Planning of Coastal and Marine Regions is now ongoing in the masters program in Coastal and Marine Management. The course instructor is Dr. Patricia Manuel, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in Canada....
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It is during the month of May that the Annual General Meeting takes place at the University Centre Westfjords. The AGM this year falls on 18th of May, and discussion points include events over the past year, both financially and internally. The AGM will start at 1 pm in room 1-2 at the University Centre....
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The past four weeks the course CMM05 Economics and Policy has been underway in Coastal and Marine Management master's program. The course is taught by dr. Gabriela Sabau from the Sir Wilfred Grenfell Collage, the western campus of Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. This is the fourth time that Dr. Sabau teaches at the CMM master's program, and it is safe to say that such continuity is extremely important for the University Centre....
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National and international cooperation and networking is an important task for a remote institute like the University Centre in the Westfjords. 

 

Recently, Dagný Arnarsdóttir, the CMM master's program director, attended a workshop in Oslo held by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The workshop took place at the premises of the Norwegian Ministry for the Environment at Akershus fortress in Oslo. Three other representatives from Iceland attended the workshop: Hafdís Hafliðadóttir and Sigmar Örn Steingrimsson from the Planning Agency, and Matthildur K. Elmarsdóttir, planning consultant, Alta. The aim of the workshop was to identify specifically Nordic issues, themes and values ​​that should be a guiding light in policies in the field of maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the North.

 

The director of teaching and education at the University Centre, Kristín Ósk Jónasdóttir, was also on the move. She took part in the Aqua-Tnet workshop in Arberdeen, Scotland. The workshop was held at the headquarters of the Scottish marine research institute, and the aim was to continue working on ways to promote and assess the continuing education of workers in aquaculture and fisheries - and particularly on the promotion of EC-VET system. Kristín, who was the only Icelandic representative, worked with participants from many other European countries.

On Monday May 7, Katie Auth will present her master's thesis in Coastal and Marine Management titled Fishing For Common Ground: Broadening the Definition of ´Rights-based' Management in Iceland's Westfjords. The presentation begins at 16:00 in room 1-2 at the University Centre and is open to all....
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On Monday May 7, Deborah Davies will present her master's thesis in Coastal and Marine Management titled Resource Lens for Sustainable Adaptation: Coastal Adaptation in Western Greenland. The presentation begins at 14:00 in room 1-2 at the University Centre and is open to all. The thesis advisor is dr. Mike Philips, professor at Swansea Metropolitan University in Wales and the external reader is dr. Níels Einarsson, director of the Stefansson Arctic Institute....
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On Thursday May 3, Danny O'Farrell will present his master's thesis in Coastal and Marine Management titled Range expansion of European Flounder Platichthys flesus to Icelandic waters. A threat to native salmonids? The presentation begins at 16:00 in room 1-2 at the University Centre and is open to all....
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Thursday May 3, Maija Annukka Pekkarinen will present and defend her master's thesis titled Maritime transport in the Gulf of Bothnia 2010-2030: Future scenarios for Maritime Spatial Planning purposes. The presentation begins at 11:00 in room 1-2 at the University Centre and is open to all....
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On Wednesday, May 2, Megan Chen will present her master's thesis in Coastal and Marine Management titled The environmental impact of scallop dredging in Breiðafjörður, West Iceland: A call for fishing technique and management reform....
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After a great winter, Lunch Lectures will now go on a summer break.

We have been so fortunate this winter to have visitors, with very diverse lectures. We have listened to lectures on nursing, geography, anthropology, sociology, jounalism, political science, archeology, pedagogy, biology and history. We have also learned about salt production, green economy, European Researh Agenda, books have been presented and many more.
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