8 October 2018
Graduation of Fellows 2018
The 40th session of the UNU-GTP closed on Friday 5th of October, with 24 UNU Fellows in the six month specialized courses.
3 October 2018
Two New Members of the UNU-GEST Research Team
One of the core strategies of UNU-GEST is the multidisciplinary approach adopted to promote gender equality and social well-being through high-quality, collaborative and policy-relevant research. To this end, the UNU-GEST programme is happy to welcome Dr. Jón Ingvar Kjaran and Dr. Thomas Brorsen Smidt to the research team.
2 October 2018
UNU-FTP fellow Huong Thi Thu Dang to defend PhD
Huong Thi Thu Dang, UNU-FTP fellow from Vietnam, will defend her PhD thesis entitled “Enhancing the quality of frozen fish products through improved processing and storage” on October 3 at the University of Iceland Main Building at 14:00.
28 September 2018
MSc defence by Irma Khoirunissa
Irma Khoirunissa from Indonesia, MSc Fellow in environmental science and natural resources at University of Iceland will defend her MSc project through Skype on Monday 1 October, 2018 at 10:00 at University of Iceland, VR-II, room 257.
25 September 2018
UNU-GEST alumni Masha Durkalić is co-authoring the book #ŽeneBiH
UNU-GEST alumni Masha Durkalić is co-authoring the book #ŽeneBiH, which is an artistic, activist and research initiative comprising the biographies of over 50 women from Bosnia Herzegovina who have broken stereotypes and advocated women’s rights and emancipation.
21 September 2018
UNU-LRT at SER Europe Conference 2018
The 11th SER Europe conference was held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 9-13 September. The main theme of the conference was Restoration in the Era of Climate Change. UNU-LRT had very good presence at the conference as all 17 fellows in the UNU-LRT six-month training programme this year took part in the conference, as well as 17 former UNU-LRT fellows. All were sponsored by UNU-LRT to attend the conference.