The book Economic Crisis and Mass Protest: The Pots and Pans Revolution by Jón Gunnar Bernburg, Professor of Sociology at the University of Iceland's School of Social Sciences.
Professor Gunnar Stefánsson, and Anna Helga Jónsdóttir, Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Physical Sciences took Tutor-web, an open learning system to Kenya this summer.
The topic of this three-day history conference will be Nordic Labour, broadly defined, including the history of work, history of workers and the history of labour movements.
Three undergraduate students at the University of Iceland received a scholarship for a 10 week project at California Institute of Technology this summer; Caltech in Pasadena, California.
"It is, in my opinion, our social duty to try to ensure that as many as possible get to enjoy the lasting wealth our educational institutes possess, independent of means, gender or origin."
A total of 2108 candidates receive their diplomas in both undergraduate and graduate studies from the University of Iceland in Laugardalshöll, on Saturday 25 June.
The next NonfictioNOW conference will be held in Reykjavík from 2–4 June 2017, hosted by the University of Iceland.
Jane Goodall is a role model in how scientists can have sociological impact. Her coming to Iceland and the programme around that will inspire the scientific community in how to use our knowledge for the common good.
Scientists at the University of Iceland have, in collaboration with Marsýn, completed the three-dimensional model; CODE (Cartesian coordinates Ocean model with three-Dimensional adaptive mesh refinement and primitive Equations).
The Professors Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir and Steinunn Gestsdóttir have been appointed Pro-Rectors at the University of Iceland. Guðmundur Ragnar Jónsson Professor was also appointed as Managing Director of the University’s central administration.
