5 March 2013
The first UNU-GTP doctoral graduate
On Friday the 15th of February 2013, Pacifica F. A. Ogola from Kenya, graduated from the University of Iceland with a PhD in Environmental and Natural Resources. She defended her thesis "The Power to Change: Creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilisation" and is the first UNU-GTP Fellow to graduate with a PhD and also the first student from Africa to get a doctoral degree from the University of Iceland.
28 February 2013
New website!
Welcome to UNU-LRT's new website. Here you will find general information about the UNU-LRT programme, a list of all countries and fellows that have participated in the programme, fellows' projects and the programme's latest news.
21 February 2013
Visit from former fellow, Emily Mutota
Last week, Emily Mutota from Namibia visited Iceland. Ms. Mutota participated in the programme's annual six-month training in 2008.
8 February 2013
UNU-GTP PhD defence and MSc Seminar
On Friday 15. February 2013, at 14:00-16:00 in the main building of University of Iceland, Pacifica f. Achieng Ogola will defend her doctoral thesis:The power to change: creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilization.
31 January 2013
UNU-FTP welcomes Dr. Eva Plaganyi to Iceland
This week, the UNU-FTP welcomes Dr. Eva Plaganyi for a brief visit to Iceland. Dr. Plaganyi gave two very interesting lectures to the UNU-FTP fellows and staff of the Marine Research Institute about state-of-the-art ecosystem modeling and her work in Australia.
28 January 2013
MSc theses 2012 now available for download
MSc theses by UNU Fellows Andemariam Teklesenbet (Eritrea), Huang Jiachao (China), Jose Roberto Estevez (El Salvador), Sylvia Joan Malimo (Kenya), and Uwera Rutagarama (Rwanda), who graduated in 2012, are now available for download on the UNU-GTP website.