5 June 2019
Britney Kasmiran finishes her MSc studies at the University of Iceland
UNU-FTP is proud to announce that Ms. Britney Sharline Kasmiran, a fellow 2016, defended her MSc thesis on “Physicochemical Properties and potential utilization of side raw materials of Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares) and albacore (Thunnus alalunga) tuna” on May 27 2019 at Matis. Her supervisors were Prof. Maria Gudjonsdottir, Prof. Sigurjon Arason, Dr. Magnea Karlsdóttir.
4 June 2019
Second short course in Mongolia on communicating knowledge for sustainable rangeland management under climate change
This spring, UNU-LRT ran a training course in Mongolia for the second time on “Communicating Knowledge for Sustainable Rangeland Management under Climate Change – Improving Analytic and Reporting Skills”. The goal of the course is to provide training to communicate and synthesize knowledge on environmental monitoring, so that it can be translated into effective policy making for sustainable rangeland use.
29 May 2019
MSc defence by Winnie Adhiambo Apiyo
Winnie Adhiambo Apiyo, MSc Fellow in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Reykjavík University defended her MSc project on Monday 27 May, 2019 at 11:00 at Reykjavík University. Due to the sensitivity of the data her presentation was to a closed audience.
29 May 2019
The Director of GEST among the world's 100 most influential people in gender policy
Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, the Director of the UNU-GEST Programme and the RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, is among the world's 100 most influential people in gender policy 2019, according to a new list from Apolitical, a peer-to-peer learning and policy platform for governments and other public bodies.
21 May 2019
“We have learned that despite the differences we have in ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or social status, our struggles in this world are similar“ - UNU-GEST graduates the 12th cohort
Today, the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST) celebrated the graduation of 23 fellows who were awarded a post-graduate diploma in international gender studies from the University of Iceland. This year, the fellows come from 13 countries; from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestine, Serbia, Uganda and for the first time Kosovo and India.
17 May 2019
GEST fellows present their final assignments
23 fellows are graduating from the UNU-GEST programme in spring semester 2019 with a post-graduate diploma degree in international gender studies. The graduates will present their final assignments at open seminars at the University of Iceland.