11 April 2013
Former UNU-LRT fellow completes MSc degree in Mongolia
Mr. Batbaatar Amgaa, a fellow in the 2012 six-month training programme, defended his MSc thesis at the National University of Mongolia on 28 February. In his work Mr. Amgaa focused on the effects of grazing and topography on plant biomass allocation in the mountain steppe of northern Mongolia.
10 April 2013
Leadership Short Course with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
This week, the UNU-FTP is holding a short course on Leadership in cooperation with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) for senior fisheries officers. The course was developed in collaboration with the University of Belize and the University of Akureyri, and the content is based on a similar course held by the UNU-FTP in 2010.
10 April 2013
UNU-FTP welcomes experts from Namibia
This week, the UNU-FTP is hosting two experts fro the Natural Marine Research and Information Center in Namibia in Iceland. While here, this delegation will explore potential opportunities for collaboration with the UNU-FTP in the area of stock assessment.
8 April 2013
M.Eng defence by Luis Alonso Aguirre Lopes
On Tuesday the 9th of April at 14:00 in room 147 in VR-II at the University of Iceland, Luis Alonso Aguirre Lopes will defend his M.Eng thesis, titled: "Modelling and Stability Analysis of Berlin Geothermal Power Plant in El Salvador".
His supervisor is Magni Þór Pálsson. With him in the commitee is Ólöf Helgadóttir. The external examiner is Ragnar Kristjánsson.
Everyone's welcome to attend.
25 March 2013
New staff member
UNU-LRT welcomes a new staff member. Ms. Halldora Traustadottir recently started working full time for the programme as office manager. She has BA in Anthropolgy from the University of Iceland and MA in Development Studies and Educational Studies from Roskilde University in Denmark. Furthermore, Halldora was recently awarded a postgraduate diploma in Applied Gender Studies from the University of Iceland.
20 March 2013
UNU-LRT fellows 2013
The fellows attending this year’s six-month training programme have arrived. This year the fellows are eleven and come from Ethiopia (1), Ghana (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Malawi (1), Mongolia (1), Namibia (1), Niger (2), and Uganda (2); five women and six men. The training started on 12 March in Reykjavik but the fellows will also get training at the headquarters of the Soil Conservation Service of Iceland this summer.