{"id":15,"date":"2021-11-21T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sar.hi.is\/services\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:51:50","slug":"postkort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sar.hi.is\/en\/postkort\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Fri\u00f0rik Larsen has designed a measuring device that, among other things, shows companies and organizations how sustainable their brands are in the minds of consumers and other interest groups. Such information helps to make informed decisions about how to promote the sustainability projects in which the companies \/ organizations are involved with. This also helps them to face how much\/little this field affects the trust of interest groups towards them.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. R\u00fana Sif, has been researching sleep and its relationship with academic performance and cognitive aspects in Icelandic youth for the past few years. R\u00fana's research is part of the project Health behaviours of young Icelanders, it is a long-term study of the state of health aspects of young Icelanders and their relationship with sleep, physical activity and the school environment.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing, which is one of Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Hans T\u00f3mas, Professor at the University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine has focused on researching Kabuki syndrome. Hans T\u00f3mas and his team believe that this intellectual disability can be treated. Indeed, the team's end goal is to develop a safe treatment that can reduce the severity of the syndrome

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing, which is one of Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Hilda Bj\u00f6rk Dan\u00edelsd\u00f3ttir, PhD student and Professor Unnur Anna Valdimarsd\u00f3ttir are behind the extensive SAGA Cohort study<\/i>. The study shows what a significant impact adverse childhood experiences can have on women's long-term health and how important it is to prevent these adverse events and support children who are affected.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health, Education, Prevention and Awareness.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. P\u00e9tur Orri, Associate Professor in Physical Sciences, alongside other scientists at the University of Iceland, has studied how the human body accesses genetic information that affects all bodily functions. The study examines relatively newly discovered proteins that, unlike other proteins, do not have a fixed three-dimensional structure.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Science and Health: Impacts state of knowledge in Biochemical Sciences.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Sif R\u00edkhar\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir research is focused on cross-cultural and comparative studies of medieval literature, emotion theory, particularly literary emotionality, translation studies, voice and gender. In the research project Emotion and the Medieval Self in Northern Europe<\/i> the aim was to explore the performance of emotion in medieval literature and the implications such performativity has for medieval selfhood and self-awareness in Northern Europe.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Cultural Impact.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Orri says that the ideas about past societies are never more accurate than the knowledge we have about them, and that the role of archeology is to update these ideas in light of new research. Orri describes this role as identity maintenance.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Cultural Impact.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Emily developed the webpage\/database Nafni\u00f0.is which provides searchable access to place name collection from The \u00c1rni Magn\u00fasson Institute.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Preservation of Culture.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Haukur Logi Karlsson, postdoc is investigating competition law to discover whether it would be beneficial to expand the law so that it addresses not only consumer interests but also worker interests.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Economical Impact.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dalr\u00fan Kaldakv\u00edsl Eyger\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, postdoc says that when she does historical research she always relies on the interview format in order to record the voices and experiences of Icelanders. Now she has turned to the adventurous research of marine environmental history. There Dalr\u00fan investigates the history of shark fishing in Iceland, from ancient times to the 21st century.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Cultural and Life below water.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, Director of The University of Iceland's Research Centre in North West Iceland says that various modern attitudes, values and norms have been shaped by the reality of previous generations. An increased understanding of this reality results in a better and clearer identity.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Social Responsibility<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Theology and feminist theology are mainstays in the research of Dr. Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur. She has conducted research in theology based on feminism and in the field of environmental theology. One of the guiding principles has been the question of the experiences that are taken into account in society at any given time and how women are affected in that regard. Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur further believes that the role of theology is to interpret and define our relationship with nature, and points out that man has subjugated nature in a similar way to the man who has dominated the woman.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Gender Equality and Climate Action.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Snorri \u00de\u00f3r, Professor in Physical Sciencies at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Iceland and his colleagues have been working on designing and building stable biradicals that can be used in dynamic nuclear polarization or DNP. Measuring time of spectroscopy is shortened and more accuracy assured.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Economy (reduces cost).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Camila P\u00eda presented two exciting projects on sustainable production of hydrogen at the Functional Materials and Nanotechnology (FM&NT) congress held in Riga, Latvia, in July. The first project is called AliCe-Why project, conducted in collaboration with researchers across Europe as well as professors Christiaan P. Richter and R\u00fanar Unn\u00fe\u00f3rsson at the University of Iceland. The main goal of the project is to use aluminum waste to produce hydrogen. The second project is related to the production of hydrogen using seawater and the future perspectives of developing this idea due the diminishing supplies of freshwater.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Clean Water and Sanitation & Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Sveinbj\u00f6rn has developed a new way to treat seizures with the nasal spray Nayzilam. Family members, colleagues and friends and acquaintances can now assist patients by offering the medicine via nose spray instead of having to go to the hospital and getting the medicine intravenously.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Economical impact.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\u00c1sta is currently leading an extensive study with Krist\u00edn Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir, professor at the University's School of Education, entitled Disability in the times of pandemic funded by Rann\u00eds (the Icelandic Centre for Research). A part of the research was mapping the situation of disabled people in the times of disasters and pointing out ways to improve their situation. This data was a basis for an article that was published in the peer reviewed magazine \u00cdslenska \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi\u00f0.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities & Good Health and Well-being <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Tinkering for sustainability at School is the name of a project that recently received an Erasmus+ grant. \u00d3lafur P\u00e1ll, Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Education, is leading it on behalf of the University of Iceland. The project aim is to support teachers who want to promote sustainability in schools, both in formal and informal education. The project is in collaboration with a Greek organization and the Science Museum in Amsterdam, which has developed so-called tinkering methods in teaching.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Sustainable Cities and Communities<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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SageWrite is an Icelandic startup developing the first text-generation and text-enhancement platform for academic writing. The platform works by taking in a rough draft of what researchers want to write and generates the corresponding text for them. SageWrite was co-founded by Elena Callegari, a postdoc at the University of Iceland, and Desara Xhura. The startup was created thanks to one of Rann\u00eds T\u00e6kni\u00fer\u00f3unarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur 2021 grant.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Paul J Wensween, Research Specialist at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, studies the acoustic and movement behaviour of whales and dolphins and their responses to human-generated underwater sound. His present work focusses on the migration movements of northern bottlenose whales and the behavioural impacts of naval sonar on this species and other cetaceans. This research informs assessments of the conservation status of animal populations in the wild and helps navies and other ocean noise producers to reduce the environmental effects of their activities.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Life below water, which is one of Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Ingibj\u00f6rg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, professor says both foreign and domestic research strongly suggest that dietary choices that do not align with official recommendations are an independent risk factor for various ailments during pregnancy and can also affect the growth and development of a child.

In a follow-up study, which began in the fall of 2017, iodine deficiency was diagnosed for the first time in the Icelandic population, and insufficient vitamin D intake was observed among a third of the participants. The research has already resulted in changed recommendations for pregnant women in relation to iodine and vitamin D.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Good Health and Wellbeing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\u00de\u00f3roddur Bjarnason, Professor of Sociology has researched regional development and migration patterns in Iceland from various perspectives.

The results of this research has been utilized in various ways in the development of regional policies in Iceland in recent decades.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities, Quality Education and Peace and Justice and Strong Institutions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg R\u00edkey Th. Hauksd\u00f3ttir is a PhD student. Her research focuses on analyzing the incentives for increased cooperation between China and Russia in the Arctic, to what extent the countries work together and what the consequences of such cooperation are for the Arctic.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The University of Iceland's Institute of International Affairs was recently awarded a grant for three million Euro (almost 420 million ISK) from the EU\u2019s Horizon Europe programme for its research project Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in Europe in the Postfactual Age (RECLAIM). This is a three-year grant, and the aim of the project is to study the implications of post-truth politics on democracy in Europe. The Institute of International Affairs hosts the project, and it is led by Maximilian Conrad, professor at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Political Science.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The primary goal of a Dr. Hei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda\u2018s study is to focus on visual cognition, including face and object perception\/recognition to understand why some people find it easier than others to recognise people from their appearance. There are varying degrees of face blindness, but it can be a serious problem for people who might, for example, avoid social situations out of fear of failing to recognise others and offending them\" says Hei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda. Her research career has focused on visual perception, object perception and visual attention.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Good Health and Wellbeing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Emil Dagsson, PhD student uses methodology from the field of economics to shed light on opportunities for people to make a better life for themselves within Icelandic society.

\"The goal of my research is to measure the privilege experienced by different social groups, as well as evaluating to what extent equal opportunities exist in our society. To do this, I am evaluating social mobility between generations in Iceland, the main factors being education and income. These things tell us how the socioeconomic status of parents can affect their children,\" explains Emil.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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New research by three scientists at the University of Iceland suggests that bilingual children who speak Icelandic as a second language acquire limited Icelandic in preschool.

