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Regulation no. 183/2024

Regulation on the Pension Research Institute Iceland at the University of Iceland

Article 1. General provisions.

The Pension Research Institute Iceland (PRICE) is a scientific research institute at the University of Iceland School of Social Sciences. PRICE is established on the basis of an agreement between the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Pension Funds Association, the Central Bank of Iceland and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs signed 20 December 2023.

PRICE is a forum for research and development in pensions and related areas. It is also an academic community and collaborative platform for domestic and international scholars. It is intended to advance research and analysis in the field of pensions and promote the future development of the Icelandic pension system.

PRICE is academically independent but will work closely with PeRCent (the Pensions Research Centre) at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

What does it mean to be from Hornstrandir?

04/12/2023 - 09:15

When the poet Jakobína Sigurðardóttir heard that the US Army intended to use the bird-nesting cliffs in Hornstrandir for target practice, she wrote a verse urging the landscape of her beloved childhood home to frighten and drive them away. Jakobína grew up on the remotest shore of Hornstrandir at Hælavík, where potatoes would not grow in the salty soil and the family lived through frequent storms and hard times. Spring was often late to arrive and sometimes summer never came. The pack ice could be seen just off shore, sometimes extending right into the bays. 

Jakobína was born at Hælavík 8 July 1918 and died 29 January 1994. The farm where she grew up is now a ruin of a ruin. The sea has claimed almost everything that was once a building, leaving no trace. These days, children are no longer born to people who can say they are from Hælavík or Hornstrandir. But where are we from? Where did we come from? Who is from Hornstrandir and what does that mean? Where is their home?

Shedding light on darkness in the Icelandic sagas

"Grettir said that his temperament had not improved and that he had much more trouble restraining himself and was much quicker to take offence than before. He noticed a marked difference in that he had grown so afraid of the dark that he did not dare to go anywhere alone after nightfall – he thought he could see all kinds of phantoms." 

This is a quotation from The Saga of Grettir the Strong, describing how the protagonist is tormented by darkness. The reader sees clearly how anxiety, fear and hallucinations haunt Grettir Ásmundarson, a man with the physical strength to take on almost anything, except the dark. 

Anyone who reads will have noticed that darkness can play a significant role in staging and narrative, but also that it has symbolic significance in literature and language. For example, this description of the interplay between the opposites of dark and light uses poetic imagery that could almost be taken from modern literature. 

The aim is to reduce sexual offences

The discussion on the process of sexual offences in the Icelandic legal system has been prominent for quite some time, specially on social media. At the same time there has been an awakening in many countries around the world linked to #metoo; aimed at all kinds of sexual harassment and sexual violence. The movement has given a voice to many who have criticised legislation and the legal process in this field,  and maintain that the legal system in the western world is not well equipped to deal with these matters. A call for change.

Ragnheiður Bragadóttir, professor at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Law has been working on a study for several years on the legal provisions of the General Penal Code on sexual offences and on the penalties for violations. Ragneiður's research also include an exhaustive description of the Supreme Court's rulings in sexual assault cases in the last few decades.. 

Doctoral defence in Chemical Engineering - Narges Atrak

15. March 2023 - 13:00 to 15:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Doctoral candidate: Narges Atrak

Dissertation title: Modeling electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction on transition metal oxides

Opponents:
Dr. Anders Hellman, Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr. Federico Calle-Vallejo, Ikerbasque Research Associate and Visiting Professor at the University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain

Advisor: Dr. Egill Skúlason, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland

Also in the doctoral committee: Dr. Hannes Jónsson, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland
Dr. Elvar Örn Jónsson, Researcher at the University of Iceland

Fagradalsfjall eruption unusual in many ways compared to other eruptions

14/09/2022 - 14:37
  • Earth scientists in Iceland have published two papers in the latest issue of Nature
  • Precursors to the eruption governed by the interplay between magma flow and tectonic stress release
  • Magma erupted directly from a near-Moho storage zone
  • Changes to the composition of lava provided a unique insight into the complex processes behind the generation and shifting of magma at the source of the eruption 
  • It is very rare for scientists in Iceland to have two papers published in the same issue of Nature

University of Iceland Open Day tomorrow

01/04/2022 - 12:01

Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (1 April 2022):

"Dear students and colleagues.

FAQ for Ukrainian students

Due to the war in Ukraine, we are receiving a lot of questions from affected students about the possibilities to apply to studies or continue their studies at the University of Iceland. To address these questions, we have compiled an FAQ list for Ukrainian citizens that will be updated regularly. 

Please note that we currently do not have answers to all questions and that some might change over time.
 

Shedding light on darkness in the Icelandic sagas

21/12/2021 - 16:19

"Grettir said that his temperament had not improved and that he had much more trouble restraining himself and was much quicker to take offence than before. He noticed a marked difference in that he had grown so afraid of the dark that he did not dare to go anywhere alone after nightfall – he thought he could see all kinds of phantoms." 

This is a quotation from The Saga of Grettir the Strong, describing how the protagonist is tormented by darkness. The reader sees clearly how anxiety, fear and hallucinations haunt Grettir Ásmundarson, a man with the physical strength to take on almost anything, except the dark. 

Anyone who reads will have noticed that darkness can play a significant role in staging and narrative, but also that it has symbolic significance in literature and language. For example, this description of the interplay between the opposites of dark and light uses poetic imagery that could almost be taken from modern literature. 

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