Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Orkney and Shetland Islands, along with Caithness on the Scottish mainland, are identified primarily in terms of their nordic and northern cultural and linguistic heritage. The work of the Institute for Northern Studies is to rediscover, preserve and interpret local culture for future generations.
This interdisciplinary research centre has bases in both Orkney and Shetland.
The Institute has the following four strategic aims
- To promote and publicise research in Nordic and northern Studies, focusing on Orkney and Shetland studies.
- To promote Orkney and Shetland culture and stimulate debate. The Centre will provide educational opportunities at secondary and tertiary level for both local and external students.
- To provide an overarching focus for locative research in Orkney and Shetland, including their relationship to the North Atlantic Rim.
- To work in partnership with Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council, the HIE Network, and local bodies such as Shetland Amenity Trust to create a resource which will enhance and benefit local communities.
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Collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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Lynn Campbell
- Institute for Northern Studies - Programme Leader for SCS
Person: Academic Research Active
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Donna Heddle
- Research Office - UHI Head of Research Environment and Culture
- Institute for Northern Studies
- UHI Orkney - Director of the UHI Institute for Northern Studies
Person: Academic Research Active, Academic Support
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NaS: The Norse and the Sea: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Scandinavian Scotland (NaS)
Sanmark, A., McLeod, S., Kalmring, S., Wilken, D., Lu, E. & Jennings, A.
1/02/22 → 9/05/25
Project: Research
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Excavations at Anundshög, Sweden
Jonsson, K., Bäck, M., Lindeberg, M. & Sanmark, A.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
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Abjured: Royalism and Episcopacy in Scotland during the British Civil Wars, ca. 1638–51
Lind, A., 30 Mar 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Between the winter camps: Logistics of the Viking Great Army
McLeod, S., 13 Jul 2023, Viking Camps : Case Studies and Comparisons. Hedenstierna-Jonson, C. & Garcia Losquino, I. (eds.). Abingdon, p. 206-221 16 p. (Routledge Archaeologies of the Viking World).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Guerrillas of the Glens - Reassessing Glencairn's Rising (1653-1655)
Lind, A., 13 Sept 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities
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Lewis Williams
Ullrich Kockel (Host)
1 Aug 2023 → 31 Oct 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Vikings of Galloway: New light uncovers just how brutal they were
Shane McLeod (Member)
10 May 2023Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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The Northern Isles and the Carbisdale Campaign
Andrew Lind (Speaker)
31 May 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
Impacts
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Kirkwall Township Heritage Initiative Viking Walk
Ragnhild Ljosland (Participant), Alexandra Sanmark (Participant), Donna Heddle (Participant), Victoria Whitworth (Participant), Crawford Barbara (Participant), Olwyn Owen (Participant), James Barrett (Participant) & Christopher Gee (Participant)
Impact: Economic or commercial Impacts
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Student theses
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Mapping of Digital Connectivity and Island Governance: A Comparative Study of the Scottish Archipelagos and Irish Islands.
Author: Ward, F. L., 27 Apr 2023Supervisor: Jennings, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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Womanhood & the Body: An investigation of experience, community, and reclamation, through Practice as Research.
Author: Walker, L., 5 Apr 2023Supervisor: Mickel, L. (Supervisor) & Jennings, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)
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Words and Waves: Ecological Dialogism as an Approach to Discourse, Community, and Marine Renewable Energy in Orkney
Author: Ford, R., 21 Jan 2022Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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