Colleague highlights educational challenges in Greenland

How does a low level of education affect a society - and what is needed to reverse this trend?

These are some of the key questions raised when our colleague Mîtdlârak Lennert appears in the podcast The Cold Front - The Battle for Greenland and the Arctic (in Danish).

In the podcast’s ninth episode, she talks to journalist and author Martin Breum about the underlying causes of Greenland’s educational challenges.

The conversation focuses, among other things, on how language, geography and historical circumstances play a decisive role - and how the lack of highly educated people affects both social development and the opportunities to reduce inequality and poverty.

As a researcher at the Institute of Society, Economics & Journalism and chair of the Greenland Education Council, Mîtdlârak contributes both research-based knowledge and practical insights.

In the podcast, she points out that education is not just a matter of skills but also a long-term investment in a more independent and sustainable Greenland.

Her participation in the podcast is yet another example of how Ilisimatusarfik’s researchers help to inform the public debate on key social issues.