\nThe scientists behind the study are J\u00f3hanna T. Einarsd\u00f3ttir, professor of speech pathology at the UI Faculty of Medicine and the School of Education; Iris Edda Nowenstein, MS in speech pathology from UI and PhD student in Icelandic linguistics; and Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds Hafsteinsd\u00f3ttir, speech and language therapist.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Quality Education & Reduced Inequalities<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Majid Eskafi, Postdoc is currently conducting a specialised research project looking at ports in collaboration with Icelandic businesses. This project clearly aligns with the new Strategy of the University of Iceland, UI26. The goal of the research is to develop an innovative and highly adaptable port plan that guarantees continuous operations in a time of constant change and ensures that all expansion is appropriate for the environment and the community, in the short and long term. Societal responsibility is important in this context.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Sustainable Cities and Communities and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\"In my opinion, aspirin is one of the most fascinating drugs in the field of medicine. It has such a diverse range of effects and these different effects have been gradually discovered over the years. It's really remarkable,\" says Helga Helgad\u00f3ttir, Assistant Professor at the UI Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, whose research has focused on how aspirin can prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Good Health and Wellbeing.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\"There are concerns in our society about the numbers of women leaving the teaching profession, including the fact that many young teachers do not last long in the job.\" - Ing\u00f3lfur \u00c1sgeir J\u00f3hannesson, Professor at Faculty of Education and Diversity.

Along with his colleagues, he is currently investigating how newly qualified female teachers manage during their first two years as compulsory school teachers and to what extent their experiences in compulsory schools are related to preconceptions about sex and gender roles.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Gender Equality and Quality Education.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\"It is absolutely vital that we have reliable information about language development so that we can identify children who are struggling with developmental language disorders and give them the help and therapy they need to catch up with their peers\" says \u00de\u00f3ra M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir, Assistant Professor at the University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine, who is now working on a new language development test designed to assess the linguistic ability of preschool children between the ages of 4 and 6.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\u201eThe concept of probability that most of us are familiar with comes from everyday life experiences. We tend to try and predict how things will happen based on past experiences and act accordingly. A famous example is the weather forecast, our perception of it and our reaction to it\" says Sigur\u00f0ur \u00d6rn, who recently had a scientific article published in one of the world's most respected scientific journals in the field of probability studies (Annals of Probability).

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Inga conducted research on the nutrition of Icelandic infants (1995 and 2005). The results of the previous study had a major impact on changes in recommendations for Icelandic infants. Sto\u00f0mj\u00f3lk (follow-on ready to drink formula) was developed from this research project to prevent iron deficiency.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\"Our project is about researching the effects of macrolide antibiotics on cell differentiation in epidermal cells. Although skin diseases are seldom fatal, they place a considerable burden on sufferers and the healthcare system alike. Weakening of the epithelial barrier is shown to be an underlying cause of a high proportion of skin diseases.\" -\u00de\u00f3rarinn Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson, Professor who leads the project.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Health and Wellbeing and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Conspiracy mentality around the globe tends to be particularly pronounced on the political fringes. Results of surveys involving more than 100,000 participants in 26 countries show a correlation between belief in conspiracies and identification as far-left, and, in particular, far-right. The results were published in Nature Human Behavior recently and Hulda \u00de\u00f3risd\u00f3ttir, associate professor of political science at the University of Iceland is one of the authors.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Icelanders are, like other nations, getting older. This can be can be attributed to better health, better quality of life, and medical progress. This significant increase involves diverse challenges for our community and furthermore raises the question whether people save enough money to maintain their standard of living during their old age, which is getting longer and longer. \u00dalf N\u00edelsson, professor at the University's Faculty of Business Administration, is tackling these questions in his current research.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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A recent University of Iceland study focuses on the experiences and feelings of fathers who see their children less than every other weekend. The reactions of child protection committees and civil magistrates to the problems fathers face when seeking more time with their children were also examined.

N\u00edna Eck at the Faculty for Social Work led the study.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Gender Equality.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The non-profit organisation Education in a Suitcase, which is centred around a teaching system developed by scientists at the University of Iceland, received a grant this year of ISK 5 million from Kristj\u00e1n G\u00edslason of the Sliding Through Foundation. The grant will be used to help students from the poorest regions of Africa access higher education. Thanks to the non-profit organisation, its benefactors and the teaching system, students in Kenya were able to access education during the pandemic despite the fact that schools were closed.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities & Quality Education.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Sigr\u00fan \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir, Postdoc at the School of Education, has dedicated her research to training the taste buds of children and parents. The doctoral study is innovative and takes the form of a course for children and parents, involving a repeated introduction of all kinds of foods in a relatively short amount of time. Thesis adviser was Anna Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and Responsible Consumption and Production.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Various research projects within in the School of Education focus on developing and improving teaching at all levels; either by new teaching methods or by re-evaluating and changing existing methods. J\u00f3hann \u00d6rn Sigurj\u00f3nsson, doctoral student in educational sciences, is among those invested in these subjects and is currently focusing on how teaching mathematics can be improved in the senior years in primary schools, both here in Iceland and elsewhere in the Nordic countries.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Quality Education.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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\"The project focuses on changing students' attitudes and encouraging them to take radical action against the climate change crisis in their own communities whilst networking with other schools abroad. This gives students the opportunity for a joint effort worldwide in the field of climate change,\" -Rannveig Bj\u00f6rk \u00deorkelsd\u00f3ttir, associate professor and J\u00f3na Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, adjunct lecturer; both at the Faculty of Subject Teacher Education.

Societal Impact: <\/b> Climate Action.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Food production currently accounts for around 40% of global land use and 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. There is increased efforts among governments and policy-makers to promote production and consumption of more sustainable healthy diets. To date, the carbon footprint of most domestically produced foods in Iceland has not been assessed in detail. The carbon footprint is also minimally considered when setting dietary recommendations and other food policy goals. The interdisciplinary project \u201cSustainable Healthy Diets\u201d addresses these gaps.

Societal Impact:<\/b> Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and Responsible Consumption and Production.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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In her research Sn\u00e6fr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3ra has focused on the life quality, participation and environment of disabled children and their families. A large study (LIFE-DCY) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund has just been completed. The main results obtained by questionnaires showed that disabled children rated their quality of life lower than non-disabled children in a control group. Parents of disabled children rated their children\u2019s quality of life considerably lower than the children did themselves, even if they were asked to answer \u201cjust as their child would.\u201d

Societal Impact:<\/b> Reduced Inequalities.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Dr. Zhao Yuan is advocating the Smart Grid in Iceland to improve the technical innovations in the energy industry, integrate more renewable energy resources and reduce the CO2 emissions to tackle the climate change challenge. He has been leading several research projects at the University of Iceland including the project to assess and enhance the security of the power system in Iceland. Zhao is helping the energy industry to a more sustainable future and educating the next generation power engineers for Iceland.

Societal Impact: <\/b> Climate Action.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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S\u00f3llilja Bjarnad\u00f3ttir, PhD student: \u201cThe goal for my PhD project is to understand how political trust and institutional trust impacts people\u2019s public attitudes in Iceland towards different climate change policies. In addition to that I will emphasize on understanding what impacts people\u2019s support towards a just transition which refers to that our step towards greener societies needs to be based on justice.\"

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Margr\u00e9t Sigr\u00fan Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir,
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Universities are not only an institution where we seek an education, many of us are no doubt aware that it is also a place we have formed important friendships. Connections to peers at university are an important part of being a university student and provide support in completing studies at the university level. But what happens when a pandemic prevents students from studying locally?

Anna Helga J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, Magn\u00fas \u00de\u00f3r Torfason and Margr\u00e9t Sigr\u00fan Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir compared the relationship formation of two groups of students, those who started their studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences of the University of Iceland in the fall of 2017, and then again in 2020 when university studies took place online due to COVID.

Their results show that the pandemic had a significant impact on students' relationships and networking. So significant, in fact, that half of the students who started their studies in the fall of 2020 did not make any new connections in the first one and a half semester of their study career. By comparison, for students who started their studies in 2017, the first one and a half semester was their most active period in terms of the formation of new ties.

From the results, it is evident that students who started their studies during the COVID epidemic do not have the same educational network as students who started their studies before the start of the epidemic, and it is important to consider these long-term effects that the pandemic has had on education and society.

The results of the study are published in the journal Higher Education<\/i>:

Sigurdardottir, M. S., Torfason, M. T., & Jonsdottir, A. H. (2022). Social tie formation of COVID-19 students: evidence from a two-cohort longitudinal study. Higher Education<\/i>, 1-19.\n

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\u00der\u00f6stur Olaf Sigurj\u00f3nsson,
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Universities have the role of preparing students for participation in a democratic society and in business life, as stated in the policy of the University of Iceland. Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson, professor of business administration, and R\u00f3bert Haraldsson, professor of philosophy, have researched how student-centered teaching methods best promote students' skills, capabilities and ability to deal with ethical issues in business life, so that they can best support a democratic society.

