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At the annual general meeting of the University Centre of the Westfjords last Friday, March 14, 2025, where all the founding members are gathered, UW director announced under other matters his intention to pass the baton during 2025. uw.is/en/news/peter-…

The University Centre of the Westfjords (UW) has been awarded a highly competitive NordForsk grant for the "LostToClimate" project, which will explore the unavoidable non-economic losses experienced by Arctic communities due to climate change. uw.is/en/news/uw-rec…

UW has received a generous gift, an 86” screen called the Maxhub XBoard MTR, which combines a meeting display, conferencing equipment, a whiteboard and more. The donation comes from Þorsteinn Jóhannesson and his wife Margrét Hreinsdóttir. Full article: uw.is/en/news/uw-rec…

UW has secured a NordForsk grant for the "ARCHAIC" project. The overall objective is to generate new knowledge about current and future climate adaptation and handling of natural hazard events in remote settlements in the Arctic. uw.is/en/news/uw-rec…

Planning to join UW this fall? The April 15 deadline is almost here! This is the second admission round for our coastal master’s programs — applying by this date gives you time to prepar your move to Iceland. After April 15th applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

On Tuesday, April 22nd at 09:00, Anna Gehlen will defend her master's thesis titled "Island Policies and Community Engagement: Comparing Ireland’s and Scotland’s National Plans and Local Perspectives". The link to the defense can be found here: eu01web.zoom.us/j/63664556166

On Friday, April 25th at 09:00, Johannes Steinn will defend his master’s thesis titled “Community Perspectives on Arctic Development: Assessing Local Approval of the Finnafjord Port Project in Northeast Iceland”. The link to the defense can be found here eu01web.zoom.us/j/63354688997

On Friday, April 25th at 13:00, Ben Regoczi will defend his master’s thesis titled “Mapping humpback whale distribution and spatial overlap with anthropogenic activities in Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland”. The link to the defense can be found here eu01web.zoom.us/j/67789449969

On Monday, April 28th at 14:00, Julia Moore will defend her master’s thesis titled “Bridging Citizen Science and Governance: A Case Study of Urban Marsh Monitoring in Ocean City, Maryland”. The link to the defense can be found here eu01web.zoom.us/j/62955253478

On Tuesday, April 29th at 15:00, Grace Beaumont will defend her master’s thesis titled “TourTok: How TikTok has Connected and Disconnected Gaelic Culture in an Age of Tourism in Northwest Scotland”. The link to the defense can be found here: eu01web.zoom.us/j/6912189323

On April 30th at 13:00, Tabea Jacob will defend her master’s thesis titled “Blue Justice or just blue? Perceptions of Small-Scale Fisheries on spatial and distributive justice in Greenland’s development of a Blue Economy”. Here is the link to the defense: eu01web.zoom.us/j/62398492687

On May 2nd at 15:00, Rebecca Eriksson will defend her master’s thesis titled “Who are we planning for? Implications of Artificial Intelligence for the Integration of Local Knowledge in Marine Spatial Planning in the Nordic Region”. The link to the defense: eu01web.zoom.us/j/65263666310

Today, May 5th at 13:00, Laura Lyall will defend her master’s thesis titled “Assessing the importance of Ísafjarðardjúp for foraging humpback whales”. Defenses at UW are open to the public and are also accessible through Zoom. Link to the defense: eu01web.zoom.us/j/64397561127

Tomorrow, May 6th at 11:30, Muskan Lamba will defend her master’s thesis titled “Conceptualizing Climate Anxiety and Emotions in South Asia: A Youth Perspective”. Defenses at UW are open to the public and are also accessible through Zoom. Defense link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/62658878319

Tomorrow, May 8th at 13:00, Marloes will defend her master’s thesis titled “Navigating Svalbard Waters: Sea Ice, Shipping and Safety in 2013–2023”. Defenses at UW are open to the public and are also accessible through Zoom. The link to the defense: eu01web.zoom.us/j/67404255488

On May 9th at 09:30, Marjolijn Nijzingh will defend her master’s thesis titled “Understanding phytoplankton dynamics in Hvalfjörður: community structure and management of harmful algae”. Defenses at UW are open to the public, zoom link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/62536464473

Tune in now for today's defense at 09:30, where Emily Pejic will defend her master’s thesis titled “Where are the Eelpout? Investigating the Lycodes (genus) distributions in Icelandic waters”. Defenses at UW are open to the public. Link to the defense: eu01web.zoom.us/j/66209360481

Today, May 12th at 13:00, Andrew Pinsent defended his master’s thesis titled “The Importance of Riparian Vegetation on Juvenile Atlantic Salmon Food Webs: Baseline Data Collection in Western Newfoundland”. Full list of defenses can be found here: uw.is/en/news/thesis…

Today, May 13th at 13:00, Owen Reay will defend his master’s thesis titled “A Novel Symbiosis in Nova Scotian Salt Marshes: The Effect of Brown Seaweed Associations on the Morphology, Gametogenesis, and Fecundity of Ribbed Mussels”. Defense link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/63468998864

We're pleased to share that UW, the Municipality of Strandabyggð, and Fine Foods Íslandica ehf. have received a 70,000€ grant from the EU for the IceKelp project, to develop a model for sustainable kelp farming and a blue economy in rural areas. uw.is/en/news/eu-fun…