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North2north Mobility Report on the visit to the Faroe Islands

Maria Ackrén from University of Greenland was one of the applicants who received financial support from north2north, UArctic mobility and exchange programme...

Tue, Sep 08, 2015

Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies

The University of Akureyri announces the call for the Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies. The professorship is a research position aimed at current acade...

Fri, May 08, 2015

New master’s program in West Nordic Studies, Governance and Sustainable Management

In August 2015, the University of the Faroe Islands, University of Greenland, University of Akureyri in Iceland, University of Iceland and University of Nord...

Tue, Mar 24, 2015

Eighth Polar Law Symposium, Alaska

Call for Papers for th Eighth Polar Law Symposium, "The Science, Scholarship and Practice of Polar Law: Strengthening Arctic Peoples and Places" in Fairbank...

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Apply to study in Polar Law Master's programmes in Iceland

The Master’s programmes at the University of Akureyri are the first of their kind in the world and provide a unique focus on Polar Law. All the Polar Law sub...

Thu, Feb 12, 2015

Recent Changes to three UArctic Thematic Networks

This summer the leadership of the Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development and the Thematic Network on Social Work have changed, while another, the...

Thu, Aug 21, 2014

7th Polar Law Symposium, to be held in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, October 28-31, 2014

Hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with the Polar Law Institute in Akureyri, the...

Thu, Aug 14, 2014

The 8th UArctic Rectors' Forum conludes in Akureyri

The 8th UArctic Rectors' Forum hosted by the University of Akureyri has concluded. The theme of the 2014 Rectors’ Forum was "University Education in the Arct...

Fri, May 30, 2014

UArctic President and University of Akureyri rector meet with Nordic Council Culture and Education Committee

Stefan B. Sigurdsson (Rector, University of Akureyri) and Lars Kullerud, UArctic President presented UArctic to the Culture and Education committ...

Tue, Apr 08, 2014

Arctic Yearbook 2014, Call for Abstracts

The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for the 2014 edition. The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues o...

Mon, Feb 24, 2014

7th Polar Law Symposium: The Polar Regions in the Asian Century, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 30–31 October 2014

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania, is proud to join the Polar Law Institute in Akureyri and the Universit...

Wed, Feb 05, 2014

Iceland - Fulbright scholar grant in Arctic Studies announced

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Fulbright Commission have signed an agreement to set up a Fulbright scholar grant in Arctic Studies. Throu...

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

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