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Two vacant professor positions at the High North Center at Nord University

The Nord University High North Center wants to recruit up to 2 professors/associate professors in the area of social science. Applications must be submitted...

Fri, Jan 08, 2021

From left: Rune Elvegård (Nord university, NORDLAB), Natalia Andreassen (Nord university, High North Center, NORDLAB), Øyvind Aas-Hansen (Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority), Tore Hongset (Joint Rescue Coordination Center Northern Norway), Ida Kristin Schjesvold (Nord university, NORDLAB)

Digital Tabletop Exercise in Maritime Nuclear Emergency Preparedness at Nord University

Last September Nord university conducted a digital tabletop exercise called Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Exercise-2020. This was developed in cooperation w...

Wed, Nov 25, 2020

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Launch of the UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education

The UArctic Læra Institute will revitalise and refresh UArctic's Circumpolar Studies programme, transforming it from a small suite of off-the-shelf courses i...

Mon, Oct 19, 2020

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social Work at the time of Covid-19

The Journal of Comparative Social Work invites you to submit a paper for a special issue on the following topic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19.

Wed, Sep 23, 2020

One of the students delivering a presentation.

Students Barents Rescue exercise held at NORDLAB

Nord University and UiT Arctic University of Norway, with participation from Northern Arctic Federal University NARFU, collaborated in making a pilot exercis...

Tue, Sep 15, 2020

The authors (Borch in the middle and Andreassen to the left) together with their research team at the High North Center.

Two new books on emergency preparedness and crisis management as spin-off's from the MARPART and MAREC projects

Associate Professor Natalia Andreassen and Professor Odd Jarl Borch edit two new books this year within emergency preparedness and crisis management. Both bo...

Tue, Sep 15, 2020

Eight new Thematic Networks established in 2020

Eight new Thematic Networks were approved by the Assembly of UArctic at their fist annual meeting held on February 25-26, 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

Local Summit “Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North” held in Levanger and Sjodal, Norway

The summit “Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North”, was held on 29-30 January, 2020 in Levanger and Sjodal, Norway. The summit brought toge...

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

"Living in the Landscape" International Summer Schools continue in June 2020, in Nordland, Norway

Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) thematic network has received funding from Institute of Higher Education Norway/UiT to develop and run internationa...

Mon, Dec 16, 2019

Summit "Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North" - Registration open

The summit will take place in Levanger and Stjørdal, Norway in 29-30 January, 2020. The summit is co-organised by Nord University, UiT The Arctic University...

Thu, Nov 07, 2019

High North Dialogue Conference 2020: Business in the Arctic

The annual High North Dialogue conference gathers experts and stakeholders from a range of sectors with a focus on business development and economic growth i...

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

Arctic Awareness Week with symposium and ZeroHackathon in Rome in October 2019

The Arctic Awareness Week consists of the international symposium “Arctic Connections: A trust-building Arctic cooperation on Energy, Security and Blue Econo...

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

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