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Lunch lecture: Children's rights to healthcare
29
Nov
Lunch lecture: Resident fishes as ecological indicators
22
Nov
Lunch lecture: Meet TVÍK, the technology-powered Icelandic teacher!
15
Nov
Course: Oceanography
11-29
Nov
Course: Public Policy Making – From idea to realization
11-29
Nov
Lunch lecture: Yoger, Bollafaktorían and the Netagerðin workshops
8
Nov
Lunch lecture: Songs from Ísafjörður
1
Nov
Course: Physical Processes of Coastal Environments
28
Oct -
8
Nov
Course: Regional and Community Economies
28
Oct -
8
Nov
Lunch lecture: Development of an Affordable Snowflake Camera for Research, Education, and Public Safety
25
Oct
Lunch lecture: How the Energy transition will affect harbours in Arctic Regions
11
Oct
Conference: Islands as diverse spaces
3- 4
Oct
Lunch Lecture: People and the sea: understanding thousands of years of marine biodiversity change
27
Sep
Thesis Defense: Coastal Classification of Jones Sound in the Canadian High Arctic
16
Sep
Thesis Defense: Women and northern paganism: Feminine aspect and roles of women in...
16
Sep
Coastal Heritage and How Resilience Can Manifest in The Face Of Change...
13
Sep
Conference: the Social and Solidarity Economy
13
Sep
Thesis Defense: Human-Wildlife Conflict in Iberian Waters: Orcinus orca and Vessels’ Encounters...
12
Sep
Thesis Defense: Patterns of co-occurrence of parasites in Eastern Baltic cod stocks within...
12
Sep
Thesis Defense: Exploring Benthic Biodiversity using Underwater Imagery in Melville Bay, Greenland
11
Sep
Thesis Defense: Plastic vs. Policy: A Plastic Pollution Policy Analysis in the Arctic
11
Sep
Thesis Defense: A Site Suitability Analysis for Regenerative Ocean Farming in Long Island Sound
10
Sep
Thesis Defense:The Westfjords Way: Evaluating Floating Home Implementation in Ísafjörður
10
Sep
Presentation of initial findings from surveying humpbacks to inform responsible practice
9
Sep
Thesis Defense: Energy Transition in Nova Scotia: Lessons from Danish Experiences Developing an Offshore Wind Industry
9
Sep
Thesis Defense: Going forward: A look at small Icelandic municipalities and waste management strategies
6
Sep
Thesis Defense: Evaluating and Addressing Climate Change Related Threats to Atlantic Salmon...
4
Sep
Thesis Defense: Evaluating Place Attachment, Climate Change Awareness, and Risk Assessment...
3
Sep
Thesis defense season: Autumn 2024
3-16
Sep
Orientation Day
23
Aug
“Midnight Sun” - Exploration of the maritime and geological landscapes of the Westfjords.
16
Aug
Icelandic course: Beginners A1 (crash course)
12-16
Aug
Icelandic course: Advanced B2 (writing and talking)
29
Jul -
9
Aug
Icelandic course: Intermediate B1
29
Jul -
9
Aug
Icelandic course: Beginners A1-A2
22
Jul -
9
Aug
Icelandic course: Advanced B2 (reading and listening)
22
Jul -
9
Aug
Job opening: Project manager
8
Jul
Icelandic courses: Beginners A1-A2
1-19
Jul
Convocation
17
Jun
Lunc lecture:Reflections on the Basque center in Djúpavik and Basque-Icelandic relationships
11
Jun
Annual general assembly
24
May
Lunch lecture:Digital stories of tourism and coastal communities
24
May
Icelandic course: Beginners A1 (crash course)
20-24
May
Lunch lecture 17.May:“Carbon: The art of science and the science of art”. Introduction to the artists.
17
May
Thesis Defense: Microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Westfjords region in Iceland
8
May
Documentary screening at UW: Deep Rising
7
May
Lunch lecture: Is it possible to make innovation happen?
