Karl er prófessor í landafræði við Háskóla Íslands.
Laura is a Professor Emeritus of Environmental History and Policy at Sonoma State University, in Northern California. She came to the University Centre initially on a Fulbright-NSF Arctic Scholar grant to conduct historical research in Iceland. Her project documented the environmental history of a remote corner of Iceland’s Westfjords, specifically the Árneshreppur municipality and surrounding region of the Strandir coast.
At Sonoma State, she taught a number of courses in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Planning and was a Graduate Coordinator for the Cultural Resource Management masters program.
Outside of school she is an avid photographer and sailor, and started knitting after moving to Iceland.
Dr. Matthias Kokorsch is the Academic Director of Coastal Communities and Regional Development.