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PhD Fellowship in Nordic Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology or Conservation Science The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in Nordic archaeology, environmental archaeology, or conservation science. Please feel free to share with any relevant candidates. For more information see the job advertisement or contact Magnus Haaland.

Birgitta Wallace Memorial Scholarship Birgitta Linderoth Wallace was a Swedish-born Canadian archaeologist who devoted her life to understanding peoples of the North Atlantic through archaeology. Her research included work on Indigenous peoples of Atlantic Canada, early French Acadians, British colonial forces, and, most notably, the Norse in Newfoundland. She devoted more than 50 years to understanding ...

ESSAS 2026 in Reykjavik, Iceland 2026 Annual Science Meeting Borealization: Subarctic and Arctic Marine Systems in Transition ESSAS (Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas) A call is expected for this exciting meeting in early December, with abstracts due by the 15th January 2026.  The organiser encourage booking of accommodation early, due to June being a busy month in Reykjavík. Tentative ...

Oceans Past Initiative XI: Ocean Connected Communities 15-19 June 2026. University of  Victoria, Vancouver Island The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions in past decades, centuries and millennia. The 11th Oceans Past Conference will be held at the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, ...

School of English and Digital Humanities, UCC 4.5 Years, Fixed-Term, Whole-Time Post Applications are invited for an experienced multilingual Digital Humanities / Computer Science Postdoctoral Researcher to lead development, implementation and evaluation of digital tools and methodologies for the NorseMap project based in the School of English and Digital Humanities. NorseMap is a 5-year project funded by ...

Evaluating Archaeological Field Survey with Tephrochronology: A Case Study from Southern Iceland Abstract This photo essay reports on the field recording and interpretation of tephra (volcanic ash) stratigraphy in Skaftártunga, Iceland. Trenches were dug to establish whether topographic features observed on the surface were archaeological structures or the result of earth’s surface processes. Excavations exposed about 35 ...

The Universities of Iceland and Hólar are accepting applications to The Archaeological Field School at Hofstaðir, organised in collaboration with The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland. The school, which will run from July 14th to August 8th, 2025, will provide students with hands-on instruction and experience in Icelandic archaeology, various field techniques, and post-excavation processes. ...

Mortality drives production dynamics of Atlantic cod through 1100 years of commercial fishing This article published in Science Advances reconstructs the population dynamics of Atlantic over a 1100 year period from the Viking era, including the change to more commercial fishing in the 14th century. This is the result of international collaborative NABO research over many ...

Two Days in Víðidalur: Rapid Survey of an Abandoned Valley in Iceland This recently published article in the new journal Archaeology Now describes how rapid core surveying was used to carry out a preliminary exploration of the environmental and settlement history of a remote Icelandic valley. Abstract Víðidalur is an abandoned valley in Iceland with remnants of settlement ...

The first thing most people picture when they think of Greenland is unlikely to be lush green pastures and grazing sheep, but the UNESCO Kujataa area in south Greenland has a rich heritage of sheep farming that began over a thousand years ago with the Norse and continues with Inuit farming communities today. Greenland RESPONSE ...

Past Answers to Present Concerns. The Relevance of the Premodern Past for 21st Century Policy Planners: Comments on the State of the Field This recently published paper is a collaboration sponsored by the CUNY-Princeton- U Maryland consortium which has had some very productive international workshops on trying to actually close the many gaps between what we ...

Greenland RESPONSE: A short film exploring the archaeologies of climate change in UNESCO Kujataa. Video credits: Greeland National Museum & Archives 2024 Archaeological sites across the circumpolar north are rapidly degrading as a consequence of rising global temperatures. This short film shares the story of the Greenland RESPONSE project and the archaeologists racing to record and rescue ...

PhD Fellowship in Nordic Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology or Conservation Science The Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in Nordic archaeology, environmental archaeology, or conservation science. Please feel free to share with any relevant candidates. For more information see the job advertisement or contact Magnus Haaland.

School of English and Digital Humanities, UCC 4.5 Years, Fixed-Term, Whole-Time Post Applications are invited for an experienced multilingual Digital Humanities / Computer Science Postdoctoral Researcher to lead development, implementation and evaluation of digital tools and methodologies for the NorseMap project based in the School of English and Digital Humanities. NorseMap is a 5-year project funded by ...

