June


great pictures
Friday 25 June 2021 was a great day at Ilisimatusarfik, where 39 bachelors and 10 masters graduated
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the report
It is well-known that the Greenlandic population mainly has Inuit ancestry, and that many Greenlanders also have some European ancestry. A new genetic study, just published in the journal Current Biology and led by researchers from Denmark and Greenland, investigated the sources and timing of the European ancestry present in Greenlanders today
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PhD defence
On Friday 07 May 2021, Bonnie Jensen defended her PhD titled: "Barndomshjem eller børnehjem? - Et kvalitativt studie af 38 børns oplevelser af at blive og være anbragt på døgninstitution i Grønland" ("Childhood home or orphanage? - A qualitative study of 38 children's experiences of staying and being placed in a 24-hour care centre in Greenland")
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with Bonnie Jensen
This June, we present yet another research video - and here you can see and hear Bonnie Jensen talk about her PhD project: "Childhood home or orphanage? - A qualitative study of 38 children's experiences of being placed in a 24-hour care centre in Greenland" (in Danish)
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Ilisimatusarfik is proud to announce that more external research funding has been obtained in 2020 than ever before
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here (in Danish)
Anders Øgaard from the Institute of Learning has made a study of English as distance learning in schools
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Ilisimatusarfik has signed a cooperation agreement with Persorsaanermik Ilinniarfik, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya, VIA University College and UC SYD about Danish Realm research
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Arctic crime is an interdisciplinary research group on crime in the Arctic - with a special focus on crime in Greenland and the portrayal of crime in media and fiction
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here (in Danish)
On Thursday 27 May 2021, Ilisimatusarfik held a reception for the latest edition of our publication "Grønlandsk Kultur- & Samfundsforskning 2020-21" ("Greenlandic Cultural & Social Research 2020-21")
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lecture here (in Danish)
On the occasion of Søren Voxted's appointment as professor at Ilisimatusarfik, Søren gave his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 26 May 2021
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