Energy infrastructure is crucial for both sustainability and security in the Arctic.Photo: Mostphotos.com
14 August 2026
New Chairs from UiT: Focus on resilence and biodiversity
Three new Chairs in the university alliance The Arctic Six are from UiT. They want to promote more interdisciplinary Arctic research in Norway, Sweden and Finland on total defence, sustainable infrastructure and biodiversity.
What Arctic societal challenges do we need more research-based knowledge about?
This is a question that the research networks within The Arctic Six must continually address when developing new projects.
For the 2027–2028 period, 20 chairs have been appointed by The Arctic Six, helping to ensure that research resources in Norway, Sweden and Finland is put to good use.
Three of those appointed are from UiT. They work in very different fields: security policy, evolutionary biology and engineering.
They aim to strengthen the alliance’s research into resilient and sustainable societies, and to find answers to how climate change affects biodiversity.
One of the chairs is Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor at UiT’s Centre for Geopolitics, Peace and Security. For her, it is also important to map the development of highly digitalised societies in the Nordic Arctic.
“Technology is crucial for mapping both environmental and societal changes in the Arctic. Arctic communities across the Nordic countries have the opportunity to contribute to a better understanding of the changes and potential threats we face,” she says.
Photo credits: Mostphotos / Jørn Berger Nyvoll / Kaja Alexandra Halvei-Larsen / Christian Halvorsen / UiT
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