News

1 May 2018

UNU-GEST fellows on Icelandic National Broadcasting Service

For the first time UNU-GEST fellows were presented on the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – Ríkisútvarpið, or RÚV for short, in a popular TV programme called Landinn
UNU-GEST fellows at the Glacier Lagoon
28 April 2018

UNU-GEST Fellows Witness Climate Change: Field Trip to the Southeast of Iceland

Last week, the UNU-GEST fellows, together with Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, the director of UNU-GEST, travelled to the southeast of Iceland as part of the module "Gender and Environment".
Former and current fellows of UNU-GTP
27 April 2018

UNU-GTP celebrates 40 years of geothermal training

This year UNU-GTP celebrates its 40th anniversary as the Programme was founded in December 1978. On this occasion, special anniversary sessions were held at the Iceland Geothermal Conference 2018 at Harpan, Reykjavík.
Open call for students of Makerere University, Kampala
22 April 2018

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 2019 in international gender studies in Reykjavík, Iceland
20 April 2018

Fellows talk about their experiences on national radio

On the first day of summer, four UNU-GEST fellows, Katuramu Peter from Uganda, Masha Durkalić from Bosnia-Hersegovina, Carmen Kishek from Palestine and Mercy Chaluma form Malawi were featured in a radio broadcast by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Agency, "Sendiboðarnir", or the "Messengers"