High North Center

17/09/2026

What does the North need next?

ArcticNext brings students together for one weekend to develop practical responses to real challenges facing Arctic communities.

📅 16–18 October
🏆 Total prize pool: 60,000 NOK / €5,550 / $8,000 CAD

Open to students at Nord universitet, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador & Joensuu, Finland.

No previous innovation experience is required. Mentors, workshops and practical tools will help you turn your idea into a pitch.

Learn more: https://arcticnext.com

Handelshøgskolen Nord - HHN

02/09/2026

"The Arctic is not what it was in 2021," says Andreas Raspotnik, director of the High North Center.

A new European Parliament study co-authored by researchers affiliated with Nord University and the High North Center calls for a clearer and more practical EU strategy for the High North.

31/08/2026

New analysis from the High North Center and Maynooth University 👇

96% of responses arrived in the final week, raising questions over campaigns, AI and whose Arctic voices were heard.

24/08/2026

Our Arctic summer course in Bodø is expanding 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇭🇷

International students are flocking to Bodø to learn about the Arctic. Now the programme is being strengthened through new partnerships in France and Croatia.

17/08/2026

📸 Europe Looks North at Arendalsuka:

Representatives from across Europe and Canada joined us to discuss security, sustainability and international cooperation in a changing Arctic, moderated by High North Center Director Andreas Raspotnik.

“The event brought together valuable perspectives from across Europe and the Arctic and created an important space for discussing our shared interests and the future of cooperation in the region.”

– Nicolas de La Grandville, EU Ambassador to Norway

🔗 Watch the full discussion:
https://tv.plaii.no/arendalsuka/live/brekraftscenen/recording/eebce6605b

Photos by Sigmund Sagberg Andersen / EUs delegasjon til Norge

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Nord universitet UiT Norges arktiske universitet Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) Handelshøgskolen Nord - HHN

03/07/2026

Thirty students, four continents, one week in the .

Watch this year's recap from the «Sustainable Blue Growth in the High North» summer course in Bodø.

Nord universitet, Handelshøgskolen Nord - HHN

30/06/2026

André Torres (21) is one of the more than 100 students taking part in summer courses at Nord this week.

Read the article in High North News:

Bodø (High North News): Like more than a hundred other students, Andre Torres (21) from Brazil is in Bodø, Northern Norway, this week to take part in summer studies at Nord University. The opportunity to learn about local conditions in the High North was important, he tells HNN.

22/06/2026

🌍 HND Academy 2026: Innovation in the Arctic

25 talents from around the world joined this year’s Academy to explore the future of Arctic societies.

Read the roundup:

After a record number of applications, twenty five young talents from across the world came to Bodø for the fourth High North Dialogue Academy.   This year the program made room for something it had not offered before: a workshop on how to reach the people who make policy. The workshop was led by ...

11/06/2026

Maja Wolland Blomberg spent five months at Harvard’s The Arctic Initiative.

Read her reflections:

An inspiring research stay at Harvard's Arctic Initiative gave PhD candidate Maja Wolland Blomberg new perspectives on her research, which aims to better understand how more people can discover opportunities and thrive in the North.

22/05/2026

The panel recordings from High North Dialogue 2026 are online.

Exactly one month has passed since we gathered in Bodø for two days of conversations about the future of the High North.

Watch the recordings on our website 👇

The 2026 conference took place on April 22–23, with a pre-event pubinar at Bådin brewery the evening before. This year’s theme, “Our North, Our Future“, put the spotlight on who gets to shape Arctic policy — and what that means for the people and communities who actually live here. Photos...