18 June 2019
Teaching Gender to Youth: Education Outreach in Malawi
This spring the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST), in collaboration with the Icelandic Embassy in Malawi, organized a short course on Teaching Gender to Youth in Mangochi, Malawi.
17 June 2019
Celebrating the World Day to Combat Desertification
On 17 June every year, we celebrate the World Day to Combat Desertification. This year we also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. On this occasion, UNU-LRT highlights the importance of sustainable land management and ecosystem restoration to achieve many of the UN sustainable development goals.
16 June 2019
MSc defence by Pham Dieu Linh
Pham Dieu Linh, MSc Fellow in Chemistry of Thermal Fluids at University of Iceland will defend her MSc project on Tuesday 18 June, 2019 at 11:00 at University of Iceland, in the Faculty and Institute Lecture room on the 3rd floor.
5 June 2019
Britney Kasmiran finishes her MSc studies at the University of Iceland
UNU-FTP is proud to announce that Ms. Britney Sharline Kasmiran, a fellow 2016, defended her MSc thesis on “Physicochemical Properties and potential utilization of side raw materials of Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) tuna” on May 27 2019 at Matis. Her supervisors were Prof. Maria Gudjonsdottir, Prof. Sigurjon Arason, Dr. Magnea Karlsdóttir.
4 June 2019
Second short course in Mongolia on communicating knowledge for sustainable rangeland management under climate change
This spring, UNU-LRT ran a training course in Mongolia for the second time on “Communicating Knowledge for Sustainable Rangeland Management under Climate Change – Improving Analytic and Reporting Skills”. The goal of the course is to provide training to communicate and synthesize knowledge on environmental monitoring, so that it can be translated into effective policy making for sustainable rangeland use.
29 May 2019
MSc defence by Winnie Adhiambo Apiyo
Winnie Adhiambo Apiyo, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Reykjavík University defended her MSc project on Monday 27 May, 2019 at 11:00 at Reykjavík University. Due to the sensitivity of the data her presentation was to a closed audience.