The Arctic Research Center at Umeå University (Arcum) is a faculty independent research center located at the Umea University, in Sweden. Since the establishment in December 2012, nearly 200 researchers at Umeå University have joined as affiliated researchers to Arcum. Arcum offers a research environment where collaboration within project management, publications, supervision, international networks, seminars and strategic planning. With a substantial number of affiliated researchers at Umeå University the centre assembles a strong research environment with national proficiency in extensive research areas and has strategically developed a concept which provides a multi-disciplinary response to present and future demands of research-based knowledge for a sustainable development in the north.