Sustainable Blue Growth in the High North
The course will address sustainability from practical perspectives exploring the industrial and business life in Northern Norway. Visiting regional nature gems adds an important component to the holistic Arctic experience making students’ stay in Northern Norway an unforgettable educational journey.
The course includes an online session before and after the Summer School-week in Bodø.
The one-week intensive course uncovers a sustainable blue economy in the context of Northern Norway. The course is activity-based with company visits and field trips to provide insights into how regional marine and maritime-related industries achieve blue growth in balance with environmental sustainability and for the benefit of local communities.
The course includes an online session before and after the Summer School-week in Bodø.
For students whom have been accepted to the Nord Summer School 2026.
Students who meet one of the following criteria are qualified for Nord Summer School 2026:
If you are enrolled as a student at one of the SEA-EU Alliance universities, which are:
- University of Cadiz
- University of Bretagne Occidentale
- Kiel University
- University of Gdańsk
- University of Split
- University of Malta
- Parthenope University of Naples
- University of Algarve
or
If you are a student with an active study right at a university or university college in Norway.
or
If you are a student with an active study right at a university with whom Nord University has an exchange agreement with.
If you are unsure, please reach out to us: summerschool@nord.no
After completing the course, students should obtain the following knowledge, skills and general competencies:
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the Methodology of Scenario Planning, a strategic tool used to foresee future changes.
- Understanding of the current challenges and opportunities associated with Sustainable Blue Economy.
- Familiarizing with the key issues that shape Blue Economy in Northern Norway and the High North.
Skills:
- Can apply the methodology of scenario planning in relation to varied cases and contexts.
- Can use AI for building and visualizing scenarios.
- Can reflect on the subject of the implication of a Sustainable Blue Economy in the High North context.
- Can work in a group and divide tasks between the group members.
General competences:
- Can complete a comprehensive project as a participant in an international group.
- Can verbally present views in a discussion on Sustainable Development in the High North in English.
- Can read and assess course literature critically
The course Sustainable Blue Growth in the High North is connected to projects at Nord University and co-funded by UArctic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
The course has a maximum capacity of 30 students. Through the project funding, accommodation during the course period will be arranged and covered by Nord University for all admitted participants. Accommodation will be provided from Sunday, June 28, to Saturday, July 4.
The participants cover their own travel costs.
This mobility is eligible for Erasmus+ funding. Please contact your university for more information.
Lectures envisage the primary teaching form and will be delivered in plenary sessions.
Guest lecturers will also be arranged, as well as case studies with the following presentations and discussions.
Every student is supposed to learn from many sources, and active interaction and discussion with others in a team is presumably the most important.
Working in teams will be stimulated under the group assignment and it is assumed that all the students will be active and, in this way, will contribute considerably to individual learning.
That is why the course presupposes an intensive self-study of the Required readings by the students followed by class discussions.
Effective knowledge- and competence building largely depends upon each student’s ability to organize his or her time in teams and individually.
Participation (OD)
Presentation (MU)
