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IMPORTANT Ilisimatusarfik follows the recommendations of the Greenlandic authorities regarding Covid-19. In this connection, Ilisimatusarfik has issued some guidelines. Read more
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 NorValue
The NorValue project investigates how people in Nordic Atlantic local communities are involved in connections and linkages crucial to their livelihoods and survival as a part of the Nordic Atlantic societies of Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Northern Norway.
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 Forgotten Friends
An interdisciplinary research project about the so-called 'Old Friends' in a Greenlandic context.
Present research How do Greenlandic companies create a better working environment?
This will now be explored in a new research collaboration between Ilisimatusarfik and the University of Southern Denmark.
Present research Management in Greenland
Research project aimed at strengthening the management practice in Greenland, by developing empirical descriptions that analytically come close to the collective practices leaders are involved in.
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 Qimmeq - a hunt for the soul of the Greenland sled dog
QIMMEQ is a research project about the sled dog culture and the origin and genetic history of the sled dog.
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 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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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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Profile magazine Shaping the Arctic

Welcome to Ilisimatusarfik’s profile magazine Shaping the Arctic.

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Online Career Fair

Last year, unfortunately we had to cancel our annual Career Fair at Ilisimatusarfik due to Covid-19 .. but this year, we are arranging Online Career Fair 2021, and we therefore have the pleasure of inviting you

Registration deadline:
31 March 2021

12.04.2021 - 16.04.2021
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PhD defense: Bonnie Jensen

Live-streaming on
our Facebook page

07.05.2021
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Nordkurs - summer courses in the Nordic countries

Application deadline:
10 March 2021

02.07.2021 - 16.07.2021
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Mitdlarak Lennert's PhD defense

Wednesday 24 March 2021 Mitdlarak Lennert defended her PhD titled: "The administrative context of the Greenland primary and lower secondary school system - a governance system misaligned with learning"

01.04.2021
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Need for political focus on education - Ilisimatusarfik looks ahead

The management and the newly elected board at Ilisimatusarfik are following the ongoing general election. So far, however, the field of education - and especially higher education - has been a somewhat under-represented topic

By Ilisimatusarfik's
board & management

01.04.2021
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QIMMEQ photo wins 2nd place

Through fascination and aesthetics, images have the ability to open up the world of research in an inviting and surprising way. The Danish National Research Foundation wants to spread how scientific progress every day creates new knowledge and develops the world around us

01.04.2021
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Digitization for the next generations

Coding Class, a teaching course that brings coding and digitization to the young children in primary school, has come to Greenland, and is now to be a larger part of the Greenlandic education system

01.04.2021
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Science & business encounters - in a Greenlandic perspective

Speech at Arctic Consensus' business conference - by Suzanne Møller, chairwoman of the board at Ilisimatusarfik

01.04.2021
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How do Greenlandic companies create a better working environment?

This will now be explored in a new research collaboration between Ilisimatusarfik and the University of Southern Denmark

01.04.2021
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01.04.2021
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01.04.2021
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Important information regarding Covid-19

In order for Ilisimatusarfik to also do our part in terms of minimising the Covid-19 risk in the Greenlandic society - Ilisimatusarfik’s management has decided that the following further measures be taken with immediate effect

Covid-19
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01.10.2020
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