The NORBAL database with statistics on awarded doctoral degrees and doctoral students in the Nordic and Baltic countries is now updated with data for 2008.  RANNIS gathers data on Icelanders completing their doctoral degrees in Iceland and abroad, as well as statistics on doctoral degree students.

Opportunity for Humanities researchers to contribute to debate on challenges facing Humanities Research in Europe Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) is organising a workshop in Berlin, Germany on 14-15 December.  HERA is a partnership of a growing number of (inter)national Humanities funding agencies across Europe. The main objective of HERA is to firmly establish the Humanities in the European Research Area and to seriously engage the Humanities in the Framework Programmes of the European Commission.

Research and development expenditure in Iceland as a share of Gross Domestic Product is relatively high compared to other countries. This share was almost 2,7% in 2007, accordin to a survey conducted by Rannis.

NORIA-net seminar on Good Nordic Practices in Peer Review will be held in Helsinki on Friday 30
October 2009. Online registration for the seminar is now available.