University Centre of the Westfjords

University Centre of the Westfjords publishes new paper on higher education and community development

The paper, titled “Higher Education as Coastal Community Development: Lessons Learned From the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland,” was published i...

Mon, Jun 08, 2026

Catherine Chambers appointed Director of University Centre of the Westfjords

Within UArctic, Dr. Catherine P. Chambers is the Vice-lead of the Thematic Network on Ocean Food Systems as well as a member of several other Thematic Networ...

Fri, Aug 08, 2025

Researching Justice in Greenland’s Blue Economy: My Journey from Nuuk to Narsaq

Tabea Maria Jacob is a second-year student in the Coastal and Marine Management master’s program at the University Centre of the Westfjords. Read about her r...

Thu, Mar 13, 2025

UArctic’s new Arctic maritime safety program learns from the past to address today’s challenges

The first scoping seminar for the program brought together more than 25 participants to outline potential research and collaboration areas. The seminar was t...

Wed, Nov 15, 2023

Alaska Geology Field Excursion, September 2023

A group of 25 international staff and students from several universities undertook a 2 week field excursion from the south to north of Alaska, from Homer to...

Fri, Sep 15, 2023

Publication: Scientific paper based on UArctic Summer school 2022 on Arctic plastic pollution

Publication “Beach litter sources around Nuuk, Greenland: An analysis by UArctic summer school graduate course students” is now available in the scientific j...

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

Learning about Arctic plastic pollution in Nuuk

The UArctic summer school Plastic in the marine Arctic – from sources to solutions has successfully been conducted, giving students first-hand experience and...

Mon, Sep 26, 2022

Survey: Can wind sailing tourism improve marine research in the Arctic?

At the University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland, a new master thesis project is launching a survey from September to October aimed at marine researchers...

Thu, Sep 08, 2022