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Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Culture&Art
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Mullsjö im, Sweden
  • Internship Title: International Intern
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Unavailable
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
The purpose of NIC is to promote cooperation in the Nordic countries (including the Baltic countries) between researchers and practitioners interested in intercultural communication. The main activity supported by NIC are the annual conferences on intercultural communication. The conferences are open to scholars and practitioners in the whole world. NIC also supports contacts between members of the Network via the NIC homepages.

History
The first NIC conference was held in Stavanger, Norway. Since 1994, NIC conferences have been held every year, in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and the Baltic countries. 
1995 – Jyväskylä. Finland, 1996 – Aalborg, Denmark, 1997 – Tartu, Estonia, 1998 – Göteborg, Sweden, 1999 – Oslo, Norway, 2000 – Turku, Finland, 2001 – Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002 – Riga, Latvia, 2003 – Göteborg, Sweden, 2004 – Kristiansand, Norway, 2005 – Tampere, Finland, 2006 – Roskilde, Denmark, 2007 – Vilnius, Lithuania, 2008 – Reykjavik, Iceland, 2009 – Borås, Sweden, 2010 – Oslo, Norway, 2011 – Helsinki, Finland, 2012 – Aarhus, Denmark, 2013 – Tartu, Estonia, 2014 – Reykjavík, Iceland, 2015 – Jönköping, Sweden, 
2016 – Bergen, Norway, 2017 – Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018 – Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019 – Valmiera, Latvia.
Internship Tasks
Support with general activities, such as document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, social media, project management, communication and event help, etc. 
The specific content of the internship depends on the needs at that time.

 Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2019-11-28 | Valmiera, Latvia – How should we live in cultural diversity? Building sustainable communities in times of fear
2018-11-29 | Copenhagen, Denmark – Annual Conference
2011 | Helsinki, Finland – Annual Conference
2010-11-25 | Oslo, Norway – Annual Conference
2009-11-26 | Borås, Sweden – Annual Conference
2008-12-04 | Reykjavik, Iceland – Annual Conference
2007-11-29 | Vilnius, Lithuania – Changing identities in globalized world
2006-11-23 | Røskilde, Denmark – Annual Conference
2005-12-02 | Tampere, Finland – Annual Conference
2004-11-26 | Kristiansand, Norway – Annual Conference
2003-11-20 | Gothenburg, Sweden – Annual Conference
2002-11-21 | Riga, Latvia – Annual Conference
2001-11-23 | Copenhagen, Denmark – Annual Conference
2000-11-24 | Turku, Finland – Intercultural communication – past and future
1999-11-18 | Oslo, Norway – Annual Conference
1998-11-26 | Gothenburg, Sweden – Annual Conference
1997-11-06 | Tartu, Estonia – Annual Conference
1996-11-20 | Ålborg, Denmark – Intercultural communication and national identity
1996 | Ålborg, Denmark – Annual Conference
1995-11-23 | Jyväskylä, Finland – Annual Conference
1994-11-24 | Stavanger, Norway – Annual Conference
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with: U-XG8692 – Centrum för Studier av Kulturkontakt och Internationell Migration, Gothenburg (KIM).

Members
Individuals in 53 countries and territories:
Member Countries & Regions
United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Cameroon, China, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Faeroe Is, France, UK, Ghana, Greenland, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, South Africa