Their research shows that Icelandic managers believe it is necessary that graduates are better able to notice ethical challenges that companies can face and how to deal with those challenges, whether they are found within the companies themselves or in their relationships with government or society as a whole.

Throstur and R\u00f3bert have used student-centered teaching methods, so that in collaboration with students, Icelandic real-life examples (e. cases) are researched, written, and published. In this way, students get direct access to how to recognize ethical issues in business life, how to solve them and, not least, how to translate such ethical issues into real-life examples so that others can learn from them.

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Dr. Fri\u00f0rik Larsen has designed a measuring device that, among other things, shows companies and organizations how sustainable their brands are in the minds of consumers and other interest groups.

Such information helps to make informed decisions about how to promote the sustainability projects in which the companies \/ organizations are involved with. This also helps them to face how much\/little this field affects the trust of interest groups towards them.

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Jafnr\u00e9tti kynjanna er hluti af heimsmarkmi\u00f0um Sameinu\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0anna um sj\u00e1lfb\u00e6ra \u00fer\u00f3un. Er liti\u00f0 er til kynjahlutfalla \u00ed stj\u00f3rnum fyrirt\u00e6kja \u00fe\u00e1 s\u00e9st a\u00f0 breytinga er \u00fe\u00f6rf. Al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg reynsla s\u00fdnir a\u00f0 l\u00edti\u00f0 gengur a\u00f0 jafna kynjahlutfall \u00ed stj\u00f3rnum fyrirt\u00e6kja fyrr en kynjakv\u00f3ti hefur veri\u00f0 innleiddur.

\u00der\u00f6stur Olaf Sigurj\u00f3nsson hefur \u00e1samt me\u00f0-rannsakendum greint hvernig sta\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 innlei\u00f0ingu laga um kynjakv\u00f3ta \u00ed \u00edslenskar stj\u00f3rnir. \u00c1hersla \u00derastar hefur veri\u00f0 annars vegar \u00e1 valferli stj\u00f3rnarmanna, og hins vegar \u00e1 \u00e1hrif \u00e1 stj\u00f3rnarbrag.

\nVanda\u00f0 valferli stj\u00f3rnamanna skiptir h\u00f6fu\u00f0m\u00e1li, jafnt fyrir konur sem karla, og fyrir fyrirt\u00e6ki og samf\u00e9lag. Eftir innlei\u00f0ingu laga um kynjakv\u00f3ta \u00e1 \u00cdslandi var mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 rannsaka hversu vanda\u00f0 valferli\u00f0 var, \u00fev\u00ed ef \u00fea\u00f0 reyndist \u00f3vanda\u00f0 yr\u00f0i erfitt a\u00f0 skera \u00far um raunveruleg \u00e1hrif innlei\u00f0ingar sl\u00edkra laga. Valferli\u00f0 \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar innlei\u00f0ingu laganna reyndist vera mj\u00f6g mi\u00f0a\u00f0 a\u00f0 mati \u00e1 einstaklingum, konum jafnt sem k\u00f6rlum.

En \u00ed valferli\u00f0 vanta\u00f0i sk\u00fdrara mat \u00e1 samsetningu stj\u00f3rna sem teyma. Tilur\u00f0 tilnefningarnefnda kann a\u00f0 hafa laga\u00f0 \u00feetta. Ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 starf tilnefningarnefnda er \u00fe\u00f3 enn a\u00f0 miklu \u00f3pl\u00e6g\u00f0ur akur. \u00dea\u00f0 r\u00edkti ekki almenn s\u00e1tt um kynjakv\u00f3ta \u00ed stj\u00f3rnum fyrirt\u00e6kja \u00feegar l\u00f6gin voru kynnt til s\u00f6gunnar en s\u00e1ttin j\u00f3kst \u00feegar l\u00f6gin h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 innleidd og reynd.

Helst voru \u00fea\u00f0 ungir karlmenn sem voru \u00e1 m\u00f3ti kynjakv\u00f3tanum. \u00dea\u00f0 er e\u00f0lilegt, \u00fev\u00ed helst er \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e1 h\u00f3pur sem missti t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri\u00f0 a\u00f0 komast \u00ed stj\u00f3rnir. Enn fremur voru \u00fea\u00f0 karlar sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00f3hef\u00f0bundinn bakgrunn og reynslu, sem misstu t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri\u00f0 til stj\u00f3rnarsetu. Samb\u00e6rilegar ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur m\u00e1 sj\u00e1 fr\u00e1 Noregi \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar innlei\u00f0ingar kynjakv\u00f3ta \u00fear. Ungar stj\u00f3rnarkonur eru j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0astar me\u00f0 kynjakv\u00f3tann. \u00deessi afsta\u00f0a \u00f3l\u00edkra h\u00f3pa breyttist ekki fr\u00e1 \u00feeim t\u00edma a\u00f0 l\u00f6gin voru kynnt \u00fear til eftir a\u00f0 \u00feau voru innleidd.

\nAukin \u00fe\u00e1tttaka kvenna vi\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnarbor\u00f0i\u00f0 hefur leitt til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00f3l\u00edk sj\u00f3narmi\u00f0 eru r\u00e6dd vi\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnarbor\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00e1kvar\u00f0anataka hefur or\u00f0i\u00f0 betri, a\u00f0 mati stj\u00f3rnarmanna. Svipu\u00f0 ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0a er hva\u00f0 var\u00f0ar a\u00f0hald stj\u00f3rna me\u00f0 forstj\u00f3ra. Fj\u00f6lgun kvenna \u00ed stj\u00f3rnir hefur leitt til \u00feess a\u00f0 a\u00f0haldi\u00f0 er meira. \u00deetta er \u00fe\u00f3 helst sko\u00f0un kvenkyns stj\u00f3rnarmanna og stj\u00f3rnarformanna af b\u00e1\u00f0um kynjum. Karlkyns stj\u00f3rnarmenn eru neikv\u00e6\u00f0ari en kvenkyns um j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0 \u00e1hrif aukinnar \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku kvenna \u00e1 stj\u00f3rnarsamstarfi\u00f0. Heilt yfir er \u00fea\u00f0 ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0a a\u00f0 kynjakv\u00f3ti \u00ed stj\u00f3rnir fyrirt\u00e6kja lei\u00f0ir til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e1kvar\u00f0anataka er betri. \u00dea\u00f0 var markmi\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnvalda me\u00f0 innlei\u00f0ingu laganna.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Birna \u00de\u00f3risd\u00f3ttir has for the past two years worked with Nordic colleges on systematic reviews for the update of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, NNR 2022. In addition to include an update for energy, macro- and micronutrients, NNR 2022 will integrate sustainability and environmental issues into the food based dietary guidelines. Thereby, the recommendations will help people to choose food and drink that promotes good health and wellbeing in harmony with the environment.

Most of the systematic reviews were connected with sustainability issues, for example the role of consumption of legumes, nuts and plant protein in development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, and the association between plant-based diets in young childhood and growth and iron-status.

\nThe Nordic Nutrition Recommendations have a strong social impact. They are the scientific basis on which Icelandic recommendations on diet and nutrients are based, as well as the recommendations of other Nordic and Baltic countries. They are used when planning menus on all school levels, workplaces and nursing homes. The government takes diet recommendations into account in policy making, for example health plans and action plans for health and quality of life. They are also the basis for food labels, for example the Nordic keyhole, and criteria for evaluating the consumption of food and nutrients.

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Food and nutrition are topics that are important to us all, since we all need to eat.

Climate change and increased consumer demands for sustainable and healthy food call for novel solutions towards improved utilization of raw materials, optimized production, product development and quality monitoring to provide the highest possible quality, safety, security and healthiness of food to consumers.

Food and nutrition, furthermore, relate to all United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (UN-SDGs) either directly or indirectly.

The staff of the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, thus, strives towards making our World and society better in various ways.

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WELFARE or Designing The Future Welfare Systems is an Erasmus+ project that Steinunn Hrafnsd\u00f3ttir, Professor at The Faculty of Social Work and co-founder of Vaxandi, Center for Social Innovation (see link above) leads with Stefan\u00eda Kristinsd\u00f3ttir, PhD student and project manager.

The main objectives of the project are to: Develop Open Educational Resources, including curriculum, online training content and training course for students, users, third sector, citizens, social entrepreneurs and other stakeholders. Promote and enhance understanding of the importance of social innovation and entrepreneurship within partners countries welfare systems. Create an Open University, training and networking environment for discourse, research and social innovation in the welfare system both within partner country\u2019s and transnationally through the WELFARE platform. A special emphasis is put on social innovation that empowers excluded groups in the society.

