The Aurora Annual Conference was held from 19 to 22 May, bringing together thought leaders, experts, academics, staff, and students from Aurora universities, including the University of Iceland, and beyond.
Gregory P. De Pascale, associate professor of geology at the University of Iceland, has published an article in the renowned science journal Tectonics demonstrating how remote sensing techniques can be used to see the Earth's surface beneath the dense rainforest in Chile.
Benedikta Björg Sörensen Valtýsdóttir, a doctoral student at the School of Education at the University of Iceland is currently working on a study about young people's experiences of gender-based violence and prevention in Iceland, under the guidance of Brynja Elísabeth Halldórsdóttir.
This is the first major study of its kind and will create valuable knowledge within the healthcare sector. It will provide us with an overview of the services that tourists use, the main medical issues they have in Iceland, and what kinds of accidents and illnesses they are experiencing.
Inequality in Iceland has been considerably less than elsewhere in the world; most people have similar living standards, and the class division is minimal. But is inequality only material? Are there forms of inequality in Iceland that are non-material?
What does the term circular economy really mean? How large is the circular economy in Iceland? Is Icelandic society making progress toward a more circular model? A new study on Iceland’s circular economy.
Thirty-six students and academics from the University of Iceland and fifteen students and academics from Japanese universities have been awarded grants for diverse study and research. The total funding allocated this year is around ISK 35 million.
The 19th annual conference of the Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS) took place at the University of Iceland on May 22–23, 2025.
GRÓ GEST celebrated the graduation of its 17th cohort of twenty six young gender equality professionals, Tuesday 20 May 2025.
Logi Einarsson, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, has appointed Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir, Professor in the Faculty of Political Science, as Rector of the University of Iceland for the next five years.
