Foreign exchange students learn about Icelandic society, history, and culture

Foreign exchange students learn about Icelandic society, history, and culture

Unique atmosphere in Siglufjörður
UNAK Polar Law Graduates contribute to Arctic Law publication

UNAK Polar Law Graduates contribute to Arctic Law publication

Previous UNAK Graduates in Polar Law, Dr. Nikolas Sellheim (Independent Consultant on matters related to international conservation law and policy and Director of Sellheim Environmental) and Medy Dervovic (PhD Candidate at Reykjavik University) and UNAK Affiliate, Dr. Antje Neumann (Associate Professor at the Department of Law) contributed to a recent publication in the field of Arctic Law “The Arctic in 1000 words”.
The Green Teaching Award 2023

The Green Teaching Award 2023

The award presented for the third time
Never more foreign students participated in Orientation Week

Never more foreign students participated in Orientation Week

Varied events and warm welcoming
UNAK researchers travel far and wide

UNAK researchers travel far and wide

During this summer, Professor Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson and Associate Professor Thanh Viet Nguyen have presented their research at various academic conferences and universities in the Netherlands and Vietnam.
Routledge Handbook of Polar Law published

Routledge Handbook of Polar Law published

Professor Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Akureyri has just published the Routledge Handbook of Polar Law, co-edited with Yoshifumi Tanaka and Vibe Ulfbeck, both of Copenhagen University.
UNAK participates in the project AEGEUS

UNAK participates in the project AEGEUS

Grant amount around 3 million euros and around 320 thousand euros allocated to UNAK.
UNAK to participate in NordSpace- A 90 million ISK grant for a new research project funded by the No…

UNAK to participate in NordSpace- A 90 million ISK grant for a new research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council

The Icelandic case study will be led by Adam Fishwick, visiting professor at UNAK.
We welcome our two new Head of School, Tom and Barry

We welcome our two new Head of School, Tom and Barry

The University of Akureyri welcomed two new employees last spring, Head of School of Humanities and Social Sciences and School of Business and Natural Sciences.