9 June 2020
The Six Month Training in Iceland postponed until in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
As was previously announced, the launch of this year's Geothermal Training Programme was intended to take place in the first half of July. However, due to the continuing uncertain and restrictive situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide and the extreme restrictions on movement foreseeable in the near future, it was decided in co-operation with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to postpone the Programme until next year.
8 June 2020
GRÓ·FTP moves
After over 20 eventful years in downtown Reykjavik, GRÓ·FTP and its host institution, the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), have officially moved to a new office at Fornubúðir 5 in Hafnarfjördur, a port town on the southwest coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík.
26 May 2020
MSc defence by Irene Jepkorir Ronoh
Irene Ronoh from Kenya, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Science at Reykjavík University will defend her MSc project on Thursday 28 May, 2020 at 16:00. Due to the COVID precautions this will be a closed presentation.
22 May 2020
Congratulations to the 2020 GEST Cohort!
The graduation of the GRÓ GEST class of 2020 was celebrated as 20 fellows graduated with a postgraduate diploma in international gender studies at the University of Iceland.
22 May 2020
Celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity with a UNESCO Panel Discussion
Today we celebrate the International day for Biological Diversity by participating in UNESCO expert panel on the theme of the day, “Our solutions are in nature”. GRÓ LRT Deputy Director is one of the speakers in the panel, addressing the topic “What are the possible ways/tools to regenerate ecosystems and restore our links to the living?” This UNESCO initiative gives us opportunity to come together in this period of great uncertainty around common values, to share the resources on which we can rely upon to be collectively resilient and to accelerate a transformation towards a more sustainable and fair world.
19 May 2020
MSc defence by Mesay Fekadu Biru
Mesay Fekadu Biru, MSc Fellow in Reservoir Engineering at University of Iceland will defend his MSc project on Friday 22 May, 2020 at 11:00 at University of Iceland. Due to the COVID precautions this will be a closed presentation.