The Annual Sustainability Conference at University of Akureyri

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

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.
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Stefansson Memorial Lecture 2022

Small Iceland: Reflections on independence and interdependence, nationalism, and globalization By Mr. Guðni Th. Jónsson, President of Iceland.
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PHD and PostDoc positions at UiT the Arctic University of Norway

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

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'.
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The 2021 Stefansson Memorial Lecture

Stefansson Memorial lecture will be held at The Autonomous University of Barcelona November 3rd.
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Doctoral defence in Environment and Natural Resources

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 ...
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The 2020 Stefansson Memorial Lecture, December1

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 ...
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Hermann Pálsson Memorial Lecture, 21 November

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 ...
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Online Conference 5 Nov. 2020

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 ...
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