Thesis defense season: Autumn 2024
3.-16. September
Defenses
It's thesis defense season again at the University Centre of the Westfjords. The first defense starts on Tuesday September 3rd. During this defense season 13 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 | Student | Program | Thesis Title | Zoom link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 sept | 15:00 | Emma Dexter | CRD | Evaluating Place Attachment, Climate Change Awareness, and Risk Assessment: A Nationwide Study of Iceland in Times of Escalating Natural Hazard Risk | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68684619097 |
| 4 sept | 13:00 | Matthew Russell | CMM | Evaluating and Addressing Climate Change Related Threats to Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Habitat in the East River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62428026881 |
| 6 sept | 9:00 | Gaëlle Messmer | CMM | Going forward: A look at small Icelandic municipalities and waste management strategies | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63109995907 |
| 9 sept | 13:00 | Julius Barth | CRD | Energy Transition in Nova Scotia: Lessons from Danish Experiences Developing an Offshore Wind Industry | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/64895799487 |
| 10 sept | 9:30 | Ricarda Neehuis | CRD | The Westfjords Way: Evaluating Floating Home Implementation in Ísafjörður | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67507631213 |
| 10 sept | 13:00 | Mallorie Iozzo | CMM | A Site Suitability Analysis for Regenerative Ocean Farming in Long Island Sound | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67988684832 |
| 11 sept | 9:30 | Louise Wittwer | CRD | Plastic vs. Policy: A Plastic Pollution Policy Analysis in the Arctic | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68018684579 |
| 11 sept | 13:00 | Orla Mallon | CMM | Exploring Benthic Biodiversity using Underwater Imagery in Melville Bay, Greenland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62528427919 |
| 12 sept | 9:00 | Elisa Janssen | CMM | Patterns of co – occurrence of parasites in Eastern Baltic cod stocks within different depth strata | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61157747546 |
| 12 sept | 14:00 | Sophie Martell | CMM | Human-Wildlife Conflict in Iberian Waters: Orcinus orca and Vessels’ Encounters from a Socio-Ecological Systems Approach | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69084877127 |
| 13 sept | 8:30 | Ela Keegan | CRD | Coastal Heritage and How Resilience Can Manifest in The Face Of Change: A Case Study Using Social Arts Practices in Rakiura, Aoeatora/New Zealand. | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61113812289 |
| 16 sept | 9:30 | Rozálie Rašovská | CRD | Women and northern paganism: Feminine aspect and roles of women in contemporary pagan organization Ásatrú in Iceland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63043654968 |
| 16 sept | 13:00 | Lara Kumm | CMM | Coastal Classification of Jones Sound in the Canadian High Arctic | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62135985443 |