Nord Arctic
Advancing Arctic research, Nord Arctic connects disciplines and stakeholders to address pressing social and environmental challenges
Nord Arctic is a cross-faculty platform at Nord University dedicated to advancing Arctic-relevant research and fostering collaboration across scientific disciplines, and networks involving government, businesses, and communities in the circumpolar Arctic and Norway’s High North. Nord Arctic is the portal to the collective research infrastructure at Nord University to promote investment in connection with Arctic challenges.
Nord Arctic drives scientific excellence in research by integrating social sciences across the university, promoting research that is tailored to meet societal needs. Through this interdisciplinary approach, Nord Arctic generates impactful research that works for solving the needs of today and developing innovations for the future.
As a relationship and capacity-building research infrastructure, Nord Arctic contributes to addressing complex Arctic challenges by uniting researchers, educators, policymakers, and Arctic rightsholders and stakeholders. Through this we provide expertise, and develop innovations that enhance the resilience, security, and sustainability of Arctic communities and environment.
About Us
- Arctic Transhipment Hub Planning Along the Northern Sea Route
- China and the Arctic – Science, Security and Governance
- Arctic Conferences – Actors, Agenda and Governance
- Digital Mapping Platforms in Norwegian Rescue Services in Northern Norway: Uses, Challenges, and Impacts
- Wave-Ice Interactions: Closing the Arctic Data Gap
- Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Negotiations: Lessons from the Failed Minsk Process
- Connecting with Heritage of Post-Industrial Spaces: Lessons for Arctic Communities
- Governing Mineral Extraction in the High North: Lessons from the Nasa Mountain Mine
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences
Business School
- Preparing Arctic Communities for Crisis - Project CLEAR
- Uarctic Art for Arctic Business
- Talent North: Attracting and Anchoring Global Talent in the Arctic
- Business Index North (BIN-Arctic)
- YoungArctic
- Arcticnext
- Arctic Foods Innovation Cluster (AFIC)
Faculty of Social Sciences
- (Mis)trust: The Norwegianization of language, people and land in South Saepmie
- Autonomous Technologies for Ocean Governance: Maritime Autonomy, Responsibility, and Environment (AUTO-MARE)
- Digital Action on Climate Change with Heritage Environments (DACCHE)
- Indigenous homemaking as survivance (INDHOME)
- ThawingLYR
- ICE BRIDGE
- PrepChild
- INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security (INFRAPOL)
- Laera Institute for Circumpolar Studies
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Faculty of Education and Arts
- Northern Connections - Engaging young people in rural Arctic societies in building sustainability across borders
- Lærere uten grenser
- Intercultural and Transcultural Competence Through Collaborative Cultural Expression (INTRACOMP)
- SAMLA - Network to Support Research and Teaching of Small Saami Languages
- Revitalisation Processes in Education: Bringing South Saami Forward – (RePrEd)
- Skills Enhancement on the Move: Digital Pathways in Higher Vocational Education (MovingSkills)
- AI Teacher Academy
Key Contact Persons
Corine Wood-Donnelly
Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Office: Bodø, Torggården, 221
Email: c.wood-donnelly@nord.no
Phone: +4775517921
Zala Terlep Rogelj
Research Assistant
Faculty of Social Sciences
Office: Bodø, Torggården, 223
Email: zala.rogelj@nord.no
Phone: +4775517314