\nCooperative partners in the project are the University of Vives in Belgium, three social enterprises from Greese and Lithunia and Almannaheill, the umbrella association for public benefit organizations.

The development of the platform is based on a detailed needs analysis of the support environment for social innovation, qualitative interviews with social entrepreneurs and focus groups with participation of users, the third sector, professionals and researchers and other resources.

The course material will be tested in workshops in different countries, and based on it, a toolbox will be created for all those who intend to work on such projects in welfare services.

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\u201cThe goal for my PhD project is to understand how political trust and institutional trust impacts people\u2019s public attitudes in Iceland towards different climate change policies. In addition to that I will emphasize on understanding what impacts people\u2019s support towards a just transition which refers to that our step towards greener societies needs to be based on justice. A part of my project will be a cross-national comparison, by examining what social factors influences people\u2019s support towards different environmental policies in the United States, China, India and Japan.\u201c

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Visual research on glacier downwasting in Southeast Iceland <\/i>

\n\nGlacier melting (downwasting) is one of the clearest examples of the impacts of global climatic change in present times. Such downwasting is not the most serious impact \u2013 far from it \u2013 but still sheds a certain light on the reality of what is and has been taking place; negative impacts which effect pretty much every living thing on Earth. And concurrently impacts which will persevere for the coming decades and centuries and grow ever more potent, if nothing is done.

\n\nThe downwasting of glaciers is, in part, a visual phenomenon which is as such very conducive to monitoring and documentation with visual methods; the outputs of such research are, furthermore, readily utilized for science communication purposes. \u00deorvar\u00f0ur has been engaged with visual research for over a decade and now leads an interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Hornafjordur Research Centre that has developed innovative methods to portray the extent of downwasting in the glacial landscapes found in the \u201ebackyard\u201c of the centre, in the past, present and future.

Further information about the projects in link above.\n

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Dr \u00d3l\u00f6f Gu\u00f0n\u00fd Geirsd\u00f3ttir, professor at the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition and research team has been studying how the nutritional status of the elderly affects successful aging. The focus is on examining the synergistic effects of nutrition and exercise on function of the elderly, whether to maintain or prevent, or delay age-related function loss.

\n\nThe results of these studies have shown, among other things, that exercise and especially resistance exercises are important for delaying the loss of physical function in the elderly, but healthy nutritional status and nutrition of the elderly is necessary build up muscular strength and function in training or rehabilitation. Our research has also shown that malnutrition among the sick and frail elderly is common in Iceland, where malnutrition reduces the body's ability to fight infections or heal wounds, as well as other serious complications that can reduce the physical and mental function of the elderly.

\n\nIn parallel with research projects on the nutritional status of the elderly, \u00d3l\u00f6f, in collaboration with an international interdisciplinary team, is working on open access teaching materials for professionals who care for the elderly with the aim that everyone can gain knowledge about the importance of food and nutrition in care of the elderly.

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Verkefni\u00f0 \u201e\u00c1hrifa\u00fe\u00e6ttir sem hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 fars\u00e6la \u00f6ldrun\u201c er verkefni \u00fear sem uppl\u00fdsingum um l\u00edfst\u00edls\u00fe\u00e6tti einstaklinga eru sko\u00f0a\u00f0ir heildr\u00e6nt fr\u00e1 f\u00e6\u00f0ingu til n\u00e1nast l\u00edfsloka. Fars\u00e6l \u00f6ldrun er \u00feegar l\u00edfsg\u00e6\u00f0um og sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0i er vi\u00f0haldi\u00f0 \u00e1 eldri \u00e1rum. En svo a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0i er mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 halda g\u00f3\u00f0ri heilsu, b\u00e6\u00f0i l\u00edkamlegu, andlegu og f\u00e9lagslegu heilbrig\u00f0i , sem er tali\u00f0 nau\u00f0synlegt til a\u00f0 geta noti\u00f0 l\u00edfsins \u00e1 efri \u00e1rum.

\n\nMe\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a vi\u00f0kv\u00e6man h\u00f3p eins og einstaklinga me\u00f0 l\u00e1ga f\u00e6\u00f0ingar\u00feyngd en ranns\u00f3knir hafa s\u00fdnt fram \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00feessir einstaklingar hafa meiri \u00e1h\u00e6ttu \u00e1 \u00fdmsum langvinnum sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum eins og sykurs\u00fdki, krabbameini og hjarta- og \u00e6\u00f0asj\u00fakd\u00f3mum \u00e1samt breytingum \u00e1 l\u00edkamssamsetningu auk vitr\u00e6nnar getu. S\u00f6mu v\u00edsbendingar um \u00e1hrif f\u00e6\u00f0ingar-\u00feyngdar \u00e1 heilsufarslegar \u00fatkomur s\u00e9st einnig \u00ed \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0i me\u00f0 almennt h\u00e1a f\u00e6\u00f0ingar\u00feyngd eins og hj\u00e1 \u00cdslendingum. Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a langt\u00edma sp\u00e1gildi fyrir \u00fe\u00e6r breytur sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 me\u00f0 l\u00edfst\u00edlsbreytingum er m\u00f6gulega h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e6tti sem g\u00e6tu skipt m\u00e1li hva\u00f0 var\u00f0ar fars\u00e6la \u00f6ldrun.

\n\n\u00c6tla m\u00e1 a\u00f0 flestir telji a\u00f0 megin hluti l\u00edfsg\u00e6\u00f0a sinna s\u00e9 a\u00f0 verja \u00e6vinni sem lengst \u00ed sem bestu l\u00edkamlegu- og andlegu \u00e1standi, helst heima \u00ed fa\u00f0mi \u00e6ttingja og vina. L\u00edti\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 sko\u00f0a\u00f0 hvort forsendur fars\u00e6ldar \u00f6ldrunar s\u00e9u a\u00f0 hluta til \u00fatsk\u00fdr\u00f0ar af vexti og \u00feroska, \u00e1samt heilsu og l\u00edfst\u00edl snemma \u00e1 l\u00edfslei\u00f0inni. Mikilv\u00e6gt a\u00f0 leita eftir \u00feeim \u00e1h\u00e6ttu\u00fe\u00e1ttum og ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00feeim \u00fe\u00e1ttum sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1hrif \u00e1 sem sty\u00f0ja vi\u00f0 fars\u00e6la \u00f6ldrun \u201efr\u00e1 v\u00f6ggu til grafar\u201c.

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My research area is quite wide. The main focus has been on violence and neglect in families and children's risk behaviour. Furthermore, I have done research regarding homosexuality and also regarding couple relationships, e.g. what predicts happiness in relationships.

\nResearch example: Mothers who died because of violence and how it effects their children.

\nThe purpose of this study was to examine femicide cases in Iceland, which included mothers who had suffered from violence leading to their death. The goal was to figure out what kind of context and factors exist in such cases in order to try to prevent them in the future. Cases were explored during a thirty-five year period. A content analysis was used and both quantitative and qualitive methods in order to analyse verdicts and written web media about the cases. The results showed that eight mothers who had a total of fourteen children 20 years of age or younger, were killed in Iceland during this time-period. The murder method seemed to be related to the social context of the murders. In about half of the cases, the children were present and witnessed the violence in some way. The children lost their mother and some of them their father as well to prison, psychiatric hospital ward or death. In half of the cases a child and\/or children were present when their mothers were killed. These children witnessed the murder in some way. Since these events are extremely traumatic for the involved children and other relatives, it is important for social- and health professionals to screen for violence and to be aware of warning signs to such incidents in order to prevent them.

Results showed that eight mothers who had a total of 14 children, twenty years old or younger, were murdered in this country during this period. The method seems to have been linked to the social environment of the murders. In about half of the cases, a child or children were present when their mother was murdered and thus witnessed the act in some way. In the case of the children's father, he went to prison or was placed in a psychiatric ward following the act, but in one case the father took his own life following the act. Therefore, it can be said that most of the children lost both their parents when this happened.

Since there are enormous traumas for the children and other relatives, it is important that professionals in the social sector and the health sector screen for violence. At the same time, it is important to know the symptoms and the prelude to such events so that they can be prevented.

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\"Research is very important to us all. It would be hard to create new knowledge and develop society and change it to the better without research,\" says \u00c1sta J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir, assistant professor at the University of Iceland's School of Education. These words are not surprising coming from \u00c1sta as she takes keen interest in the societal impact of research.

\n\n\u00c1sta is currently leading an extensive study with Krist\u00edn Bj\u00f6rnsd\u00f3ttir, professor at the University's School of Education, entitled Disability in the times of pandemic funded by Rann\u00eds (the Icelandic Centre for Research). A part of the research was mapping the situation of disabled people in the times of disasters and pointing out ways to improve their situation. This data was a basis for an article that was published in the peer reviewed magazine \u00cdslenska \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi\u00f0<\/i>.

