Institute of Research Centres - Annual meeting 2026

The University of Iceland's Institute of Research Centres' Annual Meeting will be held in Saga, S-261, on March 19th from 13.00 to 16.00.

The meeting will also be live-streamed

13:00  Opening
13:05  Opening Statement - Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, rector of the University
13:15  Listrænar rannsóknir í náttúruhugvísindum - Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir, director of the UI Research Centre in  Þingeyjarsveit, og Þorvarður Árnason, director of the UI Research Centre in Hornafjörður
13:40  Mengunarrannsóknir: Myndir og sögur sem við deilum? -Hermann Dreki Guls, researcher at the UI Research Centre in  Suðurnes.
13:55  Æður um allt land - Jón Einar Jónsson, director of the UI Research Centre in Snæfellsnes.

14:10 - Coffee break

14:40  Life under the Mountain (short film & presenation) - Alice Watterson, reasearch specialist at the the UI Research Centre in Hornafjörður
14:55  Just Ice - Angela Marie Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings, postdoc at the UI Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit
15:10  Project Blue Whale and the exhibition  „Seas  Blue Yonder“ - Marianne Rasmussen, director of the UI Research Centre in  Húsavík
15:25  Tímamót og tækifæri - Guðmundur Hálfdánarson, prófessor og formaður ráðgefandi nefndar Stofnunar Rannsóknasetra HÍ
15:40  Closing remarks - Sæunn Stefánsdóttir, director, UI Institute of Research Centres. 

Chair: Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir, director of the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre