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GRÓ Governing Board. From right: Guðrún Margrét, Ragnar Þorgeirsson, Dr. Lidia Brito, GRÓ Director General Nína Björk Jónsdóttir and GRÓ Board Director Jón Karl.
11 June 2025

UNESCO ADG Dr. Lidia Brito joins GRÓ Governing Board

Dr. Lidia Brito, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, visited Iceland in May, to attend the 30th meeting of the Governing Board of GRÓ – Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change.
10 June 2025

Ongoing work to encourage alumni to establish GRÓ Alumni Networks presented on UNESCO Day

Ongoing work at GRÓ to encourage GRÓ alumni to establish national and regional alumni networks was presented at the annual UNESCO day, that the Icelandic National Commission to UNESCO organised in the National Museum of Iceland on the 3rd of June.
5 June 2025

Celebrating 2025 World Environment Day and GRÓ LRT Day

Today, 5 June 2025, we’re celebrating both GRÓ LRT Day and World Environment Day. On this occasion, we send our warmest congratulations to all our fellows around the world.
Binna Kipandula at Keldnaholt campus this  morning
Photo: Leonard Gondwe
3 June 2025

Binna Kipandula Defends Master’s Thesis in Restoration Ecology at AUI

Today, Ms Binna Kipandula, a GRÓ LRT scholarship recipient, successfully defended her master’s thesis in Restoration Ecology at the Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI), within the Department of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
2 June 2025

Workshop on Masculinities and Political Discourse in Pakistan

Online course leads to new and exciting initiatives
30 May 2025

MSc defence by Hugo Quinteros

on Tuesday 3rd June at 14:30 at Reykjavík University in room M104.