16 November 2016
UNU-FTP fellows in Russia meet with Ambassador
This week, former UNU fellows from Russia met with the Icelandic ambassador to Russia, Ms. Berglind Ásgeirsdottir.
16 November 2016
Conference Poster: ¨Dynamics of Hybridity - the SADC Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre¨at Þjóðarspegillinn 2016
Anne Flaspöler, postdoctoral researcher at the EDDA Centre and UNU-GEST, presented her initial findings of her field research at the Social Sciences’ Conference organised by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) of the University of Iceland on the 28th October 2016.
10 November 2016
Short Course on Geothermal Project Management at ARGeo-C6 in Ethiopia
The Short Course on Project Management for Geothermal Development was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the two days leading up to the 6th African Rift Geothermal Conference, October 31 – November 1.
28 October 2016
Gendered value chain analysis as a research methodology: small scale fisheries by lake Tanganyika
A conference session on gendered dimensions and gender roles at the Þjóðarspegill conference held at the University of Iceland 28 October includes a talk presented by UNU-GEST on gendered value chain analysis as a research methodology within the social sciences and as an applied tool for informing development interventions.
28 October 2016
"Playing the Gender Card": gendered dimensions within the rural water supply sector in Namibia
Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, UNU-GEST Head of Research presents a paper on the gendered dimensions within the rural water supply sector in Namibia at Þjóðarspegillinn conference 28 October
19 October 2016
UNU-FTP Fellows visit Icelandic North
Last week, the UNU-FTP took its annual trip to the Northern part of Iceland for a series of lectures at the University of Akureyri visits to companies and organisations working in fisheries and fisheries related activities.