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Ilisimatusarfik - Shaping the Arctic
Ilisimatusarfik is an Arctic university that creates knowledge and innovation in a region developing rapidly. Broadly, deeply and across: Through research, education and cooperation - Ilisimatusarfik is Shaping the Arctic.
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Present research Greenland Science Week
Greenland Science Week – a Greenlandic Arctic Science conference surrounded by research-related workshops and public outreach.
Present research Greenland Perspective
Greenland has been a magnet for scientists for decades. In the same period, a large part of the research done has only to a small degree benefitted Greenlandic society. Greenland Perspective changes that.
Present research Greenland Center for Health Research
Greenland Center for Health Research (GCHR) at the Institute of Nursing & Health Science.
Present research Homelessness in Nuuk
Homelessness is an increasing problem in the Arctic - and the same is the case for the capital Nuuk, where Greenland's homelessness is most apparent.
Present research Mapping the media in Greenland
Mapping the media in Greenland - Ilisimatusarfik.
Present research Centre for Children, Youth & Family Research
Centre for Children, Youth & Family Research - Ilisimatusarfik.
Present research Arctic Oil & Gas Research Centre
Arctic Oil & Gas Research Centre - Ilisimatusarfik.
Present research Qimmeq - a hunt for the soul of the Greenland sled dog
Greenland’s sled dog culture and technology are more than 4,000 years old.
Present research Social policy - Massakkut
Social policy is discussed through the production of popular articles, teaching materials and research articles.
Present research Ageing in the Arctic
Well-being, quality of life, and health promotion among older people in Greenland.
Present research ArcticChallenge
Arctic petroleum development as a challenge to societies: A comparative look at Norwegian, Greenlandic and US case sites.
Present research Rockwell Kent
The project, entitled Rockwell Kent and Early 1930s Greenland: A Comparative View of Environmental, Social and Cultural Change in Contemporary Greenland, brings together an international research team with Ilisimatusarfik, Jette Rygaard, and two from the US, Denis Defibaugh and Susan Vanek.
Present research MARPART
Maritime Preparedness and International Partnership in the High North.
Present research Greenland-EU relations
Greenland-EU relations - Ilisimatusarfik.
Present research Population Dynamics
Population Dynamics in Greenland - A Multi-Component, Mixed-Methods Study of Demographic Change in the Arctic.
Present research Climate and Society
Climate and Society - Ilisimatusarfik.
Present research Hunting - household economic importance
The importance of hunting and small-scale fishing in Greenland.
Present research Arctic Living Conditions
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA).
Present research Institute of Learning
Please refer to the Greenlandic or Danish site.
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Guest students Guest students

Read about being a guest student at Ilisimatusarfik.

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Profile magazine Shaping the Arctic

Welcome to Ilisimatusarfik’s profile magazine Shaping the Arctic.

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Research presentation The journal Ilisimatusaat

The journal is free and contains easy-to-read articles on some of our current research and development projects within four main areas: Culture, Society, School and Health.

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Come and listen to the Prison Choir

19.09.2019
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Public lecture: New laws about Ilisimatusarfik & higher education

From 01 August 2019, new laws have come into force regarding both Ilisimatusarfik's organization and higher education in general in Greenland

25.09.2019
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Royal Danish Defence College organizes open debate on security policy challenges in the Arctic

Royal Danish Defence College organizes open debate on security policy challenges in the Arctic, Wednesday 2 October in Nuuk

02.10.2019
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One-day conference: The Art of Nordic Colonialism

Together with the Department of Cultural and Social History at the University of Greenland and Nuuk Art Museum, the research group will hold a public one-day conference

This lecture is
video recorded

07.10.2019
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Crime, Punishment, Social Marginalization and reintegration in Small Societies

The conference Crime, Punishment, Social Marginalization and reintegration in Small Societies takes place at Ilisimatusarfik 08 - 10 October 2019

08.10.2019 - 10.10.2019
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Greenlandic pre-Christian beliefs in the present

07.11.2019
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PhD course: Quantitative method

Quantitative method: considerations related to choice of quantitative method and consequences of choice - including data collection and analysis

27.11.2019 - 29.11.2019
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Greenland Science Week

The Arctic research conference, Polar Research Day, will be held in Nuuk on December 4 2019

02.12.2019 - 05.12.2019
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Ilisimatusarfik hosts language policy workshops for staff and students

Press release: Ilisimatusarfik hosts language policy workshops for staff and students

17.09.2019
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Atagu!

This handbook will help you in your pursuit to become a teacher. You may have to read its contents several times – as studying often entails. In it, we have authored a few short texts packed with vitamins. The texts are meant to be used in conjunction with your class teaching, when you work on written assignments and when you do your internships.

Introductory texts
for teacher training

10.09.2019
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Semester start

Monday 02 September 2019 was a day of celebration at Ilisimatusarfik - a new semester began, and we had really looked forward to welcoming all our many new students

Welcome to all
our new students

02.09.2019
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New profile magazine

Welcome to Ilisimatusarfik’s profile magazine Shaping the Arctic

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magazine online

02.09.2019
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Research strategies

Read about our institutes' research strategies

02.09.2019
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New US Fulbright students

Once again Ilisimatusarfik receives Fullbright students through the ETA programme

02.09.2019
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Shaping the Arctic (September)

Welcome to this September edition of our newsletter Shaping the Arctic

Shaping the Arctic
September 2019

02.09.2019
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