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Doctoral lecture in Geology - Paavo Oskari Nikkola

27. May 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00

The lecture will be streamed on Zoom: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67908655217?pwd=QUJzaVRtTmkyQUZDTTFFOTZ6N3BRUT09

Ph.D. student: Paavo Oskari Nikkola

Dissertation title: From partial melting to lava emplacement: the petrogenesis of some Icelandic basalts

Opponent: Dr. Reidar G. Trønnes, Professor at the Natural History Museum, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics University of Oslo

Advisor:  Dr. Þorvaldur Þórðarson, Professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland.

OLA for longer exchange studies - Instructions

Make your account 
Students log into the OLA system using their UI email address (xxx@hi.is).

• Do not use “Log in with Google” or other personal emails 
 

Course selection rules 
• Students must take 30 ECTS per semester – 60 ECTS per academic year unless they have a special exemption. 
• It is important that the learning agreement is correct and that it is amended should any changes be made to the course selection. This will speed up the recognition process upon your return and ensures that your studies will be transferred back. 

Doctoral defence in Environment and Natural Resources - Nathalie Spittler

9. December 2019 - 14:00 to 16:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Ph.D. student: Nathalie Spittler

Dissertation title: Sustainable Energy System Planning: Renewable Resource Dynamics

Opponents:
Dr. Jon Erickson, David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, University of Vermont
Dr. Gudni A. Johannesson, Director, National Energy Authority in Iceland
Dr. Oliver Johnson, Head of Unit Climate, Energy and Society, Stockholm Environment Institute
Dr. Valeria Schwanitz, Associate Professor, University of Western Norway

Advisor: Dr. Brynhildur Daviðsdottir, Professor in Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland

Doctoral committee: 
Dr. Arnaud Diemer, Associate Professor at CERDI - University Clermont Auvergne
Dr. Peter Victor, Professor at York University
Dr. Pascale Motel Combes, Professor at CERDI - University Clermont Auvergne

Spark - Your knowledge benefits the world

Íslensk útgáfa hér

Do you want to better understand your strengths, enhance your network, and simultaneously learn how to apply your knowledge and ideas for the benefit of society? Would you like to work with a diverse group of students on new solutions to contemporary challenges, such as climate change and social well-being?

This spring, the University of Iceland offers Spark Social, a course for students from all disciplines and from universities across Europe. The course is intended for students in their final year of undergraduate studies as well as master's students. In the course, students will gain a deeper understanding of contemporary challenges and work on solutions for them.

University of Iceland Family Policy

Strategy for balancing work and family life 

The University of Iceland is a family friendly workplace. We want to promote a good work-life balance for employees, no matter what their family circumstances, and support them in fulfilling their family responsibilities alongside challenging jobs. To this end, the University of Iceland has set itself the following objectives and measures in order to implement this vision. 

Humpback whales unexpectedly remain near Iceland all year round

Edda Elísabet Magnúsdóttir, adjunct lecturer at the University of Iceland

Whales have probably always fascinated humans due to their incredible size, their mysterious lives in the depths of the sea, and their unusual intelligence. These things have made whales important to the tourist industry, as well as an inspiration to writers. Many have been thrilled by the tale of Moby Dick, the enormous white whale who dragged his hunters deep below the waves.

Doctoral defence in Geology - Hera Guðlaugsdóttir

8. February 2019 - 14:00 to 16:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Ph.D. student: Hera Guðlaugsdóttir
Dissertation title: Climatic fingerprint of volcanic eruptions

Opponents:
Dr. Davide Zanchettin, Assistant professor, University of Ca’ Foscari, Venize.
Dr. Jesse Nusbaumer, Research scientist, NASA Goddard Institute, New York.

Advisor: Dr. Árný Erla Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Research Scientist at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

Doctoral committee: Dr. Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, Research Scientist at the Geophysical institute, University of Bergen
Dr. Jesper Sjolte, Research Scientist, at the Department of Geology, University of Lund
Dr. Halldór Björnsson, group leader of atmospheric research, IMO

Chair of Ceremony: Dr. Andri Stefánsson, Vice Head of the Faculty of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland

BMC/GPMLS Lecture - Type-2 diabetes and childhood obesity

4. October 2018 - 11:00 to 12:00

Fróði fyrirlestrarsalur að Sturlugötu 8

BMC-GPMLS seminar:

Prof. Peter Bergsten, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University and adjunct professor at Uppsala University Children´s Hospital, Sweden and Dr. Hjalti Kristinsson, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Title: Mechanisms of type-2-diabetes development during childhood and adolescent obesity

Study Skills

Helpful tips and strategies to improve your study skills

Effective reading is essential in university studies. Being an effective reader means using different study and working methods.   USCCC has developed a three-step working process which has proven successful with students:

The return of materialism(s)? Matter between science, theory and art

13. April 2018 - 13:00 to 16:00

Lögberg

Stofa 101

In recent years scholars, artists and scientists have been exploring "how matter comes to matter" through what is called new materialism. The material, objective world is not a mute or a passive canvas for human life to act upon but full of diverse kinds of active meaning-making to be found within and between e.g. ecosystems, neurotransmissions, plants or animals. Objecting to the human-centric approach which limits agency and relationality to the social lives of humans, new materialist scholars do radically interdisciplinary research in order to respond to the current economic, ecological and political crises. Stock market crashes, earthquakes and the increasing complexification of political and social systems (and their breakdowns) demonstrate not only that a new epistemic perspective is needed but that we need to collaborate in affirmative ways over traditional disciplinary lines.

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