H�sk�lasetur Vestfjar�a - Announcements

Marine biologist � postdoc position in Brei�afjord-area

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:17:00 +0000

Vör Marine Research Centre in Ólafsvík, Breiðafjörður, seeks a candidate to participate in building a research team on food web studies in Breiðafjörður, West Iceland. Applicants must hold a PhD-degree in marine biology or related fields. Further information here.

Call for Participation and for Applications from Young Researchers

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:10:00 +0000

The 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum (NRF), Our Ice Dependent world, is to be held on October 24th - 27th, 2010 in Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway. The event is organized together with the 6th NRF Host Planning Committee. Young researchers and professionals who have passed their MA and plan to complete a doctoral degree or have recently completed a doctoral degree, are eligible to receive full or partial travel funding from the NRF in order to participate.

Further information is available on the NRF website.

Master's Projects Presentations

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:37:00 +0000

This week the students graduating from the Coastal and Marine Management master's program will present their master's projects. The presentations will be held at the University Centre but sent out via Skype since students, advisors and external readers are situated around the world. The presentations are open to the public and will be on Thursday and Friday in Room 1-2 at the University Centre.

Thursday, January 21
13:30
Traian Leu
Estimating the Impacts of Bridges on Juvenile Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, in Icelandic Fjords
Advisor: Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir

15:00
Jacob Kasper
Spatial and Temporal Trends of Fifteen Noncommercial fin-fish species in Iceland between 1985 and 2009
Advisor: Höskuldur Björnsson

Friday, January 22
12:10
Astrid Dispert
On the importance of including metadata when dealing with Local Ecological Knowledge
Advisor: Chris Miller

14:30
Henry Fletcher
Opportunities for Greater Public Participation in the Natural Sciences: a Case Study of the Alde and Ore
Futures ICZM Project, Suffolk, UK
Advisor: Rodrigo Menafra

16:00
Danielle Stollack
An Exploratory Study of a Situated Learning-to-Change Process in 3 Eastern Cape Coastal Communities
Advisor: Rob O'Donoghue

ICEF Christmas talk

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:43:00 +0000

The Icelandic Centre for Ethnology and Folklore will host a special Christmas talk on Saturday December 19, in Hólmavík. The program includes talks on folklore research, music and readings from new books by authors. The program will be in English, further information on the ICEF website www.icef.is.

The Development Fund for Immigration Issues open for applications

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +0000

The Immigration Board announces that they are open for applications for grants from the Development Fund for Immigration Issues for the year 2009. The Fund's purpose is to enhance research and development projects in the field of immigration issues with the goal of facilitating mutual adjustment between immigrants and Icelandic society.

The closing date for applications is 15. January 2010. For more information please follow this link.

The Development Fund for Immigration Issues was founded in 2007 by the Ministry of Social Affairs and this is the third time that grants are being allotted. The administration of the fund is partly in the hands of the University Centre of the Westfjords.

Information on projects that have previously received grants is to be found on www.hsvest.is, see Development Fund for Immigration Issues and Abstracts.

Application dead line for Research and Development fund V-Bar� extended until 11.12.2009

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:38:00 +0000

The application dead line for grants for the Research and Development fund V-Barð (southerly Westfjords) has been extended until friday, 11.12.09. Applicants should read the application instructions on the regional development agency's web site (www.atvest.is) and send in a formal application before midnight on desember 11th. There, applicants can also find information on the field of research funded. The fund is meant exclusively for research and development in the southerly Westfjords.

Feel free to contact Þorgeir Pálsson/Atvest for further information: 450 3000 or 899 0020

The Leifur Eir�ksson Foundation Grants

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:41:00 +0000

The Leifur Eiríksson Foundation announces grants for scholars from Icelandic universities for graduate research or study at universities in the United States

Applications must be received by December 4, 2009. Supporting documents, i.e. letters of reference and transcripts, must be received no later than December 14, 2009.

The Leifur Eríksson Foundation has decided to grant 6 scholarships of up to $25.000 each for graduate research or study during the school year 2010-11. The Foundation funds scholars from U.S. universities for graduate research or studies at universities in Iceland, and scholars from universities in Iceland to conduct research and study at universities in the United States. All fields of study are included.

Recipients are chosen by the Foundation's Board of Trustees.

See the Website of the Foundation for general information for applicants and a link to online applications. The website also contains information about past scholarship winners.

Students in Iceland can apply online and also submit their application material to the Office of International Education at the University of Iceland.

New CMM Program Director

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:17:00 +0000

The University Centre of the Westfjords received 13 applications for the position of Programme Director for the master‘s in Coastal and Marine Management, advertised due to maternity leave.

All applicants held at least one masters degree, four applicants held PhDs. Nine applicants held a degree in integrated coastal zone management, resource management, or marine sciences. Six applicants were foreigners. As this isn‘t a teacher nor research position, relevant management experience was important.

Eight applicants were invited for job interviews, personally or through skype. The application committee is pleased to announce that Dagný Arnarsdóttir has been offered and accepted the position.

Dagný Arnarsdóttir holds a masters in Environmental and Resource management from the University of Iceland. She has experience in human resource management, event management, public relations and teaching. She has been working for the Society of Environmental Scientists and is currently a project manager in the international programme in Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland.

New Staff Member

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:54:00 +0000

The Univeristy Centre of the Westfjords welcomes Árný Rós Gísladóttir as the new receptionist. Ten applications were received for this part time position. Árný Rós began work on September 24.

Environmental Issues Symposium

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0000

The Ministry of Environment is holding an environmental issues´ symposium on October 9 and 10 in Reykjavík. The main theme of the symposium will be sustainable development. The Minister of Environment will introduce a new report on environment and resources and a draft of the new sustainable development policy.

If you would like to participate, please register by October 2 on the website of the Ministry of Environment or via telephone 545-8600.

All further information on the symposium is available in Icelandic on the Ministry´s website.