Thesis defense season: Spring 2025
14.04.2025
It's thesis defense season again at the University Centre of the Westfjords. The first defense starts on Tuesday April 22nd. During this defense season 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April | 9:00 | Anna Gehlen | CRD | Government policies to strengthen island communities — a comparison of approaches in Ireland and Scotland. | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63664556166 |
| 25 April | 9:00 | Johannes Steinn | CMM | Community Perspectives on Arctic Development: Assessing Local Approval of the Finnafjord Port Project in Northeast Iceland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63354688997 |
| 25 April | 13:00 | Ben Regoczi | CMM | Mapping humpback whale distribution and spatial overlap with anthropogenic activities in Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67789449969 |
| 28 April | 14:00 | Julia Moore | CRD | Bridging Citizen Science and Governance: A Case Study of Urban Marsh Monitoring in Ocean City, Maryland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62955253478 |
| 29 April | 15:00 | Grace Beaumont | CRD | TourTok: How TikTok has Connected and Disconnected Gaelic Culture in an Age of Tourism in Northwest Scotland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69121893239 |
| 30 April | 13:00 | Tabea Jacob | CMM | Blue Justice or just blue? Perceptions of Small-Scale Fisheries on spatial and distributive justice in Greenland’s development of a Blue Economy. | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62398492687 |
| 2 May | 15:00 | Rebecca Eriksson | CRD | Who are we planning for? Implications of Artificial Intelligence for the Integration of Local Knowledge in Marine Spatial Planning in the Nordic Region | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/65263666310 |
| 5 May | 13:00 | Laura Lyall | CMM | Assessing the importance of Ísafjarðardjúp for foraging humpback whales | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/64397561127 |
| 5 May | 17:00 | Claire Gilmoure | CRD | Educational Outcomes of Commercial Grizzly Bear Viewing Participants: A case study from Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69109523280 |
| 6 May | 11:00 | Muskan Lamba | CRD | Conceptualizing Climate Anxiety and Emotions in South Asia: A Youth Perspective | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62658878319 |
| 6 May | 13:30 | Aubrey Newland | CMM | Riverine Litter Monitoring in the Warnow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany: A Methodological Exploration | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/64308498269 |
| 8 May | 13:00 | Marloes de Rooij | CMM | Navigating Svalbard Waters: Sea Ice, Shipping and Safety in 2013–2023 | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67404255488 |
| 9 May | 9:30 | Marjolijn Nijzingh | CMM | Understanding phytoplankton dynamics in Hvalfjörður: community structure and management of harmful algae | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62536464473 |
| 12 May | 9:30 | Emily Pejic | CMM | Where are the Eelpout? Investigating the Lycodes (genus) distributions in Icelandic waters. | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66209360481 |
| 12 May | 13:00 | Andrew Pinsent | CMM | The Importance of Riparian Vegetation on Juvenile Atlantic Salmon Food Webs: Baseline Data Collection in Western Newfoundland | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67348345534 |
| 13 May | 13:00 | Owen Reay | CMM | A Novel Symbiosis in Nova Scotian Salt Marshes: The Effect of Brown Seaweed Associations on the Morphology, Gametogenesis, and Fecundity of Ribbed Mussels | https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63468998864 |