10 October 2016
United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon visits Iceland
The staff of the UNU-GEST programme met with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, in Iceland on Saturday 8th October. UNU-GEST Director, Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir, underlined the emphasis of gender equality issues as an essential part of the sustainable development agenda and as a precondition for its successful implementation and social justice in general.
10 October 2016
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits UNU Iceland Programmes
On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, attended a seminar given by the UNU programs in Iceland on their work. The UNU programmes described how they address the challenges presented in the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
5 October 2016
UNU-GEST Senior Researcher Pétur Waldorff presents his research in an article and an exhibition piece
UNU-GEST Senior Researcher Pétur Waldorff presented his urban research in Angola in an article published in the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography and an exhibition piece at the 2016 Oslo Architecture Triennale.
4 October 2016
SDG Short Course I on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources to be held in Kenya in November 2016
UNU-GTP, KenGen and GDC will be hosting SDG Short Course I on Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources during 10-30 November, by Lake Bogoria and Lake Naivasha in Kenya.
4 October 2016
UNU-GEST Researchers in Nordic Africa Days 2016
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research and Pétur Waldorff, UNU-GEST Senior Researcher organized and convened a panel on gender research and gender-responsive methodologies at Nordic Africa Days 2016 held in Uppsala, Sweden September 22-24.
3 October 2016
The Director of UNU-GEST Irma Erlingsdóttir Visits Birzeit University in Palestine
The Director of UNU-GEST Irma Erlingsdóttir visited Birzeit University in West Bank, Palestine. On September 27, she met the university’s Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Henry Giacman, the Director of External Academic Relations Office Dr. Amir Khalil and the Director of Women Studies Institute Dr. Eileen Kuttab.