Through research, education and cooperation - Ilisimatusarfik is shaping the Arctic
News|20. February 2025
Maria Ackrén wins award
Professor Maria Ackrén and two other co-authors have been awarded the ECPR Best Paper Award 2024 within the network's section Advances in the Study of Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict
Maria Ackrén
ECPR Best Paper Award 2024
News|18. February 2025
Q&A on dr.dk with Maria Ackrén & Pelle Tejsner
On Tuesday 11 February 2025, visitors on dr.dk had the opportunity to ask questions about Greenland's underground - and these questions were answered live by a panel of experts
Maria Ackrén
Pelle Tejsner
News|07. February 2025
Greenlandic article in The Northern Review
Silke Reeploeg has published an article in The Northern Review - which is also the journal's very first article written in an indigenous language
Silke Reeploeg
The Northern Review
News|05. February 2025
Welcome to new international guest students
On Friday, 31 January 2025, we warmly welcomed all our new international guest students
Semester start
International guest students
News|03. February 2025
12 new students ready for adventure in SILA bachelor in biology
The 12 new SILA bachelor in biology students have now officially started
Semester start
SILA bachelor in biology
News|31. January 2025
Study reveals the crucial role of polar bear hunting dogs in a changing Arctic
A new study published in Arctic Science, A Study of Nanorriutit - Polar Bear Hunting Dogs in Avanersuaq, sheds light on the vital role of nanorriutit - specialized sled dogs used for polar bear hunting - in Greenland’s northernmost communities
Nanorriutit
Manumina Lund Jensen
News|22. January 2025
Children's book author moves into Ilisimatusarfik
Eight authors will spend the next two years at seven different universities where, with working grants from VELUX FONDEN, they will inspire and be inspired by researchers and students
VELUX FONDEN
Akimaliq Pikilak
News|17. January 2025
Arctic cooperation program
Applications for funding from the Arctic cooperation program are open again
Arctic cooperation program
NAPA
News|15. January 2025
Mari Kleist is new pro rector at Ilisimatusarfik
The board at Ilisimatusarfik is pleased to announce the appointment of Mari Kleist as the new pro rector - and she will take up her new position on 1 February 2025
Press release
Mari Kleist
News|13. January 2025
The Greenlandic sled dog listed in the Guinness Book of Records
The Greenlandic sled dog has been listed as one of the world's oldest dog breeds in the 2026 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, based on the results of the Greenlandic-Danish Qimmeq project based at Ilisimatusarfik
The Greenlandic sled dog
Guinness Book of Records
News|20. December 2024
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
2024 is coming to an end and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students, employees and partners for a fantastic collaboration this past year
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
News|16. December 2024
"Internationalization & Communication - 2024 in numbers" is now available
In keeping with tradition, we have compiled the most important results and statistics from the past year in our annual publication "Internationalization & Communication - 2024 in numbers"
Year in review
Internationalization & communication
News|13. December 2024
Find exactly what you're looking for - search with artificial intelligence
We are excited to announce that our new and improved artificial intelligence (AI) search function is now live on our website
Artificial intelligence
Search function
News|12. December 2024
New survey on Greenland's foreign & security policy
Nasiffik - Center for Foreign & Security Policy at Ilisimatusarfik has just published the second survey on Greenlandic attitudes towards foreign and security policy issues
Nasiffik
Survey
News|11. December 2024
Visit from Fróðskaparsetur Føroya
On 20 November, we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from Fróðskaparsetur Føroya (University of the Faroe Islands)
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya
Cooperation
Future events
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21. February 2025
Aviaq Fleischer's PhD defense
In this article based PhD thesis, different aspects of media development from 1970s Greenlandic society are investigated through different analyses
Aviaq Fleischer
PhD defense
Event
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21. February 2025
Language that unites
We are pleased to invite you to our celebration of language diversity and language as such
Language that unites
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27. February 2025
Will you be Greenland's first meteorologist?
The Danish Meteorological Institute has a weather service in Nuuk, where meteorologists monitor the weather in Greenland 24/7
DMI
Presentation
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28. February 2025
Winter graduation
We look forward to celebrating all our new graduates
Winter graduation
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27. March 2025
"Moving forward" - research, education and more
Ulla Wewer, professor dr. med. at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen, is assigned professor at Greenland Center for Health Research at the Institute of Health & Nature at Ilisimatusarfik
Ulla Wewer
Inaugural lecture
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