What is the societal impact of research at the University of Iceland and what is its value?
The University of Youth has received an award for science communication, presented at the opening of European Researchers' Night on 1 October.
Art and clothes, letters and documents, gifts from foreign heads of state. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, has donated all these items and more to the University of Iceland for an exhibition on her presidency.
The Researchers’ Night will be held on Saturday 1 October between 1 and 6 pm. The European Researchers’ Night is open to all, and entry is free of charge.
International cooperation with partners outside Europe, global academic values, and science-based policy making are among the areas that should be prioritised according to the rectors of Nordic universities who met in Brussels this week.
A research team led by Pétur Orri Heiðarsson, associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Iceland, has received a grant for 1.5 million Euros, or over 200 million Ikr, from the European Research Council (ERC)
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, gave the opening address at the Nordic University Days event in Brussels today.
To address the “justice deficit” in cases of sexual violence the international conference Recognising Sexual Violence: Developing Pathways to Survivor-Centred Justice will explore alternative approaches to justice as part of efforts to hold the state and offenders to account.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and Pär Ahlberger, Ambassador of Sweden in Iceland, today opened the research station Solander's Eye, which is located on Breiðamerkursandur.
New opportunities will emerge at the Aurora universities with increased participation of the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the network.
