11 July 2017
SDG Short Course II to be held in El Salvador, 17-23 September, 2017
United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and LaGeo S.A. de C.V. in El Salvador will be hosting "SDG Short Course II on Feasibility Studies for Geothermal Projects", to be held in El Salvador during 17-23 September, 2017.
6 July 2017
Birzeit University in Palestine and UNU-GEST offer joint fellowships
External Academic Relation Office at Birzeit University and UNU-GEST invite master's students to apply for a joint Erasmus+ and UNU-GEST fellowships to attend the 2018 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme in International Gender Studies at the University of Iceland. The programme will run from January 8 to May 24, 2018 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
28 June 2017
UNU-GEST June newsletter has been published
Our June 2017 newsletter is full of news from our work over the last six months: 2017 graduation; activities of the graduates; snapshots from social media; our spring term lecture series; research on peacekeeping, small scale fisheries in Tanzania and on women in the geothermal sector; blog series; and alumni activities. Read more about it
22 June 2017
Kick Off meeting with UNU-FTP and partners in FarFish, EU Horizon 2020 project
UNU-FTP is partnering in an EU Horizon 2020 project, FarFish, relating to improving the sustainability of EU fishing outside European waters. Within the project, the UNU-FTP is leading work related to capacity development and dissemination. The project launched last week with a Kick-Off meeting hosted by one of the project partners, CETMAR in Vigo, Spain.
20 June 2017
MSc defence by Gift Tsokonombwe
Gift Wellington Tsokonombwe, MSc Fellow in geology at the University of Iceland will give a presentation on his MSc project on Friday 23 June, 2017 at 11:00 at University of Iceland, Askja building, room N-130.