There are two main principles in the article according to \u00c1sta. On the one hand to provide an international overview of disasters, responses to them and their consequences for disabled people and on the other to analyse the Department of Civil Protection's emergency response plans with a view to disabled people.

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Tinkering for sustainability at School is the name of a project that recently received an Erasmus+ grant. \u00d3lafur P\u00e1ll, Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Education, is leading it on behalf of the University of Iceland. The project aim is to support teachers who want to promote sustainability in schools, both in formal and informal education. The project is in collaboration with a Greek organization and the Science Museum in Amsterdam, which has developed so-called tinkering methods in teaching.

\n \n\"The tinkering approach involves responding to problems that are often ill-defined, such as sustainability problems are in their nature, and involves experimenting with the problem. Tinkering is an approach characterized by playful and repeated experimentation, where participants are constantly reassessing their goals, exploring new paths, and imagining new possibilities.

Part of the project includes developing a toolbox that teachers can use when working with sustainability in education\" says \u00d3lafur P\u00e1ll.

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Dr. Camila P\u00eda kynnti tv\u00f6 spennandi ranns\u00f3knarverkefni sem sn\u00faa a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfb\u00e6rri framlei\u00f0slu vetnis \u00e1 \u00e1rlegri r\u00e1\u00f0stefnu Functional Materials and Nanotechnology (FM&NT) sem fram f\u00f3r \u00ed R\u00edga \u00ed Lettlandi \u00ed j\u00fal\u00ed.

\nCamila holds a PhD in Chemistry and is currently developing the projects at the University of Iceland in close collaboration with a group of scientists within and outside of the university. Camila has been working at the University of Iceland since 2019 and boasts 11 years of experience in the field of electrochemistry.

\nThe first project is called AliCe-Why project, conducted in collaboration with researchers across Europe as well as professors Christiaan P. Richter and R\u00fanar Unn\u00fe\u00f3rsson at the University of Iceland. The main goal of the project is to use aluminum waste to produce hydrogen.

\nThe second project is related to the production of hydrogen using seawater and the future perspectives of developing this idea due to the diminishing supplies of freshwater.

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\u00c1rs\u00e6ll Arnarsson er pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed t\u00f3mstunda- og f\u00e9lagsm\u00e1lafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Menntav\u00edsindasvi\u00f0 og faglegur stj\u00f3rnandi \u00cdslensku \u00e6skul\u00fd\u00f0s-ranns\u00f3knarinnar. Auk \u00feess st\u00fdrir \u00c1rs\u00e6ll \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku \u00cdslands \u00ed tveimur st\u00e6rstu ranns\u00f3knum \u00ed heimi \u00e1 svi\u00f0i heilsu og velfer\u00f0ar barna og unglinga. Annars vegar er um a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a Heilsu og l\u00edfskj\u00f6r sk\u00f3labarna (HBSC - Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children) og hins vegar Evr\u00f3psku v\u00edmuefnaranns\u00f3knina (ESPAD - European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs).

\n\nNi\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00feessara \u00feriggja ranns\u00f3knaverkefna hafa um \u00e1ratugaskei\u00f0 veri\u00f0 nota\u00f0ar af miklum fj\u00f6lda erlendra v\u00edsindamanna til a\u00f0 kortleggja breytingar \u00ed heilsufari barna og unglinga. \u00de\u00e6r hafa einnig hj\u00e1lpa\u00f0 sk\u00f3lum, sveitaf\u00e9l\u00f6gum, r\u00edkisstofnunum og al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legum a\u00f0ilum eins og Al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0aheilbrig\u00f0ism\u00e1lastofnuninni (WHO), Evr\u00f3pur\u00e1\u00f0inu (European Council) og Barnahj\u00e1lp Sameinu\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0anna (UNICEF) til a\u00f0 m\u00f3ta stefnu og meta a\u00f0ger\u00f0ir.

\n\nMe\u00f0 samningi vi\u00f0 Mennta- og barnam\u00e1la-r\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0 hefur umfang \u00feessara ranns\u00f3kna aukist enn frekar og taka \u00fe\u00e6r n\u00fa b\u00e6\u00f0i til barna ni\u00f0ur \u00ed fj\u00f3r\u00f0a bekk grunnsk\u00f3la sem og nemenda \u00ed framhaldssk\u00f3lum. Allir sk\u00f3lar sem taka \u00fe\u00e1tt f\u00e1 \u00edtarlega sk\u00fdrslu um ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur auk \u00feess sem sveitaf\u00e9l\u00f6g f\u00e1 samskonar samantektir. \u00de\u00e1 er skrifu\u00f0 s\u00e9rst\u00f6k landssk\u00fdrsla \u00fear sem l\u00f6g\u00f0 er \u00e1hersla \u00e1 a\u00f0 draga fram helstu breytingar.

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Krist\u00edn Briem, Professor at
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Harpa Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir, PhD student and Physiotherapist
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Research is currently being conducted at UI that looks at the effectiveness of a new treatment in physiotherapy and the use of new technology aimed precisely at people who have suffered neck injuries in traffic collisions. The aim is to improve the patients' well-being and reduce the costs of the injuries.

\nGu\u00f0n\u00fd Lilja Oddsd\u00f3ttir, adjunct lecturer, and Krist\u00edn Briem, professor at the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Iceland, are leading the research team, which also includes physiotherapist and PhD student Harpa Ragnarsd\u00f3ttir. They plan to compare the success of two physiotherapy treatments short and long term using both subjective and objective measurements.

\nThe research is strongly connected to Goal 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, since it relates to equality of access to healthcare services. The innovation aspect of the research is very strong and the study represents a broad collaboration between academia and industry. Part of the research will be conducted under clinical conditions, where people are seeking physical therapy, and a high-tech company is also involved. The University of Iceland signed a partnership agreement with NeckCare in December 2019.

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Information chaos, false news, dishonesty, lies are a big part of a research project called \u201eInsincerity for Fragmented Minds\u201c (InFraMinds) conducted by Elmar Geir, research scientist at the University of Iceland and an associate professor at University College Dublin, with a large group of domestic and international collaborators.

\n\"In short, the research revolves around the connection between lies and hidden opinions. We usually assume that a lie is saying something without believing it. However, research indicate that people's beliefs are quite often hidden, so I might well believe something without realising it,\" says Elmar Geir.

\n\n\"This study deals with a subject that can be very important socially and politically. We plan to suggest ways to reduce the negative impact of information chaos on the Internet, but we do not pretend to have any final solutions. These ways are based on the theory of dishonesty by showing how real signs of reliability can help people to create trust.\"

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Dr. Zhao Yuan is an Assistant Professor and the Head of the Electrical Power Systems Laboratory (EPSLab) at the University of Iceland. His research work covers all aspects of electrical power systems from operations, controls to markets.

\n\nZhao is advocating the Smart Grid in Iceland to improve the technical innovations in the energy industry, integrate more renewable energy resources and reduce the CO2 emissions to tackle the climate change challenge. He has been leading several research projects at the University of Iceland including the project to assess and enhance the security of the power system in Iceland. Zhao is helping the energy industry to a more sustainable future and educating the next generation power engineers for Iceland.

\n\nBefore joining the University of Iceland, he worked as a Scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) from 2019 to 2021. Zhao received the joint PhD degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Comillas Pontifical University (COMILLAS) and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in 2018. He proposed and proved the solution existence-and-uniqueness theorems of the convex optimal power flow (OPF) model based on second-order cone programming (SOCP).

\n\nZhao led the development of the Energy Management System (EMS) of the 560kWh\/720kVA Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on EPFL campus and co-developed the Smart Grid in Aigle Switzerland in 2020. He was awarded the China National Second Prize in Mathematical Modelling in 2010.

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In her research Sn\u00e6fr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3ra has focused on the life quality, participation and environment of disabled children and their families. A large study (LIFE-DCY) funded by the Icelandic Research Fund has just been completed. The main results obtained by questionnaires showed that disabled children rated their quality of life lower than non-disabled children in a control group. Parents of disabled children rated their children\u2019s quality of life considerably lower than the children did themselves, even if they were asked to answer \u201cjust as their child would.\u201d

\n\nOverall, disabled children participated in fewer activities and were less involved than non-disabled children at home, at school and in the community. Furthermore, parents of disabled children reported more obstacles, less support, and fewer environmental resources than other parents.

In-depth case studies with disabled children and focus group discussions with young disabled people revealed a complex reality where their life quality and participation were linked in terms of knowledge and power.