3
May
Thesis Defense: Past and Present Evolution of a High Arctic delta
2
May
Thesis Defense: Impact of glacial meltwater on hydrography, biochemistry, and marine productivity in Northwest Greenlandic fjords
24
Apr
Thesis Defense: Investigating associations between pack management strategies and the intestinal microbiota of Greenland sled dogs
23
Apr
Thesis Defense: Investigating associations between pack management strategies and the intestinal microbiota of Greenland sled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris borealis)
23
Apr
Thesis Defense: The Phonic Footprint of Marine Tourism Exploring the underwater sound levels of whale watching and cruise vessels travelling within Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland
22
Apr
Lunch lecture: Justice and sustainable development in the North: A case study of Skjálfandi Bay
19
Apr
Thesis Defense: Uppbygging sveitarfélaga. Hve mikið er of mikið? Viðhorf hagsmunaaðila á uppbyggingu atvinnulífs í Þorlákshöfn
19
Apr
Thesis Defense: Presence and possible threats to Harbor porpoises in the Westfjords, Iceland
18
Apr
Thesis Defense: Eyemouth, Scotland & Alcanar, Catalunya: An Ethnographic Look at Independence Movements and Coastal Borders
17
Apr
Thesis Defense: Pride and prejudice and forestry. Perceptions of afforestation in Icelandic communities
17
Apr
Lunch lecture: Food is everything
5
Apr
Icelandic course: Advanced B2
23-29
Mar
Lunch lecture: Fishing Architecture. The Ecological Continuum between Buildings and Fish Species
22
Mar
Info session for Coastal Studies: Two International Master's Programs
20
Mar
Lunch lecture: Structuring a Museum - Ísafjörður Art Museum in Past and Future
8
Mar
Course: Marine Spatial Planning
4-15
Mar
Course: Migration and Population Development
4-15
Mar
Course: Sustainable Aquaculture
4-15
Mar
Lunch lecture: Health on the Horizon - Navigating Catastrophes in the High Himalayas
1
Mar
Lunch lecture: Cycling tourist service
23
Feb
SIT: Program Assistant opening
20-29
Feb
Course: Pollution in the Coastal Arctic
19
Feb -
1
Mar
Course: Coping with Disasters
19
Feb -
1
Mar
"Svepparætur: Trees need friends, too."
15
Feb
Info session for Coastal Studies: Two International Master's Programs
13
Feb
Grímsson Fellowship: Open for new applications until May 1 st.
13
Feb -
1
May
Lunch lecture: Short history of healthcare in Westfjords healthcare region
9
Feb
Info session for Coastal Studies: Two International Master's Programs
6
Feb
Lunch lecture: Púkinn, the children
2
Feb
Lunch lecture: Púkinn, the children´s culture festival
2
Feb
Lunch lecture: Write it out
26
Jan
Current Topics and Challenges in the Coastal Arctic
8
Jan -
26
Apr
Course: Proposal Writing
8-26
Jan
Lunch lecture: Writing from images: source material and fiction in The Natural Laws
8
Dec
Environmental Impact Assessment 4 - 15 Dec
4-15
Dec
Inauguration of UW's student dormitory
1
Dec
Lunch lecture: To climb mountains
1
Dec
Open consultation meeting on integration issues
29
Nov
Lunch Lecture: History of sewing machines in Iceland
24
Nov
Swimming pool culture in Iceland to UNESCO
22
Nov
Skuld: Documentary
21
Nov
Lunch lecture: „You are always doing some physical activity“
17
Nov
Hnallþórukaffi: Day of the Icelandic language
16
Nov
Lunch lecture at Þingeyri: Westfjords research association
10
Nov
Lecture: Indigeneity and the coastal communities of Japan
8
Nov
Lunch lecture: "Shocking experience but in the end we are stronger"
3
Nov
Course: Oceanography 30 Oct - 17 Nov
30
Oct -
17
Nov
Lunch lecture:Vegetation responses to climate change in challenging environments
27
Oct
Give Icelandic a Chance: Short lecture
26
Oct
Lunch lecture: The gift that keeps on giving.
20
Oct
Job Announcement: Academic Director SIT
15
Oct
Lunch lecture: PIFF film festival
13
Oct
Information Session for Distance Learning Students
11
Oct
Symposium: Social agriculture
7
Oct
Lunch Lecture: Diet, health and sustainability – looking to the future together
6
Oct
Physical Processes of Coastal Environments: 2 - 13 Oct
2-13
Oct
Public Policy Making - From Idea to Realization: 2 - 13 Oct
2-13
Oct
Lunch Lecture: Act Locally Change Globally
29
Sep
Coastal and Marine Management: 18 - 29 Sep
18-29
Sep
Thesis Defense - Marine Litter
15
Sep
Thesis Defense - Help the Kelp
14
Sep
Thesis Defense - Benthic habitat mapping
14
Sep
Thesis Defense - Can Sailing Tourism and Marine Research
13
Sep
Thesis Defense - Fine-scale movement of humpback whales
12
Sep
Thesis Defense - Enhancing coastal migratory shorebird conservation
12
Sep
Thesis Defense - Our Land
11
Sep
Thesis Defense - Marine tour operators’ perception
11
Sep
People and the Sea: 11 - 29 Sep
11-29
Sep
Thesis Defense - Change everything?
8
Sep
Thesis Defense - Improving the effectiveness
8
Sep
Thesis Defense - Microplastic concentrations in sea surface waters
6
Sep
Thesis Defense - The Non-Silent World
6
Sep
Thesis Defense - What Seaweed Farming Means
5
Sep
Thesis Defense - The Dutch Shipping Industry’s Perceptions on Climate Change Mitigation Legislation
4
Sep
Thesis Defense - Social Carrying Capacity of Cruise Tourism in Ísafjörður
1
Sep
Thesis Defense - Zostera marina in times of Climate Change
1
Sep
Coastal and Marine Ecology: 28 Aug - 15 Sep
28
Aug -
15
Sep
Regional Transformation and Development: 28 Aug - 8 Sep
28
Aug -
8
Sep
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