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Fellows outside the Herring Era museum in Siglufjörður
12 October 2021

GRÓ-FTP fellows on a road trip

GRÓ-FTP fellows transition from introductory course to specialist line with an introduction to fisheries in Akureyri and surrounding areas.
11 October 2021

MSc defence by John Joseph Lubuva

John Joseph Lubuva from Tanzania, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at the Reykjavík University will defend his MSc project on Thursday 14 October, 2021 at 16:00. 
8 October 2021

SDG Short Course V on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2021

GRÓ GTP, KenGen, and GDC will be hosting SDG Short Course V on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 14 November – 4 December, 2021, at Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
7 October 2021

SDGs Partnership Fund Supports Private Sector Projects in Developing Countries

An announcement on funding support for the SDGs from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
From the left: Yulia Gradskova, Thomas Brorsen Smidt, Giti Chandra, Ulla Manns, Madina Tlostanova, and Cecilia Guadalupe Salinas
7 October 2021

Decolonizing Nordic Higher Education

This week research specialist Giti Chandra and academic coordinator Thomas Brorsen Smidt of GRÓ-GEST took part in the intra-Nordic workshop “Decolonizing Nordic Higher Education” at Södertörn University in Stockholm. The workshop, which was held on October 5 and 6, was organised by GRÓ-GEST in collaboration with Yulia Gradskova, associate professor of history at Södertörn University, and was supported by ReNEW, a research hub established to enhance cooperation to develop new quality research on the Nordic region within a global context.
6 October 2021

SDGs Partnership Fund Supports Private Sector Projects in Developing Countries

The SDGs Partnership Fund has the objective to foster partnerships through development cooperation between Icelandic private sector businesses and partners in developing countries.