Ilisimatusarfik / University of Greenland
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This month
October
- The 18th Polar Law Symposium held in Nuuk, Greenland, on 22-24 October 2025
- 12th NUNAMED (October 2025) – A Meeting Platform for UArctic TN Health Researchers and Professionals
September
- Thematic Network Success Story: "More than two decades of impactful collaboration on Circumpolar health"
- UArctic Board meets in Nuuk
July
- North2north – Narrative Report – Charlotte Brandstrup Ottendahl
- Researcher north2north story: Christine Ingemann
June
- 20th Anniversary of Arctic Health Network Featured at UArctic Assembly in Inari
- Ilisimatusarfik takes over coordination of UArctic funds for Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark
April
- Fulbright Arctic Initiative IV Exchange: Rachael Lorna Johnstone
- UArctic Internship Opportunities – Fall 2025
- Official website of the Polar Law Symposium and the Yearbook Launched
March
February
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December
- Call for papers: NUSCT Historical Conference in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- north2north Student Story: Kasper Juhn Pedersen, Maja Eline Bak Pedersen and Nanna Kåstrup Müller
- north2north Student Story: Angelika Tanner
- north2north Student Story: Julie Natalie Szewczuk and Karoline Winther Rasmussen
- Call for Applications: 2025 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education
November
- Save the Date: The 18th Polar Law Symposium - Indigenous Rights, Autonomy, Empowerment & Environment
October
- Student Report - Arctic Circle Assembly 2024: Mads Bjørn Bjørnsen
- Mon projet nordique/My Northern Project Competition winners 2024
- Highlights from the "Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures" EAF 2024 Conference
- Arctic Frontiers Student Forum: Call for student applications
- Greenland Week: Panel Discussion and Free Film Screening
September
- Nuuk/Iqaluit exchange and Inunnguiniq workshop
- DALAM meeting held at the Polar Libraries Colloquy in Tromsø, Norway
- New Publication: A Research Agenda for Arctic Tourism
April
- Nomadic Hub of Arctic Art Education camped in Karasjok, Norway
- Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law
January
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November
- Call for Applications: 2024 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education
- International Conference at Ilisimatusarfik- University of Greenland: Language ideologies and inequality with a perspective on the Arctic
- 19th UArctic Danish Realm members Caucus Meeting 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ileqqussaasut - Development of ethical guidelines for research in Greenland
October
- 2023 FP Award winner driven by search for solutions to global problems
- Mon projet nordique/My Northern Project Competition winners 2023
- Workshop on research ethics guidelines in Greenland
- For the first time: Ilisimatusarfik – University of Greenland invites interpreter to the exam - and it can give a higher grade
- New intern From Greenland joins UArctic International Secretariat in Rovaniemi, Finland
August
- Nordplus Horizontal funding for the development of New Genre Arctic Art Education
- north2north Staff Mobility: Pilot testing the Greenland Population Health Survey 2024
June
- A new voice in UArctic - Interview with Aaja Chemnitz
- Exploring the social problem of homelessness in Arctic urban settings
- north2north Staff Mobility: Digital Storytelling in Nuuk
- 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education
- 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
May
- Reminder: Call for UArctic Interns
- Exhibition “Arctic Twilight, pastels by Jean Malaurie", University of Greenland
- Call for UArctic Interns
- UArctic Danish Realm members met in the Faroe Islands
- Conference: Art, Community, and Identities in the Arctic – Best Practices for Children, Young People, and Families
April
March
- University College Copenhagen professors travel to Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) through the north2north staff mobility program.
- Dr. Gwen Healey's piece on Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre's Fulbright projects
February
January
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December
- Call for Applications: 2023 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education
- Arctic Sustainable Art and Design TN (ASAD) has received funding for the development of its activities in 2023-2025
- Recording of the panel discussion "Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North" published
November
October
- Info meeting: Greenlandic PhD competition Paasisavut
- UArctic Danish Realm members Caucus gathered in Copenhagen
- Successful completion of the PhD course on Arctic Perspectives on COVID-19
September
August
- 2022 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
- Arctic Tourism – some lessons for the Greenlandic south
- The application deadline for the Arctic Health related PhD course is extended to September 5 2022 and in hybrid format
June
- Aviaja Lyberth hauptmann admitted to Danish Young Academy
- Job Opportunity: Time-limited position as assistant at the institute of health & nature
- UArctic welcomes four new Thematic Networks
- Phd course: Arctic community perspectives on covid-19: collaboration, methodology & lessons learned
May
- Invitation to the PhD course in Nuuk and Nunamed conference
- Workshop: Human Security, Models of Co-management, and Arctic Peoples' Participation in Decision-making (The SEPA Project)
- University of Greenland looking for associate professor in political science
- Resettlement of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic: Case study of the Sámi people on the Kola Peninsula, north-west of Russia
April
March
- Ilisimatusarfik: Public Meeting on Security in the Arctic Now and in the Future
- Ilisimatusarfik: Press Release about the Siunissaq Project
February
- Reflections from Greenland Science Week 2021 & Save the date!
