Student Summer Project: Rediscovering the history of Þingvellir woodlands
Student summer research project exploring the history of Þingvellir woodlands.
Intensive Field Course on the Use of Geospatial Technologies in Hazard Research and Response
The Department of Geography and Tourism Studies of the University of Iceland in collaboration with colleagues from the UI Science Institute and Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic is offering an Aurora-supported intensive graduate-level field course on the use of geospatial technologies in hazard research and response in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. The 3 ECTS course takes place…
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Summer School: Islands as Laboratories for Sustainability
Summer School Programme Islands as Laboratories for Sustainability: The case of Lesvos
Master thesis project: Mapping the distribution of birch woodlands in Iceland
Mapping the distribution of birch woodlands in Iceland Between 2010 and 2014 the Icelandic Forest Service (Skógræktin) created an assessment of the distribution of natural birch woodlands in Iceland through an extensive field- and aerial photo survey. Since then, no new assessment of the birch forests in Iceland has been made, although politics and planning…
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