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Food production currently accounts for around 40% of global land use and 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. There is increased efforts among governments and policy-makers to promote production and consumption of more sustainable healthy diets. To date, the carbon footprint of most domestically produced foods in Iceland has not been assessed in detail. The carbon footprint is also minimally considered when setting dietary recommendations and other food policy goals.

\n\nThe interdisciplinary project \u201cSustainable Healthy Diets\u201d addresses these gaps by creating a computational platform allowing for simultaneous estimation of nutrient intake and the carbon footprint of individual diets from population-based surveys or pre-fixed dietary patterns. This will provide public health authorities with objective estimates to take environmental sustainability into consideration when setting dietary recommendations and other policy goals.

\n\nThis information will also be used to prioritise assessment of the carbon footprint of the most relevant\/influential domestically produced foods using full life cycle assessment. Finally, we will assess the expected social and socio-economic impact that would be associated with shifting consumption and production in a direction of more sustainable diets. On the basis of this the information generated, areas where innovation and research would provide the most benefits for the Icelandic food industry and food security will be identified.

\n\nKey words sustainability, food production, carbon footprint, nutrition, LCA, food security.

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Foreign and domestic research strongly suggest that dietary choices, that do not align with official recommendations, are an independent risk factor for various ailments during pregnancy and can also affect the growth and development of a child. The current indications used in Icelandic prenatal care, that are related in some way to nutritional status, are the mother's weight gain during pregnancy and blood tests for concentration of hemoglobin.

\n\nClassic methods for examining dietary choices and nutritional status are time-consuming and\/or expensive and are therefore not suitable for clinical practice. In 2015, research began on the possibility of using an electronic food screening list, at the beginning of pregnancy, to identify food choices that could be associated with an increased risk of complications during pregnancy, and to assess whether there is a risk of too little consumption of nutrients that play an important role for fetal growth and development (iodine, folate, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D). Women's responses to the food screening checklist, which only takes about 5-10 minutes to complete, were associated with the likelihood of excess weight gain, having a large baby, and gestational diabetes.

\n\nIn a follow-up study, which began in the fall of 2017, the validity of the questionnaire was evaluated by comparison with measurements of known biomarkers of food intake and variables that assess nutritional status. In that study, iodine deficiency was diagnosed for the first time in the Icelandic population, and insufficient vitamin D intake was observed among a third of the participants. The research has already resulted in changed recommendations for pregnant women in relation to iodine and vitamin D.

\n\nThe prenatal screening list is available in Saga's medical record system, from where it can be sent to Heilsuvera, where it can be filled out. The results published in Saga are indicative of the need for changes in food choices and\/or the use of supplements during pregnancy. Food screening in prentatal care will be implemented in the autumn months of 2022.

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\u00de\u00f3roddur Bjarnason, Professor of Sociology has researched regional development and migration patterns in Iceland from various perspectives.

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\n\nThe causes and consequences of migration in Iceland.

\nThe influence of sexual orientation, gossip, and bullying on youth migration intentions.

The predictive value of migration intentions for regional development over decades.

\nThe effects of on-campus and distance higher education on the future residence of university graduates.

\nThe effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on regional development.

\nCommuting for work, and perceptions of health care security.

\nThe effects of migration experiences on sectarian attitudes among Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.

Support for Brexit in Britain.

\nTolerance towards immigrants in Iceland. Counterurbanization and microurbanization in the Nordic countries.

\n\nThe results of this research has been utilized in various ways in the development of regional policies in Iceland in recent decades.

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SageWrite is an Icelandic startup developing the first text-generation and text-enhancement platform for academic writing. The platform works by taking in a rough draft of what researchers want to write and generates the corresponding text for them. SageWrite was co-founded by Elena Callegari, a postdoc at the University of Iceland, and Desara Xhura. The startup was created thanks to one of Rann\u00eds T\u00e6kni\u00fer\u00f3unarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur 2021 grant.

Elena is a researcher at the Language & technology Lab, led by professor Anton Karl Ingason. This project marks yet another collaboration between Ingason\u2019s lab and the private sector: just recently, the Lab signed on a collaboration with the company Mentis Cura for a project on cognitive decline.

\n\n\u201cResearch drives progress: our mission is to help researchers spend less time writing their papers, and more time working on perfecting their ideas and research\u201d, says Elena.

\n\n\u201cThe ideas remain those of the researcher; SageWrite will simply help researchers write them up faster, and better\u201d.

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\"My background is in Chinese studies and international affairs, so I have a long-standing interest in China and politics. After I decided to do a PhD, I knew that I wanted to look more into the expanding presence of China in the Arctic region. After discussing some ideas with my supervisor and mulling it over for some time, this was the topic I chose for my thesis project,\" explains Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg R\u00edkey, who began the project before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

She also has a strong interest in Chinese and Russian politics and everything to do with the Arctic region. \"I'm also passionate about everything to do with security and defence issues. So this topic suits my interests very well.\"

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\"The goal of my research is to measure the privilege experienced by different social groups, as well as evaluating to what extent equal opportunities exist in our society. To do this, I am evaluating social mobility between generations in Iceland, the main factors being education and income. These things tell us how the socioeconomic status of parents can affect their children,\" explains Emil.

\n\u00cd doktorsverkefni s\u00ednu heldur Emil \u00e1fram a\u00f0 r\u00fdna \u00ed t\u00f6lfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegt samband milli menntunar foreldra og barna \u00feeirra en einnig samband milli \u00e6vitekna foreldra og barna \u00feeirra. \u201eSl\u00edkt gefur okkur hugmynd um hva\u00f0a \u00e1hrif samf\u00e9lagssta\u00f0a foreldra g\u00e6ti haft \u00e1 b\u00f6rn \u00feeirra, ef vi\u00f0 gefum okkur a\u00f0 menntun og tekjur segi til um samf\u00e9lagsst\u00f6\u00f0u f\u00f3lks,\u201c \u00fatsk\u00fdrir Emil.

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The University of Iceland's Institute of International Affairs was recently awarded a grant for three million Euro (almost 420 million ISK) from the EU\u2019s Horizon Europe programme for its research project Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in Europe in the Postfactual Age (RECLAIM). This is a three-year grant, and the aim of the project is to study the implications of post-truth politics on democracy in Europe. The Institute of International Affairs hosts the project, and it is led by Maximilian Conrad, professor at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Political Science.

\n\n\"I think that the phenomenon of disinformation, and by extension the rise of post-truth politics, is one of the biggest challenges currently facing liberal democracy. We need to find effective ways to tackle this challenge. In recent years, we have been observing a broad range of elements that contribute to the broader phenomenon of post-truth politics. The rise of populism, characterized to a large extent by a post-truth style of communication; the parallel rise of digital and social media, and the decline of the institution of journalism are examples of this.

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Paul J Wensween,
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Dr. Paul studies the acoustic and movement behaviour of whales and dolphins and their responses to human-generated underwater sound.

His present work focusses on the migration movements of northern bottlenose whales and the behavioural impacts of naval sonar on this species and other cetaceans.

This research informs assessments of the conservation status of animal populations in the wild and helps navies and other ocean noise producers to reduce the environmental effects of their activities.

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\"Ports have an important position in supply chains and economies. They play a vital role in complex transportation systems, serving as centres for the flow of goods, containers and passengers,\" says Majid Eskafi, postdoctoral researcher in environmental engineering at the University of Iceland, on the fascinating phenomenon of the port.

\nMajid is currently conducting a specialised research project looking at ports in collaboration with Icelandic businesses. This project clearly aligns with the new Strategy of the University of Iceland, UI26, which emphasises that research at UI should meet the needs of Icelandic society and industry and promote a sustainable world.

\nThe goal of the research is to develop an innovative and highly adaptable port plan that guarantees continuous operations in a time of constant change and ensures that all expansion is appropriate for the environment and the community, in the short and long term. The team, which is made up of numerous stakeholders involved with the ports in the \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur area, is looking at social responsibility in this context. There are many ports in the area, the largest of which is in Skutulsfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.

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Hei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir,
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Dr. Hei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda is researching why some people are exceptionally good at recognising other people while others are completely face blind.

\"Faces are rather special \u2013 we know, for example, that newborn babies are naturally drawn to look at faces over various other things and that there are certain parts of the brain that are stimulated a lot by looking at faces. But faces also have a distinct appearance and there are certain visual characteristics that distinguish one face from another. We want to understand whether people who are, on average, good or bad at recognising faces are also good or bad at telling other objects apart and what characteristics those objects have,\" explains Hei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, doctor of neuroscience and senior lecturer at the University of Iceland Faculty of Psychology, who is one of the researchers on this project along with her colleagues at the Icelandic Vision Lab.

