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Just Transition in the Arctic – articles by experts from the law faculty

Just Transition in the Arctic – articles by experts from the law faculty

Adjunct Romain Chuffart and Professor and Dean Rachael Lorna Johnstone have recently published articles in a special issue of The Polar Journal on Just Transition in the Arctic.
The humour is here!

The humour is here!

The second book in the series Humour and Cruelty: A Philosophical Exploration of the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Icelandic Biology Conference - UNAK participation

The Icelandic Biology Conference - UNAK participation

Eva María Ingvadóttir elected as a board member in The The Icelandic Biological Society
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.