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Doctoral defence in Computer Science - Ana Borovac

10. January 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Doctoral candidate: Ana Borovac

Title of thesis: Towards clinically useful neonatal seizure detection algorithms

Opponents: Dr. Alison O'Shea, assistant lecturer at the Munster Technological University in Ireland and Dr. Maarten De Vos, professor at KU Leuven in Belgium

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

Doctoral committee:
Dr. Steinn Gudmundsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland
Dr. Thomas Philip Runarsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland
Dr. Sampsa Vanhatalo, Professor at University of Helsinki in Finland.

Want to join science? The role of the public in monitoring and researching the ecosystem

16. October 2019 - 12:00 to 13:15

Nordic House

Scientists play a key role in environmental research and in advicing governments on sustainable utilization of natural resources. But the public can help them with data collection. For this, a bridge must be built between science and the society. Experience shows that it can result in multiple effects that extend far beyond the knowledge enhancement as such, not least in the form of attitudes, environmental literacy, responsible behavior and increased skills in the care of nature.

Doctoral defence of Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir

24. April 2018 - 13:00 to 15:30

Aðalbygging

Hátíðasalur Háskóla Íslands

The doctoral defence of Guðrún Ragnarsdóttirwill be 24th April at 1 pm in the University´s Aula, main building

 

School leaders’ perceptions of contemporary change at the upper secondary school level in Iceland. Interaction of actors and social structures facilitating or constraining change

 

The oponents are: Dr. Elisabet Nihlfors, professor at Uppsala University, and Dr. Monica Johansson senior lecturer at University of Gothenburg.

Cooperation and treaties with the EU

Baldur Þórhallsson, Professor of Political Science, has from the start of 2010 worked on a study connected with the Icelandic negotiations on European Union membership. The study examines whether there is dialogue between the Icelandic administration and different organized interest groups during the preparation phase, and whether the limited size of the administration affects the process.

Doctoral defence in Ecological modelling - Vianny Natugonza

18. June 2020 - 13:00 to 15:00

Live stream:  https://livestream.com/hi/viannynatugonza

Ph.D. student: Vianny Natugonza

Dissertation title:  A comparative analysis of ecosystem models of Lake Victoria (East Africa) to understand the effect of complexity and data uncertainty on policy evaluations

Opponents: Dr. Johanna J. Heymans, Professor at the European Marine Board, Belgium
Dr. Ian G. Cowx, Professor at the University of Hull, UK

Advisor: Dr. Gunnar Stefánsson, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland

Substantial grant to evaluate changes in attitudes among European nations

13/02/2020 - 14:52

Researchers at the University of Iceland participate in the European Social Survey (EES) that recently received almost €5 million in funding from the European Commission. The aim is to better map community development in Europe and whether, and then how, the social, political, and ethical landscape in the European nations is changing.

It is vital to have reliable data based on internationally recognised research to be able to compare Iceland to other nations. The European Social Survey (EES) has been conducted biannually from 2002, and Iceland has participated four times. 

Substantial grant to evaluate changes in attitudes among European nations

Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, Professor of Sociology at the University of Iceland

Researchers at the University of Iceland participate in the European Social Survey (EES) that recently received almost €5 million in funding from the European Commission. The aim is to better map community development in Europe and whether, and then how, the social, political, and ethical landscape in the European nations is changing.

It is vital to have reliable data based on internationally recognised research to be able to compare Iceland to other nations. The European Social Survey (EES) has been conducted biannually from 2002, and Iceland has participated four times. 

Democracy in a Digital Future

25. March 2021 - 14:00 to 26. March 2021 - 16:30

Online and in Harpa

The digital era is changing the terms on which democracies operate. The Prime Minister’s Office of Iceland hosts an international conference on the challenges of digital technologies for democracy, equality and the rule of law in cooperation with the EDDA Research Center at the University of Iceland, the Icelandic Parliament and the Media Commission of Iceland. The conference is held electronically and in Harpa Conference Center in Reykjavík 25–26 March 2021. In-person participation depends on gathering restrictions.

Translanguaging and the intergenerational transmission of the language

12. March 2020 - 10:00 to 11:30

Veröld - Hús Vigdísar

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Translanguaging (TR) is a complex phenomenon. TR suggests that a bilingual person has one integrated linguistic system (García, 2009), focusing on flexible bilingualism and multiple discursive practices (Blackledge and Creese, 2010). This study investigated the TR practices of Russian-speaking parents and their children in Estonia. The data were collected using parental written questionnaires with the focus on general background, socio-economic status and language proficiency, oral semi-structured interviews and ethnographic observations, in order to get a deeper understanding of how TR practices and literacy activities are managed in Russian-speaking families and what differences and similarities could be observed between them.

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