It's thesis defense season!

It's thesis defense season again at the University Centre of the Westfjords. The first defense starts on Wednesday 17th of April. During this defense season 9 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

17.4.
10:00

Laurent Trottier

CRD

Pride and prejudice and forestry. Perceptions of afforestation in Icelandic communities

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69314829159

17.4.
13:30

Brandon Piel

CRD

Eyemouth, Scotland & Alcanar, Catalunya: An Ethnographic Look at Independence Movements
and Coastal Borders

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68249575024

18.4.
9:30

Mette Baunsø Kring

CMM

Presence and possible threats to Harbor porpoises in the Westfjords, Iceland

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69244701237

19.4.
9:00

Lína Tryggvadóttir

CRD

Uppbygging sveitarfélaga. Hve mikið er of mikið? Viðhorf hagsmunaaðila á uppbyggingu atvinnulífs í Þorlákshöfn [Defense in Icelandic]

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68702826405

22.4.
9:30

Bronte Harris

CMM

The Phonic Footprint of Marine Tourism
Exploring the underwater sound levels of whale watching and cruise vessels travelling within Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68340666253

23.4.
9:00

Elsa Brenner

CMM

Investigating associations between pack management strategies and the intestinal microbiota of Greenland sled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris borealis)

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63577285819

24.4.
11:00

Emma Wolff

CMM

Impact of glacial meltwater on hydrography, biochemistry, and marine productivity in Northwest Greenlandic fjords

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/65371344989

2.5.
16:00

Alice Hough

CMM

Past and Present Evolution of a High Arctic delta

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66009613786

8.5.
14:00 

Robyn de Bruijn

CMM

Microplastics in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Westfjords region in Iceland

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62652379881