\nHei\u00f0a Mar\u00eda says that the team looked for participants from all along the spectrum. \"From people with face blindness to people who are extremely good at recognising faces, and everyone in between. This research could tell us whether there is some special mechanism in the brain that specialises in facial recognition or whether this mechanism is also involved in distinguishing between the visual appearance of other objects, and then what kind of objects.\" \n

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\u201eThe concept of probability that most of us are familiar with comes from everyday life experiences. We tend to try and predict how things will happen based on past experiences and act accordingly. A famous example is the weather forecast, our perception of it and our reaction to it. Probability in its purest form occurs in lotteries, gambling and betting, and is probably the thing that initially got people interested in studying them in a systematic way, since there is a lot to be gained,\" says Sigur\u00f0ur \u00d6rn, who recently had a scientific article published in one of the world's most respected scientific journals in the field of probability studies (Annals of Probability).

In the article Sigur\u00f0ur and colleagues presented new mathematical methods that are useful to research the so called random networks, which are, among other things, used in research on spread of diseases and epidemics.

Research in natural sciences such as mathematics often involve new knowledge that is not of immediate relevance to society and therefore usually only touch on fields within mathematics. Nevertheless, they are still important because, according to Sigur\u00f0ur, it regularly happens that very abstract results in pure mathematics lay the foundation for progress in science and technology, even decades after they first appeared on the scene.

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\"In my opinion, aspirin is one of the most fascinating drugs in the field of medicine. It has such a diverse range of effects and these different effects have been gradually discovered over the years. It's really remarkable,\" says Helga Helgad\u00f3ttir, Assistant Professor at the UI Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, whose research has focused on how aspirin can prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women.

\nOver the years, aspirin has been used to treat various ailments and diseases and remains the most used drug in the world, according to Helga. \"It can be used as everything from a traditional painkiller and anti-inflammatory to a prophylactic against cardiovascular disease.

Recently, we have started using it in high-risk pregnancies as a prophylactic against pre-eclampsia. Aspirin lowers blood pressure in pregnant women and reduces the likelihood of impaired foetal growth, gestational hypertension and early pre-eclampsia,\" says Helga.

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\"It is absolutely vital that we have reliable information about language development so that we can identify children who are struggling with developmental language disorders and give them the help and therapy they need to catch up with their peers\" says \u00de\u00f3ra M\u00e1sd\u00f3ttir, Assistant Professor at the University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine, who is now working on a new language development test designed to assess the linguistic ability of preschool children between the ages of 4 and 6.

\n\"The older language tests used by speech pathologists are outdated and also translated and localised, which means they are not necessarily based on specific research into Icelandic acquisition,\" says \u00de\u00f3ra. \"We wanted to design a test that was based on research on Icelandic and the fundamental features of the language.\"

\n\"In speech pathology, it is vital to use evidence-based research when it comes to helping patients, both children and adults, who struggle with communication disorders,\" says \u00de\u00f3ra. \"We need to be able to reliably diagnose those who require the services of a speech pathologist. For this reason, reliable and fair evaluation tools are an invaluable part of the speech pathologist's toolbox.\"

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Ing\u00f3lfur \u00c1sgeir J\u00f3hannesson,
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\"There are concerns in our society about the numbers of women leaving the teaching profession, including the fact that many young teachers do not last long in the job. Sometimes the discussion focuses more on worries about getting more men into teaching, but the fact is that when there are vacant teaching positions, gender and age don't really matter \u2013 the only thing that matters is whether you are able to work with the children and teenagers who need a teacher,\" says Ing\u00f3lfur. Along with his colleagues, he is currently investigating how newly qualified female teachers manage during their first two years as compulsory school teachers and to what extent their experiences in compulsory schools are related to preconceptions about sex and gender roles.

\n\"Compulsory school teaching is a demanding profession in many ways. Teachers need to be able to fulfil a wide range of responsibilities that involve caring for their pupils. I believe that a caring approach is a professional value and that teachers of any gender must follow working practices that are driven by that caring approach. There is a fairly significant tendency in the discourse about teaching to define a caring attitude as an inherently female quality, and to argue therefore that women are better suited to teaching young children. We are going to explore this issue in the research,\" explains Ing\u00f3lfur.

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J\u00f3hanna T. Einarsd\u00f3ttir,
professor of speech pathology at Faculty of Medicine and School of Education

Iris Edda Nowenstein,
PhD student in Icelandic linguistics

Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds Hafsteinsd\u00f3ttir
speech and language therapist
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New research by three scientists at the University of Iceland suggests that bilingual children who speak Icelandic as a second language acquire limited Icelandic in preschool. The main findings of the study are concerning, showing that bilingual children demonstrate much lower proficiency in Icelandic compared to the average proficiency of their monolingual peers in all observations.

\nThe scientists say that the gap proved much wider than could have been predicted based on comparable research in larger linguistic communities. They say that their findings are extremely serious and should prompt a change of attitude towards linguistic exposure for bilingual preschool children. Action must be taken to strengthen the Icelandic skills of bilingual and multilingual children in Iceland.

\nThe scientists behind the study are J\u00f3hanna T. Einarsd\u00f3ttir, professor of speech pathology at the UI Faculty of Medicine and the School of Education; Iris Edda Nowenstein, MS in speech pathology from UI and PhD student in Icelandic linguistics; and Hj\u00f6rd\u00eds Hafsteinsd\u00f3ttir, speech and language therapist, who have recently published a paper on the results of their research in the journal Netla.

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\u00de\u00f3rarinn Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson,
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It sometimes happens that the side effects of a drug prove helpful in tackling completely different issues or diseases than those it was originally developed to treat.

\nThis particular study, that \u00de\u00f3rarinn Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson leads, aims to explore how and whether the broad-spectrum antibiotic azithromycin could help the many people who suffer with serious skin diseases.

\n\"Our project is about researching the effects of macrolide antibiotics on cell differentiation in epidermal cells. Although skin diseases are seldom fatal, they place a considerable burden on sufferers and the healthcare system alike. Weakening of the epithelial barrier is shown to be an underlying cause of a high proportion of skin diseases.\"

\n\nThis is certainly an innovative project, based on fascinating experiments into the effects of new drugs. \u00de\u00f3rarinn and his colleagues intend to research how these new compounds, which scientists have named dermolides, affect cultures of epidermal cells.\n

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Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir,
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Theology and feminist theology are mainstays in the research of Dr. Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur. She has conducted research in theology based on feminism and in the field of environmental theology. One of the guiding principles has been the question of the experiences that are taken into account in society at any given time and how women are affected in that regard. Arnfr\u00ed\u00f0ur further believes that the role of theology is to interpret and define our relationship with nature, and points out that man has subjugated nature in a similar way to that of the man who has dominated the woman.

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Sif R\u00edkhar\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir,
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Dr. Sif R\u00edkhar\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir research is focused on cross-cultural and comparative studies of medieval literature, emotion theory, particularly literary emotionality, translation studies, voice and gender. In the research project Emotion and the Medieval Self in Northern Europe<\/i> the aim was to explore the performance of emotion in medieval literature and the implications such performativity has for medieval selfhood and self-awareness in Northern Europe.

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Orri says that the ideas about past societies are never more accurate than the knowledge we have about them, and that the role of archeology is to update these ideas in light of new research. Orri describes this role as identity maintenance. \"In my mind, it's a way of studying people - and studying people in the past gives us a broader perspective on our own society.\"

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Dalr\u00fan Kaldakv\u00edsl Eyger\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir says that when doing historical research she always relies on the interview format in order to record the voices and experiences of Icelanders; oral history. Her research is interview based and spans everything from writing books about female drifters and female hermits to doctoral research about housekeepers in rural Iceland. Now Dalr\u00fan has turned to the adventurous research of marine environmental history. There she investigates the history of shark fishing in Iceland, from ancient times to the 21st century. The vast kingdom of the ocean has not been prominent on the history storyboard, globally speaking. That\u2018s why Dalr\u00fan thinks it\u2018s important to give the Icelandic ocean and it\u2018s people a voice \u2013 and does it by gathering new information and points of view by interviewing those who live in close proximity of the ocean.

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Kristj\u00e1n G\u00edslason,
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The non-profit organisation Education in a Suitcase, which is centred around a teaching system developed by scientists at the University of Iceland, received a grant this year of ISK 5 million from Kristj\u00e1n G\u00edslason of the Sliding Through Foundation. The grant will be used to help students from the poorest regions of Africa access higher education. Thanks to the non-profit organisation, its benefactors and the teaching system, students in Kenya were able to access education during the pandemic despite the fact that schools were closed.

\nThe teaching system is called tutor-web and contains educational material, for example in subjects like mathematics, statistics and computer science, as well as exercises that help students master the material. The system was developed by Gunnar Stef\u00e1nsson, professor at the UI Faculty of Physical Sciences, and Anna Helga J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, senior lecturer at the same Faculty, in collaboration with software developers. Over the past decade, it has been used to teach statistics and mathematics at the University of Iceland and Icelandic upper secondary schools, as well as in Kenyan schools as part of the Education in a Suitcase initiative, established in collaboration with Kenyan academics.

