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A total of MDKK 15.7 has been set aside on the Danish financial act from 2023 to 2026 for research in foreign affairs, security, and defence policy in the North Atlantic Ocean. The programme is run by Research Council Faroe Islands and the first call will be announced shortly. The aim of the...

Four projects have been awarded a total of 14 MDKK from the Marine Research in the North Atlantic Ocean Programme. The aim of the programme is to strengthen the cooperation between Greenland, Faroe Islands and Denmark on marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean. The awarded projects are 2 PhD...

Ten research projects have been granted at total of 7.5 MDKK from the Faroese Research Foundation this year. Half the funding has been given to PhD projects. The Research Council received 34 applications in total, applying for 31 MDKK, at the annual deadline in February. The projects receiving the...

Ms Clara Ganslandt, Special Envoy for Arctic Matters at the European Union, visited the Faroe Islands recently. At a meeting with Ms Maria Húsgarð and Ms Dagmar Joensen-Næs from Research Council Faroe Islands options and challenges for the research cooperation between the Faroe Islands and the EU...

Hans-Georg Beyer holds a position as a Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of Oldenburg. Hans-Georg Beyer has worked as a researcher in Norway, Brazil and France and has now been a researcher in the...

Ian Salter is a British researcher at the Faroe Marine Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. He has worked as a researcher in France, United States, and Germany. Ian has lived in the Faroe Islands for 3 years. He is...

Karin Habermehl-Cwirzen is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands Karin Habermehl-Cwirzen is originally from Germany and has worked as a researcher in Finland and Sweden for several years before moving to the Faroe Islands. She holds a...

Since the Faroese Immigration Office took over responsibility for immigration affairs in September 2024 significantly more foreign staff members have been employed at the University of the Faroe Islands. All applications for temporary and permanent residence and work permits for researchers and...

A marine research programme funded by the Danish government – MARiNAO - has proved very successful in gaining new essential knowledge on the environment in the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge. The subsea mountain ridge is considered a hotspot for climate change, even a possible tipping point...

    Heini í Skorini, Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Faroe Islands, is one of the authors of a new book analyzing the concept of blasphemy in various periods, countries and religious traditions.  The book examines both historical developments and contemporary...