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UNAK Polar Law Graduates contribute to Arctic Law publication
21. September 2023

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
18. September 2023

The Green Teaching Award 2023

The award presented for the third time
Never more foreign students participated in Orientation Week
7. September 2023

Never more foreign students participated in Orientation Week

Varied events and warm welcoming
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Upcoming events

27.September
2023

Promising of Biopolymers: from bioplastics to edible cuisine

Open seminar at The Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences
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4.- 5. October

Policing and Society Conference

For the 6th time, the Policing and Society Conference takes place at UNAK - The theme of this year's conference is Violence
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12.April
2024

4rd Sustainability Conference

The annual sustainability conference
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Akureyri – a university town

The community in Akureyri is active and diverse, offering everything from coffee shops to cultural institutions that attract talented people from all over Iceland. Concerts, theatre, visual arts, literature. It is simple to be environmentally friendly in Akureyri as everything is within easy reach. There is breathtaking nature everywhere around. Mountains that some climb and others slide down.

It’s all up to you. Just like life. What you are after. What you want.

Everything about Akureyri