Children who fled Grindavík because of the volcanic eruption evaluate their life satisfaction as lower than their peers.
Academic staff and researchers from the University of Iceland (UI) are involved in four of the nine collaborative research projects within the Aurora Universities network that have recently been selected to receive funding for Incentive Research Collaboration.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland and professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the only research scientist working in Iceland included on the Clarivate Analytics list of the most influential researchers in the world.
The artist collaboration Sermit | Jöklar, the Eu-funded research consortium ICELINK (with which UI is involved) and the people behind the Global Glacier Casualty List are joining forces for Greenland Science Week 2025 to spotlight the stark reality of the impacts of climate change on glaciers.
Rector Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir sent the following message to students and staff at the beginning of the autumn semester: Dear students and colleagues, welcome to a new academic year.
Arctic coastal and local communities are co-leading ArcticKnows, a 36-month Horizon Europe RIA project that foregrounds indigenous and local knowledges and supports community-led, decolonial, regenerative, just and climate-wise livelihoods in four pilots in Greenland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Reykjavík 30. October 2025 - Hefring Marine has been awarded the Icelandic Innovation Award 2025 for the development and commercialization of its intelligent marine assistance system, IMAS®, which uses artificial intelligence and real-time data to improve safety, fuel efficiency, and vessel operations.
A new study by scientists from UI and Landspítali University Hospital indicates that tens of thousands of people all over the world have probably been wrongly diagnosed with a multiple myeloma precursor condition. New definitions reduce the number of false-positive diagnoses by 80%.
Each year, the University of Iceland awards between 70 and 80 PhDs to candidates who have completed demanding research studies on an incredibly diverse range of topics. Approximately 40% of these PhD students are foreign nationals, and many conduct their research here in Iceland.
A documentary directed by Yrsa Roca Fannberg, The Ground Beneath Our Feet, has been met with critical acclaim and even won an award. Yrsa Roca teaches the courses Communication channels I and Creative documentary as part of UI’s programmes in applied studies in culture and communication.