The Universities of Iceland and Hólar are accepting applications to The Archaeological Field School at Hofstaðir, organised in collaboration with The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland. The school, which will run from July 14th to August 8th, 2025, will provide students with hands-on instruction and experience in Icelandic archaeology, various field techniques, and post-excavation processes. ...

The Universities of Iceland and Hólar are accepting applications to The Archaeological Field School at Hofstaðir, run in collaboration with The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland. The school, which will run from July 15th to August 9th 2024, will provide students with hands-on instruction and experience in Icelandic archaeology, various field techniques and post-excavation processes. ...

We’re currently hiring for three Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages positions in the Department of Global Studies at the University of Oregon. The positions are respectively focused on Global Governance, Global Human Rights, and Global Political Economy. These positions will be open until filled.  We are particularly interested in colleagues whose expertise centers around ...

The University of Groningen are now accepting applications for their Anthropocene Summer School in July 2023. Dates: 3-8 July 2023 Locations: Groningen Schiermonnikoog (a small Wadden Sea Island) Deadline for Applications: 15 May 2023 Application form https://www.rug.nl/education/summer-winter-schools/anthropocene/application-form Fee: € 420 Includes: Lectures, seminars, hands-on learning modules, urban nature tours, and fieldwork taught by scientists in different disciplines (archaeology, geography, marine biology, political science, psychology….) and professionals in ...

Thinking about doing a PhD in Archaeology and want support in producing a proposal that will be competitive for funding? Archaeology at Glasgow is inviting applications for a PhD Proposal Competition and Workshop. We are looking for candidates with excellent first degrees and cutting-edge research ideas, who will enrich and complement Glasgow’s vibrant and diverse research ...

We would love to have an environmental or ecological anthropologist in this position: The Division of Marine Science and Conservation is searching for an Assistant Professor of Coastal/Marine Climate Change. We seek applicants with expertise in social sciences, natural sciences, and/or engineering and with interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary interests. All aspects of CMCC will be considered, including—but ...

Our multi-disciplinary research team seeks a postdoc who is interested in highly collaborative, convergence science. This one-year postdoctoral position will be housed in the Water and Environmental Research Center (WERC) at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The project includes archaeology, iso- and bio-geochemistry, fisheries, marine science, marine mammal science, and toxicology. The collaborative project is dually ...

I am looking for a post-doc to join me at the excellent Biodiverse Anthropocenes group at the University of Oulu. The job combines work on my ongoing project on soil health governance with the creation of a new research agenda relevant to soils and biodiversity in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Please see here for full ...

The Columbia Climate School Postdoctoral Research Program is now seeking applications from innovative doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or Sc.D. recipients (within five years of degree receipt) who are interested in the broad range of issues related to climate and sustainable development to join its fall 2023 cohort. Applications are due October 31, 2022. ...

(Originally posted at https://ihopenet.org/student-opportunities/) Intern at the IHOPE office: Do you want to participate in developing communications and thematic projects, hubs within the IHOPE programme office? You can be based in Stockholm/Uppsala but also abroad. Contact info@ihopenet.org

The first thing most people picture when they think of Greenland is unlikely to be lush green pastures and grazing sheep, but the UNESCO Kujataa area in south Greenland has a rich heritage of sheep farming that began over a thousand years ago with the Norse and continues with Inuit farming communities today. Greenland RESPONSE ...

Global Environmental Change have published an article by Rowan Jackson, Andrew Dugmore and Felix Riede titled Legacies of childhood learning for climate change adaptation. Jackson, R., Dugmore, A. and Riede, F. (2024) Legacies of childhood learning for climate change adaptation. Gobal Environmental Change 67, 102878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102878

Adding an Event Who can add an event? Anyone who is a registered member of the website can submit an event for adding to the calendar. You need to be logged in to add an event. To make the events appear on the calendar, they also need to be published by an admin or editor. This is ...

