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The annual Sustainability Conference at the University of Akureyri will be held on April 11. For the first time, the Stefansson Arctic Institute will co-host the event.

The Stefansson Arctic Institute and the University of Akureyri are seeking to support candidates to apply for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships within defined thematic research areas.

At the beginning of 2025, the Stefansson Arctic Institute merged with the University of Akureyri. The merger took effect on January 1, 2025.

Thursday January 16th at 11:30 GMT Dr. Catherine Chambers (Stefansson Arctic Institute - University of Akureyri & University Centre of the Westfjords) will deliver a lecture titled Human Dimension of Icelandic Small-Scale Fisheries at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and on Teams.

On October 27, Joan Nymand Larsen and Helga Númadóttir from the Stefansson Arctic Institute traveled to Ilulissat, West-Greenland, where they joined fellow researchers for a productive week of fieldwork as part of the ILLUQ project.

The Stefansson Arctic Insitute is honoured to welcome Professor Jules Pretty OBE, Emeritus Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex and Director of the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement, as a new Senior Associate Scientist

At the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, the position of Professor/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Arctic Sustainability Science is now open for applications.

During 21-26 August, the first field season of the Arctic ICEBERG EU Horizon project had a successful kick-off in Northeast Iceland, one of the project’s three field sites.

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

On March 14, we had the pleasure of receiving a group of students participating in the Arctic Forum course as part of the EnCHiL Nordic MSc programme.