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SUDARCO: Sustainable development of the Arctic Ocean

A new research programme is led by the Norwegian Polar Institute with UiT The Arctic University of Norway and UNIS The University Centre in Svalbard.

Wed, May 10, 2023

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Work on the shared arctic variable on permafrost – living on frozen ground continues

Ilkka Matero from Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) presented Arctic PASSION’s progress on co-development of the Shared Arctic Variabl...

Mon, Apr 03, 2023

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Interdisciplinary permafrost workshop in Longyearbyen, Svalbard

Report on the two-day workshop "Longyearbyen permafrost activities" held at The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) on 15-16 March, 2023.

Tue, Mar 21, 2023

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Call for Applications: NVP International Summer School in Svalbard 2023

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP), in cooperation with the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), is pleased to announce that the call...

Mon, Feb 27, 2023

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Video available: UArctic Chairs session “UArctic responses to climate change: research and education” at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2022

UArctic Chairs session “UArctic responses to climate change: research and education” was held at the Arctic Circle Assembly, October 14, 2022, in Reykjavik,...

Mon, Feb 20, 2023

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Call for Abstracts: SeaSAR 2023 Workshop

The European Space Agency (ESA), together with the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS),...

Mon, Jan 23, 2023

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NVP International Summer School 2023 – The Global Arctic

Apply for the summer school hosted by the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP) in cooperation with the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).

Thu, Jan 12, 2023

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Final scientific meeting of the joint research project MAREC: The inter-organizational coordination of mass rescue operations in complex environments

In August this year a joint research project "MAREC: The inter-organizational coordination of mass rescue operations in complex environments" was concluded i...

Fri, Nov 04, 2022

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The Nansen Legacy symposium, Tromsø, November 7-9, 2023

From 7-9 November 2023, the Norwegian project "The Nansen Legacy" invites the international research community to symposium with the title "Towards the new A...

Mon, Oct 31, 2022

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FP Award winners: “We care about how the society we are living in is functioning”

On October 14, Marius Jonassen and Hanne H. Christiansen became the second recipients of the Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award (FP Award). The aw...

Mon, Oct 24, 2022

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Introducing the winning project of 2022 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award

In the video shot on site in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the two winners of the 2022 award explain the focus of their PermaMeteoCommunity project, and how it mak...

Tue, Oct 18, 2022

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Press release: 2022 Frederik Paulsen Award Given to Svalbard-based Team

The second Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award (FP Award) has been awarded to Marius O. Jonassen and Hanne H. Christiansen in a ceremony today at t...

Fri, Oct 14, 2022

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