Up to 30 graduate and post-graduate students from different countries and research topics will be selected based on an evaluation of their applications.

The NVP international summer school 2015 will have a multi- and cross-disciplinary thematic approach to meet challenges and opportunities related to Arctic Ocean governance. The summer school has invited societal stakeholders from research institutions, shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, environment, etc., as well as politicians to identify what supplementary Arctic-specific amendments are necessary to make the governance system of the region suitable to handle respective interests in a sustainable and effective way.

Scientists and experts from Norway and abroad will contribute to the summer school 2015 with lectures and with interactive student and teacher sessions. The participating students will be challenged to draft one or more publication during the course of the summer school for international journals.

Application deadline: 30 April 2015.

For more information and instructions on how to apply, see the summer school announcement and program.