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The Annual Sustainability Conference at University of Akureyri

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:07:00 +0000

The environmental council of the University of Akureyri invites everybody to the 4th sustainability conference at the University of Akureyri on 12.04.24. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required. The conference will be held in a hybrid format, to accommodate both on-site interaction but also online, environmentally friendly participation of international speakers and guests. The conference's language is English. https://www.unak.is/english/upcoming-events/4rd-sustainability-conference

2023 Vilhjálmur Stefánsson Memorial Lecture and Arctic Days. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Stefansson Arctic Institute

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:40:00 +0000

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Stefansson Arctic Institute, we have joined hands with the Institute of Arctic Studies at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College in the US and the University of Akureyri in organizing and hosting the Arctic Days in Akureyri on November 15-17 and the 21st Vilhjálmur Stefánsson Memorial Lecture.

Stefansson Memorial Lecture 2022

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:35:00 +0000

Small Iceland: Reflections on independence and interdependence, nationalism, and globalization By Mr. Guðni Th. Jónsson, President of Iceland.

PHD and PostDoc positions at UiT the Arctic University of Norway

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:07:00 +0000

2 PhD and 1 PostDoc positions are available at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. All three positions are connected to the project Future4Fish funded by the research Council of Norway (2022-25) and will be affiliated with the CRAFT and ENCODE research groups at UiT Tromsø.

Open university lecture at the Centre for Climate Change Research in Torun

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:33:00 +0000

Prof. Dr. Astrid Ogilvie gives the lecture 'A fleet of silver, come to torment us”: Sea-ice variations off the coasts of Iceland from the Settlement to the Present'.

The 2021 Stefansson Memorial Lecture

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:35:00 +0000

Stefansson Memorial lecture will be held at The Autonomous University of Barcelona November 3rd.

Doctoral defence in Environment and Natural Resources

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:59:00 +0000

Tom Barry will defend his doctoral dissertation at the University of Iceland on January 27, 2021. The dissertation is entitled The Arctic Council An Agent of Change? Tom is a geographer with a B.A. in Geography and Archaeology; and a Masters in Geography from the University College Cork, Ireland. Tom is the Executive Secretary for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working ...

The 2020 Stefansson Memorial Lecture, December1

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:05:00 +0000

The Stefansson Memorial Lecture will be held on December 1, 2020. The annual Stefansson Memorial Lectures are delivered in commemoration of the explorer and anthropologist Vilhjálmur Stefansson - of his life, work and vision for the Arctic. These lectures are generally held around the time of Stefansson's birthday, November 3. This time the lecture is delivered by Dr Margaret Willson, the author ...

Hermann Pálsson Memorial Lecture, 21 November

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 11:02:00 +0000

Dr Astrid Ogilvie will give the Hermann Pálsson Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the annual conference of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Saturday 21 November 2020. The event, titled On the Horizon: Scotland, the Sea, and the Northern World, will take place virtually using Zoom. Consisting of four papers and a brief panel discussion, the conference will highlight current cross-disciplinary research on the ...

Online Conference 5 Nov. 2020

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:03:00 +0000

Stefansson Arctic Institute researchers Dr. Catherine Chambers and Dr. Níels Einarsson will discuss “The Humans – Reflections on Icelanders and Arctic Research in the Anthropocene”, at the online conference on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 2 PM UTC+01. The Centre for Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network and the West Nordic Council in collaboration with the Nordic House, the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the Arctic Circle have organized a series of online discussions, taking place in the fall of 2020, on key Arctic issues highlighted by ...

Dr Astrid Ogilvie: Online lecture, Friday 25 September 2020

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:49:00 +0000

Online lecture by Dr Astrid Ogilvie at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Friday 25th September, 16.00-17.00 UK time. The lecture‘s title is Reflections of Change: The Natural World in Literary and Historical Sources from Iceland ca. AD 800 to 1800. As part of the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute Research series this seminar on the environmental history of Iceland looks at weather, climate, and other environmental information in Icelandic literature from the Early Medieval period until c.1800. The famous...

Cryosphere 2020: Symposium in Reykjavík, 21-24 September 2020

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:55:00 +0000

The Icelandic Meteorological Office, the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) and the International Glaciological Society (IGS) will, in cooperation with several international scientific organizations and research institutes, including the Stefansson Arctic Institute, host a symposium on the Earth’s Cryosphere in Reykjavík, Iceland, 21–24 September, 2020. Registration is open. See...

Nansen Professorship Inaugural Lecture

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:27:00 +0000

The new Nansen Professor, Gunnar Rekvig, will give his inaugural lecture at the University of Akureyri on Thursday, 28 November 2019 at 12:00 to 13:00 in M102. Click on heading for more info.

ASSW 2020 Travel Support

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:43:00 +0000

Travel support for attending the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Akureyri, Iceland, 27 March - 2 April 2020 is currently available. Application dead-line is 12 December 2019. Late applications will not be considered. No exceptions will be made. Click on headline for more.

Available Position: Nansen Visiting Professorship in Arctic Studies 2019/2020

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:57:00 +0000

The University of Akureyri is accepting applications for the Nansen visiting professorship based on a cooperation between the governments of Iceland and Norway. The Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies at the University of Akureyri is a tribute to the famous Norwegian polar scientist and humanist Fridtjof Nansen and is awarded for an academic year, with the possibility of an extension up to ...

Warning Call from the High North

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:20:00 +0000

Open Seminar: Friday 5 April 2019, from 13:00 to 16:00 at the Nordic House in Reykjavík. Climate science shows how the dynamics of the „cryosphere“ – the world´s snow and icecovered regions – are evidence for the urgency of keeping global warming within 1.5°C this century. High ambition for emissions reductions are key to preventing ever-growing global impacts from climate change. This is because later timing of ...

Stefansson Memorial Lecture 2018

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:54:00 +0000

2018 Stefansson Memorial Lecture will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, December 5, 2018 (CMU 120, 15.30-17.00). Professor Leslie King at Royal Roads University in Canada presents the lecture. Title: Learning from Northern Peoples. The lecture is open to the public. The Stefansson Arctic Institute and the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College , supported by the Evelyn Nef Stefansson Endowment, sponsor the annual lecture. The lecture is commemoration of the explorer and anthropologist Vilhjálmur Stefansson - his life, work and vision for the Arctic.

Public Presentation: The 1871 Whaling Disaster and the Search for the Lost Fleet

Mon, 14 May 2018 10:45:00 +0000

In September of 1871, 32 whaling ships were caught in the ice along the shore of the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. More than 1200 people were stranded. The raging winds and grinding ice surrounding them made survival only a remote possibility. An event of historical significance, leading to the end of Yankee Whaling in the early 20th Century. More...

Seminar: Arctic Indigenous Peoples: A Dialogue and Perspectives on Common Concerns for Sustainable Societies

Mon, 14 May 2018 09:57:00 +0000

Seminar and Roundtable discussion, Nordic House, Reykjavík, 14:00 – 16:45. Open to the public. Date: 15 May 2018 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 More...

Master’s Program Director: Coastal Communities

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:44:00 +0000

The University Centre of the Westfjords is searching for an energetic individual to fill the demanding role of director of the new master’s program in Coastal Communities and Regional Development. The University Centre of the Westfjords is home to an international, multidisciplinary master’s program in Coastal and Marine Management, with around 40-50 active master’s students each year, and ...