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Dr. Inga conducted research on the nutrition of Icelandic infants (1995 and 2005). The results of the previous study had a major impact on changes in recommendations for Icelandic infants. Iron deficiency was diagnosed in a previous study that was attributed to excessive consumption of regular cow's milk after breastfeeding ended (we did not use infant formulas).

Sto\u00f0mj\u00f3lk (follow-on ready to drink formula) was developed from this research project and changed infant dietary recommendations that resulted in that iron deficiency was not diagnosed 10 years later, in the year 2005.

Iron deficiency among infants can have irreversible effects on children's development (results showed links between iron deficiency in 12-month-old children and development at 6 years of age in the previous study).

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Icelanders are, like other nations, getting older. This can be can be attributed to better health, better quality of life, and medical progress. This significant increase involves diverse challenges for our community and furthermore raises the question whether people save enough money to maintain their standard of living during their old age, which is getting longer and longer. \u00dalf N\u00edelsson, professor at the University's Faculty of Business Administration, is tackling these questions in his current research.

\n \n\"This fundamental question has until now received more attention in models in theoretical economics than studies based on data from the real world. The reason is first and foremost lack of sufficiently solid data for an adequately large cohort. The Nordic countries have in recent years begun to gather and publish detailed data on pension savings and individual accumulated wealth. This has opened up the possibility of answering the research question more accurately and clearly than before,\" says Ulf.

\nThe results are not only important from a theoretical point-of view, but also from a societal one as it is imperative for the government and policy makers to have solid data that provides them with the opportunity to react and prepare for a future crisis in pension issues and to discover where the problems lie.

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A recent University of Iceland study focuses on the experiences and feelings of fathers who see their children less than every other weekend. The reactions of child protection committees and civil magistrates to the problems fathers face when seeking more time with their children were also examined.

N\u00edna Eck at the Faculty for Social Work led the study, under the supervision of Gu\u00f0n\u00fd Bj\u00f6rk Eydal, professor at the Faculty of Social work and Ing\u00f3lfur V. G\u00edslason professor at the Faculty of sociology, anthropology and folkloristics.

\nN\u00edna says that the research has shown that children who spend an equal amount of time with each parent feel safe in their relations to them both. There is a certain element of innovation in the study, not least in opportunities for independent social workers to offer their services.

\nEven though UN sustainable goal number five on gender equality only mentions women and girls, the connection between father and child is a clear according to N\u00edna, and important equality matter and applies in that context

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Conspiracy mentality around the globe tends to be particularly pronounced on the political fringes. Results of surveys involving more than 100,000 participants in 26 countries show a correlation between belief in conspiracies and identification as far-left, and, in particular, far-right. The results were published in Nature Human Behavior recently and Hulda \u00de\u00f3risd\u00f3ttir, associate professor of political science at the University of Iceland is one of the authors.

\nConspiracy theories have circulated at all times, in all cultures, and among all populations. They routinely appear in conjunction with major incidents, such as those that today take the form of terrorist attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and presidential elections.

\nThe aim of the international research team was to explore a possible relationship between political orientation and conspiracy mentality. Another consideration was whether a perceived lack of political control \u2013 because, for example, an individual's preferred political party has been excluded from government \u2013 influenced the link between political orientation and conspiracy mentality.

\nIn general, the results revealed a correlation between political views and the tendency to endorse conspiracy theories.

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Sigr\u00fan \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir, Postdoc at the School of Education, has dedicated her research to training the taste buds of children and parents. The study is completely innovative and takes the form of a course for children and parents, involving a repeated introduction of all kinds of foods in a relatively short amount of time.

The main emphasis in the taste buds training is the choice of food, fussiness and well-being, among children and parents alike. Games and joy are the guiding light and no one is forced to taste anything. The main issue is to spark curiosity and have fun. Sigr\u00fan's supervisor in the doctoral thesis was Anna Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, professor of nutrition at the School of Education, who had the idea for the project.

\n\nThis project is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals on sustainability; one of the main focal points of the University Strategy, UI26. Information technology was used for the benefit of the project, by developing a special app for smartphones to make food registration easier for the participants.

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Various research projects within in the School of Education focus on developing and improving teaching at all levels; either by new teaching methods or by re-evaluating and changing existing methods. J\u00f3hann \u00d6rn Sigurj\u00f3nsson, doctoral student in educational sciences, is among those invested in these subjects and is currently focusing on how teaching mathematics can be improved in the senior years in primary schools, both here in Iceland and elsewhere in the Nordic countries.

\n \n\"Excellence in teaching is made up of many factors. Feedback to students, the quality of explanations and time management are among them. However, I am looking at cognitive activation in my study. Cognitive activation is both the level of challenges presented in the project selected by the teacher and how they are executed in the classroom\u201c.

\nJ\u00f3hann's doctoral thesis is a part of a large research project at eight Nordic universities led by Quality in Nordic Teaching (QUINT) at the University in Osl\u00f3.

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\"The project focuses on changing students' attitudes and encouraging them to take radical action against the climate change crisis in their own communities whilst networking with other schools abroad. This gives students the opportunity for a joint effort worldwide in the field of climate change,\" say Rannveig Bj\u00f6rk \u00deorkelsd\u00f3ttir, associate professor and J\u00f3na Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, adjunct lecturer; both at the Faculty of Subject Teacher Education. Rannveig Bj\u00f6rk and J\u00f3na Gu\u00f0r\u00fan lead, on behalf of the University, an international study on environmental awareness that received almost 50 million ikr from the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union last year.

\nThe study is designed to support both teachers and students in elementary and upper secondary schools in the fight against current challenges due to climate changes. \"The aim of the ActGreenStory (AGS) research is to develop course material where digital stories are used to spark students' interest in climate change. This requires knowledge acquisition; from raising awareness on environmental issues among the students to real action. This is done to encourage tackling and solving current social challenges, stimulate critical thinking, creativity and increase competences in digital processing,\" says Rannveig.

Stories affiliated with the project will be created and distributed to interested parties in the European green community in order to enforce further action in climate issues.

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Snorri \u00de\u00f3r, Professor in Physical Sciencies at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Iceland and his colleagues at CEA Research Organisation and The Universit\u00e9 Grenoble Alpes have been working on designing and building stable biradicals that can be used in dynamic nuclear polarization or DNP. Measuring time of spectroscopy is shortened and more accuracy assured.

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Emily Lethbridge, Research Associate Professor<\/b> <\/h3>


Emily developed the database webpage Nafni\u00f0.is which provides searchable access to the place name collection at The \u00c1rni Magn\u00fasson Institute. The project was done in collaboration with A\u00f0alsteinn H\u00e1konarson and other staff at The \u00c1rni Magn\u00fasson Institute in Icelandic Studies and The National Land Survey of Iceland. Users can look up toponym records by town names or counties in the database.

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Cultural:<\/b> Preserves Icelandic toponym\/place name information for future generations.

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Dr. Vilhelm Vilhelmsson, Director of The University of Iceland's Research Centre in North West Iceland says that various modern attitudes, values and norms have been shaped by the reality of previous generations. An increased understanding of this reality results in a better and clearer identity. His main research focus has been on coercive labour relations and the power relations of everyday life in preindustrial Iceland, particularly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Hilda Bj\u00f6rk Dan\u00edelsd\u00f3ttir, PhD student in Interdiciplinary Studies
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Hilda Bj\u00f6rk Dan\u00edelsd\u00f3ttir, PhD student and Professor Unnur Anna Valdimarsd\u00f3ttir are behind the extensive SAGA Cohort study<\/i>. Findings from the study show that multiple adverse childhood experiences are strongly associated with mental health problems and lower coping ability in adult women. The SAGA Cohort is a research project at the University of Iceland, one of the largest of its kind in the world. In 2018-19, around 32,000 women living in Iceland participated in the study, or 30% of working-age women in Iceland. The study found that protective factors for mental health such as good social support and socioeconomic status had little or no impact on the link between ACEs and lower resilience and mental health symptoms in adulthood. This shows what a significant impact adverse childhood experiences can have on women's long-term health and how important it is to prevent these adverse events and support children who are affected.

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Haukur Logi Karlsson is investigating competition law to discover whether it would be beneficial to expand the law so that it addresses not only consumer interests but also worker interests.The research is intended to contribute to the discussion taking place now in both the US and Europe about worsening conditions for workers in our globalised economy, where companies are continually growing larger and concentration of market control is increasing. The research maps what could be done within competition law to protect workers' interests in the face of companies' increasing control over the labour market. This mapping will focus in particular on the theoretical foundation for competition law, which is based on both jurisprudential and economic considerations.

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