Past events

Past events

  • Lunch lecture: Meet TVÍK, the technology-powered Icelandic teacher!

    15 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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