- "Ageing in the Arctic" - Closing the project with online conference on February 23
- Call for Applications: 2022 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
January
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December
November
- PhD course on new technologies and local perspectives in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik completed
- UArctic Project Call Results 2021 for Cooperation Activities on Research, Education and Outreach
October
August
- Apply a new PhD course "New Technology and Community Perspectives in Arctic Health Research" 13-15 Nov 2021 in Nuuk and online
- Two new project grants awarded to UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education
May
March
- Call for interns at UArctic for fall 2021
- New French intern at the UArctic International Secretariat
February
January
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- PhD course on participant involvement and ethics in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik has been completed
- Online event: Lessons learned from Covid-19 across the Arctic
- Arctic Innovation Lab online Oct 9
- 2020 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
- TN Health and Well-being in the Arctic announces a PhD course in Nuuk, deadline September 1, 2020
- Webinar on Greenlandic primary school system - Recording available
- Anders Koch from TN on Health and Well-being in the Arctic: It is imperative to keep the coronovirus out of the region
- Open webinar: Inside the classroom - research perspectives on learning situations in the Greenlandic primary schoolsystem
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September
- 2019 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
- DIIS presents Truth and Reconciliation in the Arctic conference
August
- A new intern has joined the UArctic Thematic Networks and Research Liaison Office
- Greenland Science Week 2019
July
June
May
April
- "Food (in)Security in the Arctic: Contribution of Traditional and Local Food to promote Food Security with Particular Reference to the European High North" - Project Update
- Call for Applications: 2019 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
- Reminder: UArctic internship positions for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic students
March
- Greenland Science Week in Nuuk, 1-5 December 2019
- UArctic launches a call for 2 internship positions for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
February
January
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- Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education is working on a Greenlandic Model
- Ageing in the Arctic project is building partnerships on a north2north mobility funding
- PhD Course "Community based health research – methods and strategies", October 2019 in Greenland
- Call for Papers: ICE Law Final Conference 2019
- Kim Insuk´s Story: Internship as a gateway to a career in the Arctic
- DTU wants to know more about building in extreme climates
- north2north Mobility Report: A research stay in Greenland (part 2)
- north2north Mobility Report: A research stay in Greenland (part 1)
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- Research mobility to Nuuk and Ilulissat
- Council of UArctic convenes in Nuuk
- 20th Council meeting of UArctic begins in Greenland
- 7th MARPART Conference “Competence Development within Maritime Preparedness in The High North”
- Students selected to the 3rd Arctic Academy in Korea
- Internship opportunities for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
- Reminder to register for the 2017 Council of UArctic meeting and UArctic Rectors' Forum
- Internship opportunities for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
- The pioneer spirit and the 147 Greenland nurses - The story of a Greenlandic success
- Staff and Faculty north2north exchange funding available from and to Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese to other north2north members of UArctic
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September
- Interview with Student Ambassador Ulunnguaq Markussen
- Historic UArctic Congress Concludes in St. Petersburg
June
May
- Internship opportunities for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
- Maritime Preparedness and International Partnership in the High North (MARPART project)
- One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science application deadline extended
- Internship opportunities for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
April
- Students selected to the 2nd Arctic Academy in Korea
- One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science
- New UArctic Student Ambassadors appointed
March
February
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December
September
- The first issue of the "Arctic art and culture" magazine
- Staff and Faculty north2north exchange funding available from and to Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese to other north2north members of UArctic
- Scholarships for students available under Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese north2north program
- Internship opportunity for Danish, Faroese, and Greenlandic Students
- North2north Mobility Report on the visit to the Faroe Islands
May
- Students selected to the Arctic Academy in Korea
- Staff and Faculty north2north exchange funding available from and to Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese to other north2north members of UArctic
- Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese north2north scholarships for both outbound and inbound students
- Three Internships for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
March
- New master’s program in West Nordic Studies, Governance and Sustainable Management
- Conference on Security and Governance in the Global Arctic: Nordic and International Perspectives, 12-13 Nov 2015, Aarhus
January
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- From Nuuk to Tromsø: A Study Trip Report
- The initiation of new Thematic Network: Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable Arctic natural resource development
- A week with the University of Lapland and the UArctic Secretariat in Rovaniemi, Finland.
- Two Internships for Danish, Faroese and Greenlandic Students
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- UArctic Danish members caucus meeting at Aalborg University
- Comprehensive Sustainable Development in Arctic Societies: Postgraduate summer school, Sisimiut, 12-15 May 2014
- MobilityDK report: Presenting PhD project in Nuuk, Greenland
- MobilityDK report: PhD summer school in Nuuk, Greenland
- UArctic a hit at EAIE Istanbul
- Marine invasive species in the Arctic: Management issues workshop
- "Out there, great experiences await": a Danish anthropologist's journey in the North
- PhD summer school in Nuuk in Greeland
- PhD Summer School, Nuuk, Greenland, 5th-9th September, 2013
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