19 April 2017
Lecture on the Rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Lecture series event "The Rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement: Race and Policing in the United States" by Dr. Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland, U.S. The secture will take place on 21 April from 12-13h at the National Museum of Iceland lecture hall.
15 April 2017
UNU-GEST Professor TJ Boisseau on the Icelandic National Radio station on contemporary gender and race politics in the U.S.
TJ Boisseau, U.S. Fulbright Scholar to the University of Iceland and UNU-GEST Professor featured in the Icelandic National Broadcast in series of programmes on US politics.
12 April 2017
First UNU-GEST collaboration with Our World web Magazine by United Nations University
Pétur Waldoff's article on his research on Gendered Value Chain Analysis in Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania has been featured in Our World Magazine.
11 April 2017
UNU-GEST and Makerere University offer scholarships for spring term 2019
UNU-GEST collaboration with Makerere University in Uganda continues. The partners are pleased to offer full scholarships to two master´s students of Makerere University to attend the UNU-GEST diploma programme 2018 in international gender studies. The scholarships are partially funded by the Erasmus + grant scheme.
4 April 2017
New book by UNU-EHS experts, "Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia: Progress, Challenges and Issues" released!
From global agreements to grassroots initiatives: a new book co-edited by UNU-EHS experts assesses the progress made in disaster risk reduction in Indonesia, and the challenges the country still faces.
4 April 2017
Next Lecture series event with Tamara Shefer on "Gender and sexual justice in South Africa: Young people making a change" 6th April, 12h
Next event of our collaboration with RIKK Háskóli Íslands this Thursday 6th April with Tamara Shefer on "Gender and sexual justice in South Africa: Young people making a change". From 12.00-13.00h at the National Museum of Iceland.