Adding a New Post Who can add a post to the NABO Website? To add a new post to the NABO website, you need to be logged in. If you are a NABO blogger, you can add posts to your own blog. To add a post to the rest of the website, you have to be either ...

Hello! My name is Emily Topness, and I am a first-year PhD student at the University of Edinburgh studying rangeland degradation in northern Iceland. This blog post introduces myself and my project plans. My PhD research is all about pulling interdisciplinary datasets together. This project brings research focus back to the Mývatn area of northern Iceland ...

Welcome to the new NABO website, which has been built over the last year thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation as part of the RESPONSE project. The aim was to create an online resource that contains much more information about the NABO community in a responsive, interactive website which enables contributions to ...

Some suggestions for anyone helping to test our website Thank you for helping to test the new NABO website! We really appreciate your help. Please take some time to explore the website and gather your own impressions first, and then try out using the website for a specific purpose. Here are some ways to report bugs or send ...

On a desktop or laptop computer, the blue button for the Login page can be found at the top right on every page of the NABO website: On some pages, the login form can also be found in the sidebar: On a tablet or phone, click the ‘hamburger’ menu in the top right corner to open the ...

ESSAS 2026 in Reykjavik, Iceland 2026 Annual Science Meeting Borealization: Subarctic and Arctic Marine Systems in Transition ESSAS (Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas) A call is expected for this exciting meeting in early December, with abstracts due by the 15th January 2026.  The organiser encourage booking of accommodation early, due to June being a busy month in Reykjavík. Tentative ...

Oceans Past Initiative XI: Ocean Connected Communities 15-19 June 2026. University of  Victoria, Vancouver Island The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions in past decades, centuries and millennia. The 11th Oceans Past Conference will be held at the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, ...

Adding an Event Who can add an event? Anyone who is a registered member of the website can submit an event for adding to the calendar. You need to be logged in to add an event. To make the events appear on the calendar, they also need to be published by an admin or editor. This is ...

This talk by Frank Feeley is from the second day of NABO’s three-day collaborative meeting, held on Sept. 28th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation: NABO Reykjavík Meeting 2022: Day 2 See more talks from Day 2. See more on the NABO YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@northatlanticbioculturalor9717. Find out more about the NABO Hybrid Meeting in Reykjavik (Sept 28-30th, ...

This talk by Michael Nielsen is from the first day of NABO’s three-day collaborative meeting, held on Sept. 28th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. More about the RESPONSE Project More about the NABO Conference in Reykjavik (2022)

Thanks to an initiative by Orri Vésteinsson and the University of Iceland, we held a very successful three-day collaborative NABO meeting Sept. 28th, 29th, and 30th 2022 in Reykjavik Iceland. This is a video of presentations from the third day, and the individual talks can be accessed on YouTube using the links below and chapters ...

Thanks to an initiative by Orri Vésteinsson and the University of Iceland, we held a very successful three-day collaborative NABO meeting Sept. 28th, 29th, and 30th 2022 in Reykjavik Iceland. This is a video of presentations from the second day and the individual talks can be accessed on YouTube using the links below and chapters ...

Thanks to an initiative by Orri Vésteinsson and the University of Iceland, we held a very successful three-day collaborative NABO meeting Sept. 28th, 29th, and 30th 2022 in Reykjavik Iceland. This is a video of presentations from the first day and the individual talks can be accessed on YouTube using the links below and chapters ...

  This is Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon and Dr Jen Harland’s presentation from the first day of the NABO 2022 meeting in Reykjavík:   More about the NABO Conference in Reykjavik (2022)

This is Steve Dockrill and Julie Bond’s presentation from the first day of the NABO 2022 meeting in Reykjavík:   More about the NABO Conference in Reykjavik (2022)

This talk by Christian K. Madsen is from the first day of NABO’s three-day collaborative meeting, held on Sept. 28th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. More about the RESPONSE Project More about the NABO Conference in Reykjavik (2022)

The project Re-imagining the use of traditional watercraft in the Aegean Sea for a sustainable environment and economy at the University of Helsinki in collaboration with the Fundación Anfibia Colombia will host a one-day online symposium that aims at bringing together early career researchers working on projects that link maritime archaeology and climate change. The symposium will be hosted ...

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