27 October 2017
Ray Hilborn: Status of Fish Stocks
Recording of UNU-FTP 2017 guest lecture, by Ray Hilborn, Status of Fish Stocks, is now ready online.
26 October 2017
United Nations for 72 years
October 24th every year is UN day – it marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter, 72 years ago. On this occasion it is appropriate to reflect a little on how it came into being and the connection of the UNU-FTP program to the UN University.
19 October 2017
UNU-GEST at Women's Economic Forum
UNU-GEST lends its voice to the Women’s Economic Forum in Reykjavik, on the 19th and 20th of October, 2017. Dr. Giti Chandra, Affiliated Scholar at UNU-GEST, speaks on “Women’s Bodies: The Breaking and Unbreaking of the World”, while Erla Hlin Hjalmarsdottir presents on “Educational Approach For Enhancing Women’s Economic Engagement: The Case of UNU-GEST”, on the panel “Women’s Workforce: New Models for Engagement”.
16 October 2017
Graduation of Fellows 2017
The 39th session of the UNU-GTP closed on Friday 13th of October, with 23 UNU Fellows in the six month specialized courses.
7 October 2017
Feminist Resistance to the Rise of Nationalism and Populism
The RINGS Conference “Feminist Resistance to the Rise of Nationalism and Populism” was be held 4–6 October 2017 at the University of Iceland. It is organized by the EDDA Research Center and RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference in collaboration with the United Nations Gender Equality and Training Programme (UNU-GEST)
5 October 2017
Release of Geothermal Training in Iceland 2016
The UNU-GTP yearbook "Geothermal Training in Iceland 2016" has now been published on print and released online and is now available for download under publications.