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Norwegian funding for Project Collaboration within the Framework of the University of the UArctic 2024-2026

UiT The Arctic University (UiT) of Norway launched the Norwegian Call for Project Collaboration within the Framework of the University of the Arctic (UArctic...

Tue, Jun 25, 2024

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Lecture of the Nansen Professor Dr. Romain Chuffart "Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises" - recording available

Dr. Romain Chuffart, the new Nansen professor, hosted his inaugural lecture - ”Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises” on April 8, 2...

Fri, Jun 14, 2024

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Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law - recording available

A public seminar was held on Sovereignty, History and Archives at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) on 2nd May 2024. Recording of the sem...

Fri, Jun 07, 2024

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Call for abstracts: The 9th China – Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium

The 9th China – Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will be held on Oct 13-15 in Akureyri, Iceland.

Tue, May 28, 2024

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Call for papers: International Workshop “Small States and Arctic Sustainability”

The International Workshop “Small States and Arctic Sustainability” will take place in Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University on 20 Nov...

Wed, May 15, 2024

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Seminar: The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law

A public seminar on "The importance of archives in decolonisation processes in the North and the role of international law", will be held at the Danish Insti...

Wed, Apr 10, 2024

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Nansen Professor Inaugural Lecture: Where next for Polar Law? Achieving Justice in an Age of Crises

This inaugural Nansen lecture for Dr. Romain Chuffart will discuss the role of justice in the evolution of Polar Law both as an academic field and as a pract...

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

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Nansen Final Lecture- Arctic Science Diplomacy in a NATO/BRICS-Divided World: Practical Problems or Moral Panic?

This was a concluding Nansen lecture for Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen as he discuss the place of science diplomacy in navigating changes to international and Arc...

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

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Student story: University of Akureyri student, Haukur Brynjarsson went on Exchange to the University of Washington, USA

The inspiring North2North exchange story from Haukur Brynjarsson, a student of the University of Akureyri, who spend the semester at the University of Washin...

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

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University of Akureyri visited UArctic-International Secretariat in Rovaniemi, Finland

University of Akureyri visited UArctic- International Secretariat at The University of Lapland on Friday 8th December 2023

Mon, Dec 11, 2023

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The leaders and members of the Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic have published a book from Routledge

Editors Shahnaj Begum, Joan R. Harbison, Päivi Naskali, Minna Zechner have just published the volume “Distance, Equity and Older People’s Experiences in the...

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

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Extended Deadline: Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies 2024/2025

The Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies at the University of Akureyri is awarded for a twelve-month period to a scholar working on issues that bear on the...

Wed, Aug 16, 2023

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