UArctic Congress 2026

In late May, our researchers participated in the 5th UArctic Congress, held from May 26 to 29, 2026, in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. The event brought together close to 1,400 participants from nearly 40 countries, making it the largest international conference ever held in the Faroe Islands. UArctic

The Congress program centered around five key themes: sustainable economic development and international cooperation, oceans, climate change in the Arctic, biodiversity, and Indigenous Peoples and northern communities. Across three days, participants engaged in thematic plenary sessions with keynote speakers and panel discussions, as well as parallel sessions where researchers from around the world presented their work and exchanged ideas. A distinctive feature of this year's event was the Ocean Connectivity Conference, organized as part of the Kingdom of Denmark's Arctic Council Chairship program.

 

 Andrey Petrov- Victoria Sharakhamtova

Session 191. Indigenous Economies and Sustainable Arctic Communities

Presentation: Understanding Multi-Level Governance and Resilience of Indigenous Salmon Fisheries in the North Pacific - Victoria Sharakhmatova, Andrey Petrov, Shahriar Ahmed, Tobias Schwoerer, George Anderson, Jesse Hansen, Abigail York, Tatiana Degai.

Vera Kuklina-Victoria Sharakhmatova

Session 94. Indigenizing Academia: Lessons across the Arctic

Presentation: Indigeneity In Kamchatka or How to Save Your Identity Through Knowledge Mobilization - Victoria Sharakhmatova, Mariya Belyaeva

Lars Svennebye (Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway), Victoria Sharakhmatova (University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Galls, USA), Gérard Duhaime (Université Laval, Québec City, Canada), Pascale Laneuville (Québec, Québec, Canada), Birger Poppel (Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland; Institute of Learning, Nuuk, Greenland. Danish Technical University (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark), Emerita Marie Kathrine Poppel(Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland), Karen Everett (Université Laval, Québec City, Canada), Soile Päivikki Hämäläinen (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway).

Session 31. Inequalities in the Circumpolar Arctic

Presentation: Indigenous Economic Institutions and Wealth and Inequality in the Arctic -

Victoria Sharakhmatova, Andrey Petrov.