Thesis defense season: spring 2026
20.04.2026
It's thesis defense season again at the University Centre of the Westfjords. The first defense starts on Friday April 24th. During this defense season 6 students will defend their theses in the coming weeks with many interesting topics. The defenses are open to the public and people are also invited to join through zoom. The links can be found in the table below.
| Date | Time (GMT) | Student | Program | Thesis title | Zoom link |
| 24. April | 09:30 | Adam Coates | CMM | Iceland’s Jellyfish: An Analysis of the Distribution and Abundance of Gelatinous Zooplankton in the Waters Surrounding Iceland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67199111208 |
| 28. April | 13:00 | Martina Aymonod | CRD | Sustaining the rural: assessing socio-ecological resilience through farming in Iceland. | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68386154418 |
| 30, April | 13:00 | Brie Cunliffe | CRD | Participatory Planning for Resilient Westfjords Energy Futures: Consequences of the Status Quo and Barriers to Transformative Change |
https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68042205218 |
| 4. May | 12:00 | Philippe Sara | CMM | Water-based tourism on pro-glacial lakes in Southeast Iceland: Risks and how they are communicated with tourists | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62027578976 |
| 4. May | 15:00 | Bethany McKim | CMM | Mediating Coastal Management on the Olympic Peninsula | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69427766778 |
| 12. May | 14:00 | Katrin Zender | CMM | Communicating Risk in the Remote Hornstrandir Peninsula, Iceland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68382012613 |