16 April 2023
Fellows’ Hafró open seminar
Monday April 17 from 08:45 to 12:00 -- the first fellows' open seminar, in a series of four, focuses on Aquatic Resource Assessment and Monitoring.
16 April 2023
GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient Hang Thi Nguyen to defend PhD
Tuesday April 18th GRÓ-FTP scholarship recipient, Hang Thi Nguyen, will defend her PhD research Novel protein sources from fish processing side streams and underutilised species for human consumption.
14 April 2023
Guest lecturers from Uganda
This week, GRÓ LRT hosts three guest lecturers from Makerere University and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in Uganda.
14 April 2023
Fellows' research presentations
As this year’s six-month training programme draws to an end, GRÓ-FTP is happy to announce a series of seminars where graduating fellows will present and discuss results of their research here in Iceland.
31 March 2023
Seminar on Decolonisation of Higher Education: Perspectives from Postcolonial Contexts
On Thursday 13 April, GRÓ GEST and RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, at the University of Iceland, are hosting a seminar titled Decolonisation of Higher Education: Perspectives from Postcolonial Contexts. The seminar is a part of the research Decolon-Ice: Towards Decolonizing Curricula in Nordic Higher Education, led by Dr. Giti Chandra, Research Specialist at GEST and RIKK. Participants in the seminar come from GRÓ GEST’s various partner universities and their visit is supported by the Erasmus+ grant scheme.
30 March 2023
GRÓ LRT fellows visit AUI headquarters
This week, the 2023 GRÓ LRT cohort of fellows visited the headquarters of the Agricultural University (AUI) of Iceland in Hvanneyri, West-Iceland. The visit began with a warm welcome from the rector of AUI, Dr Ragnheiður I Þórarinsdóttir, and introduction to the strategy, educational- and research programmes, and the history of the university.