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Studies connections between lies and hidden opinions

22/02/2022 - 11:40

Information chaos, false news, dishonesty, lies. These are all words most of us have come across in recent years, especially in connection with political debate, but also the COVID-19 pandemic on the vast expanses of the internet. It has been asserted that elections have been won with information chaos, half truths and fake news so governments all over the world, including the Icelandic one, have formed committees, or even institutions, to tackle this threat - a product of the excessive and endless flow of information online.

This new reality is a big part of a research project called „Insincerity for Fragmented Minds“ (InFraMinds) conducted by Elmar Geir Unnsteinsson, research scientist at the University of Iceland and an associate professor at University College Dublin, with a large group of domestic and international collaborators. 

Doctoral programme School of Humanities

It is possible to take doctoral studies at the School of Humanities in those subjects for which the relevant faculty and the School of Humanities deem the necessary facilities and specialist knowledge to be available, on the condition that the School board has approved the programme. The objective of a doctoral programme is to provide doctoral students with extensive and solid training in research, enable them to conduct independent academic work, acquire new knowledge and communicate it.

Doctoral programmes in the Faculty of History and Philosophy, Faculty of Languages and Culture and the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies are 180 ECTS (three years) and 240 ECTS (four years) in the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies.

Application and supporting documents for master studies

Research Institutions

Using AI to create an app that can diagnose genetic disorders

28/08/2024 - 12:41

- patent application from UI and Landspítali University Hospital in progress 
 
A discovery by scientists at the University of Iceland and Landspítali University Hospital has revealed the possibility of diagnosing genetic disorders using a smartphone. The technology that originally led to the creation of smartphones was developed through basic research in universities. This new solution uses AI that can diagnose at least one rare genetic disorder by analysing fingerprints. Automated fingerprint analysis is used to generate results that are believed to be very reliable. Scientists have developed a specialised app, and the idea has now been approved for patent protection. The team also recently published a paper in the journal Genetics in Medicine Open, explaining what they have discovered.

Doctoral Defense in Statistics - Garðar Sveinbjörnsson

31. May 2024 - 10:00 to 13:00

Askja

Room 132

Doctoral candidate:
Garðar Sveinbjörnsson

Title of thesis:
Utilizing sequence annotations in genome-wide association studies

Opponents:
Dr. Samuli Ripatti, Director of Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki
Dr. Jóhanna Jakobsdóttir Assistant Professor at the Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 

Advisor:
Dr. Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Vice President of applied Statistics, deCODE genetics.

Also in the doctoral committee:
Dr. Sigrún Helga Lund, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland
Dr. Patrick Sulem, Head of Clinical sequencing, deCODE genetics.

Chair of Ceremony:
Dr. Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson, Professor and Head of the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland.

Constituting integration in work integrated education and learning

20. June 2024 - 14:00 to 15:30

Askja

Room N-130

Presentation by a visiting researcher at the University of Iceland

Stephen Billett, Griffith University, Australia gives a presentation in Askja (room N-130) 20. June, 14:00-15:30.

Constituting integration in work integrated education and learning for higher education programs

Doctoral defence in Physics - Tamar Meshveliani

28. June 2024 - 9:00 to 12:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Doctoral candidate: Tamar Meshveliani

Title of thesis: The impact of Self-Interacting Dark Matter and Warm Dark Matter in dwarf galaxies

Opponents:
Dr. Azadeh Fattahi Savadjani, Assistant Professor at Durham University, UK
Dr. Camila Correa, Researcher at CEA, Paris - Saclay, France

Advisor: Dr. Jesús Zavala Franco, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland.

Also in the doctoral committee:
Dr. Gunnlaugur Björnsson, Research Scientist at the Science Institute, University of Iceland
Dr. David James Edward Marsh, Ernest Rutherford Fellow, Proleptic Lecturer, King's College, London, UK

Chair of Ceremony: Dr. Einar Örn Sveinbjörnsson, Professor and Head of the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland.

Childbearing in relation to parenting culture, family policy and diversity in Iceland

12. April 2024 - 12:00 to 17:00

Veröld - Hús Vigdísar

VHV-008

The research project Fertility intentions and behaviour in Iceland: The role of policies and parenting culture (FIBI) is organizing a symposium where the results of diverse studies related to the development of fertility rates and the impact of family policy and parenting culture on families in Iceland will be presented.

The seminar will be held in English and takes place on Friday, April 12, between 12:00 and 17:00 in Veröld, room VHV-008 and is open to everyone.

Was anxiety at the root of conflict in medieval society? 

04/12/2023 - 09:10

Torfi H. Tulinius is usually immersed in Icelandic medieval literature, in particular the Icelandic sagas. He has a passion for Iceland's literary heritage and the many different sides of the sagas that can reveal themselves depending on how you read them. What is more, the sagas are his livelihood. Torfi is a professor of Icelandic medieval literature at the University of Iceland, so spends most of his days poring over these texts. He researches Icelandic medieval history by considering the sources through different lenses. Sometimes he is a literary scholar, looking at the narrative, the texts themselves and the symbolism, critical reception of the sagas at different points in history, or sociological factors. Sometimes he takes a more historical approach, looking at the reality behind the narrative and contemporary events. Sometimes Torfi focuses on the characters, their psychological motivations and the complex relationships between them.

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