Researchers and institutes at the University of Iceland were together awarded almost ISK 4 billion from the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, which formally ended last year.
Birna Arnbjörsdóttir, director of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages and head of faculty of the University of Iceland's Faculty of Languages and Cultures, has joined the steering and organisation committee for UNESCO's decade of indigenous languages, as Iceland's representative.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (23 April 2021).
The Board of the Aurora Universities Network has announced the appointment of Ms. Anne-May Janssen to succeed Mr. Kees Kouwenaar as Aurora Secretary General.
For the third consecutive year, the University of Iceland is among the top performing universities for social and economic impact according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, which are based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The University of Iceland is a partner in a project: “Human Rights & Business - Social Dialogue post-COVID19”, funded by a grant from Active Citizens Fund – National Programme: K1m-0457 (page in Polish), financed from EEA Funds.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (16 April 2021).
The Greenlandic linguist, poet and activist Katti Frederiksen, Greenland's current Minister of Education, Culture and Church, was awarded the 2021 international prize for culture, named after Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (14 April 2021).
The book Syntactic Features and the Limits of Syntactic Change was recently published. Oxford University Press published the book, but its editors are professors at the University of Iceland.
