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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 award presented for the third time

Varied events and warm welcoming

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.

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.

Grant amount around 3 million euros and around 320 thousand euros allocated to UNAK.

The Icelandic case study will be led by Adam Fishwick, visiting professor at UNAK.

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.

Public Opinion on Wastewater Treatment in Akureyri and Actions Needed