ARTES obtained an NWO grant of 18.000 Euros for three small conferences on “Sustainability and Geopolitics: Dutch-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic” in cooperation with the Arctic Centre (Groningen University) and St Petersburg State University. The three meetings, to be held in St. Petersburg, Groningen and Amsterdam in 2020 and 2021, will assess Dutch/EU and Russian interests in the peaceful and sustainable development of the Arctic region. The grant is part of NWO’s Science Diplomacy program, which earlier this year called for projects engaging issues of energy supply and sustainability with countries such as Russia, Turkey and Brazil.