6 September 2019
Welcome 2019 cohort of fellows
Our 2019 cohort of fellows arrived last Monday (2nd of September) and have been in the process of settling in during the last few days. Altogether 23 fellows from 11 countries will participate in the six months training programme winter 2019-20.
30 August 2019
New learning platform on landscape restoration
We would like to invite you to explore a new learning platform on the internet: www.4returns.earth. The platform is an online space for practitioners, policy makers, academics, environmental and business professionals to meet each other, share knowledge and learn about landscape restoration.
29 August 2019
MSc defence by Diego Badilla
Diego Alberto Badilla Elizondo, MSc Fellow in Geophysics at University of Iceland will defend his MSc project on Wednesday 4 September, 2019 at 15:00 at University of Iceland, room will be announced later on.
26 August 2019
UNU Visiting Lecturer 2019 - Alper Baba from Turkey
The UNU Visiting Lecturer in 2019 is the hydrogeologist and environmental scientist Prof. Dr. Alper Baba from Izmir, Turkey.
14 August 2019
GEST alumni Chikondi Manyungwa awarded a GEST Ph.D. grant
GEST has awarded Chikondi Manyungwa a Ph.D. grant for her research project on the participation of women in the fish value chain and the value chain governance in Malawi, focusing on the villages Msaka by Lake Malawi and Kachulu by Lake Chilwa.
14 August 2019
Position of Director of UNU-GTP open for application
At the end of 2019, the current director Lúðvík Georgsson, is leaving his position as per the Government law of retirement age. Orkustofnun therefore advertises the position of a new Director of UNU-GTP, open for application.