University of Iceland

Routledge publishes a book on the Mass Protest in Iceland

19/08/2016 - 11:00

The book Economic Crisis and Mass Protest: The Pots and Pans Revolution by Jón Gunnar Bernburg, Professor of Sociology at the University of Iceland's School of Social Sciences. The book is published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis) one of the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The publication is the result of three years of research activity on the economic crisis in Iceland and the so-called Pots and Pans Revolution. The volume focuses on why the financial crisis in Iceland triggered mass protests that escalated into the Pots and Pans Revolution in January 2009. This is a case study where diverse methods were used to examine events and participants.

Iceland’s negative spillover effects based on consumption and import

07/07/2023 - 10:00

Specialists at the Sustainability Institute of the University of Iceland contributed a chapter for Iceland’s Voluntary National Review (VNR), a report on Iceland’s progress with implementing and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which the Icelandic government has submitted to the United Nations. The chapter is based on an evaluation carried out by the Sustainability Institute which shows that Iceland’s spillover effects on other countries in relation to the SDGs is quite negative. These effects are mostly connected to both high consumption and importation, furthermore, the development of a circular economy in Iceland is still in its infancy.

Doctoral defence in Mechanical Engineering - Marta Rós Karlsdóttir

11. June 2021 - 11:00 to 13:00

Veröld - Hús Vigdísar

Room 023

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Ph.D. student: Marta Rós Karlsdóttir

Dissertation title: High-temperature geothermal energy utilization in the context of EU climate and energy policy – life cycle environmental impacts and primary energy demand

Opponents:
Dr. Peter Bayer, Professor at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Dr. Maria Laura Parisi, Assistant professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Siena, Italy

Advisor: Dr. Ólafur Pétur Pálsson, Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland

Doctoral defence in Environment and Natural Resources -Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu

24. February 2021 - 14:00 to 16:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

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Ph.D. student: Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu

Dissertation title: Global Phosphorus supply chain dynamics: Sustainability implications for the 21st century

Opponents: Dr. Birgit Kopainsky, Professor at Bergen University, Norway

Dr.Pål Börjesson, Professor at Lund University, Sweden

Advisor: Dr. Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

Doctoral committee:
Dr. Ingrid Stjernquist, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University, Sweden
Dr.Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Professor, Norway Inland University of Applied Sciences

Chair of Ceremony: Dr. Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Research Scientist at the Institute of Earth Sciences and the Head of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

Further about the UISCC

The Final Report for the Nordic Welfare Watch Published

11/12/2017 - 20:45

The Nordic Welfare Watch Final report has been published. The report is part of the TemaNord series which is dedicated to the result of work groups or projects under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic Welfare Watch was a leadership three year programme during the Icelandic presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers that began in 2014. The goal of the programme was to find better ways to measure and monitor citizens' welfare, explore the effect of financial crisis and its side effects on the Nordic welfare societies, and to examine how well municipal social services were implemented in the Emergency Management systems. Comprehensive reports have been published for the programme and the final report addresses the main results. Furthermore, the report discusses a Nordic Welfare Forum and plans to publish a set of Nordic Welfare Indicators (NOVI). The programme consisted of three separate main projects:

Improving immigrants’ circumstances

A Nordic study on why some children of foreign origin adjust better than others in their new home, both socially and in their studies, is currently underway. The focus is on their success at three educational levels: kindergarten, elementary and secondary school, in four countries: Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway.

“We want to learn from the children who are successful and from their school environment, rather than focusing solely on the disadvantages,” says Hanna Ragnarsdóttir, Professor of Multicultural Studies, who leads the study for Iceland.

Issues concerning children and adults of foreign origin in schools and Icelandic society have been important to Ragnarsdóttir for years, and most of her research focuses on different groups of immigrants.

A large grant to research the challenge of terrorism in the Nordic countries

26/03/2018 - 15:31

Three scientists at the School of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland and their Nordic partners have received a grant of 120 million Kronur from Nordforsk to research the impact of the threat of terrorism on citizens, and the impact of counter-terrorism legislation on people's views on democracy, and their trust towards the authorities.

Nordforsk is a Nordic institution under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers that supervises and financially supports research cooperation in the Nordic countries. Three grants were recently awarded by the institution to research on safety in Nordic societies in connection with the plan The Underpinnings of Nordic Societal Security. A total of 17 applications for grants from the plan were received. The three projects that received grants get 9.5 million Norwegian Krona each; the equivalent of 124 million Icelandic Krona.

At a Crossroads: Iceland in the International System

24. April 2024 - 10:00 to 17:00

The Nordic House

We invite you to discuss and analyse the current trends in international affairs and Iceland's position in the international system.

The annual conference of the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Nordic House in collaboration with the Institute for Public Administration and Politics at the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Political Science Association will take place on Wednesday, April 24th from 10:00 - 17:00 at the Nordic House.