to a M.A. degree
    • a 90 ECTS Master Programme leading to a LL.M. degree
    • a 60 ECTS study at the master level leading to a graduate diploma

    All courses in Polar Law are taught in English.

    Application deadlines for degree seeking students (Polar law):

    1st of April (NON-EU/EEA RESIDENTS)

    5th June (EU/EEA RESIDENTS)

    More information can be found here.

    Source

    UNAK

  • Application for funding from the Nordic Council of Minister

    Application for funding from the Nordic Council of Minister

    Norden

    The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Cooperation Programme 2009-2011 is now open for funding applications.

    The deadline for applications will be 15 January 2009. Further information on the priorities of the Programme, criteria’s for applicants and the application form can be found on the NCM website or on the NordRegio website. NordRegio will be responsible for the management of the NCM Arctic Cooperation Programme and possible applications need be sent to NordRegio (nordregio at nordregio.se).