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How do non-Arctic actors’ interests matter the Arctic? – debates around Arctic Circle assembly

From October 13 to October 19, 2017, the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries held a masters/Phd course in Iceland on the topic of Securi...

Thu, Nov 09, 2017

The network of scholars decided to apply for the Thematic Network status when they met in the Migration in the Arctic Workshop in September 2016 in Stockholm. The lead of the Thematic Network is researcher Nafisa Yeasmin from the Arctic Centre (4th from the left).

New Thematic Network to foster international research cooperation related to migration in the Arctic

The new UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration focuses on newfound problems and challenges in the field of migration alongside of the already existing...

Wed, Sep 06, 2017

Working towards a new UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic migration

The Arctic Centre (University of Lapland), Nordregio, University of Akureyri and The Chiba University organized the Migration in the Arctic workshop on the 1...

Wed, Oct 12, 2016

New UArctic Thematic Network on Migration in the Arctic meets in Stockholm

The Arctic Centre University of Lapland, Nordregio, University of Akureyri and Chiba University are creating a new UArctic Thematic Network on Migration in t...

Sat, Sep 10, 2016

Students selected to the 2nd Arctic Academy in Korea

The Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), located in Busan, Republic of Korea, launched its 1st Korea Arctic Academy (KAA) with 30 international and Korean studen...

Wed, Apr 13, 2016

Call for papers: 9th Polar Law Symposium, Iceland, 5–9 October 2016

The Faculty of Law at the University of Akureyri, Iceland, cordially invites submissions of abstracts for papers to be presented at the 9th Polar Law Symposi...

Fri, Jan 29, 2016

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Eighth Polar Law Symposium Concludes in Alaska

An activity of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, The Eighth Polar Law Symposium was held September 23-26 at both the University of Alaska Fairbanks...

Tue, Sep 29, 2015

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

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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

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