News

14 - 18 July 2025

Join us at our conference "Cycles and the Circular Society 2025: The power of ecological engineering" at Reykjavik University in Reykjavik, Iceland:

Circular Solution in engineering 2025: The power of ecological engineering

15 January 2025

We will be hosting the following sessions at EGU2025 (27 April–2 May 2025) in beautiful Vienna. We look forward welcoming your contribution to our session. Deadline for abstract submission is 15 January 2025:

1) Energy Harvesters and Off-Grid Energy Production for Enhancing Self-Powered Sensors

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52671

2) Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate Renewable Energy Sources and optimize the Water-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52563

3) Energy System Modelling and Integrated Assessments: Advancing Sustainable Energy Transitions with Hydrogen and Renewable Sources

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/52653

17 October 2024

We will be presenting our work on "Developing Green Hydrogen from the Arctic and Repurposing UK Gas Infrastructure for a Carbon-Free Future" at the Arctic Circle in Reykjavik Iceland:

https://www.arcticcircle.org/assemblies/2024-arctic-circle-assembly

10 June 2024

Our Erasmus collaboration on renewable energies between Banja Luka University (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Reykjavik University makes the evening news:

https://lat.rtrs.tv/av/pusti.php?id=122381

7 -10 May 2024

Join our Training School (TS) on Sustainable Hydropower in Thessaloniki, Greece
https://www.pen-hydropower.eu/training-schools

14 - 19 April 2024

We will be presenting our research at EGU24 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

1) Assessing the potential of tidal and ocean current energy for remote Arctic communities

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8558.html

2) Multi-Dimensional Feasibility Assessment of the Deployment of Vortex-induced vibration Energy Harvester to utilize hidden hydro potential in European water and energy infrastructure

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-10664.html

3) The potential of Volcanic Pozzolan from Iceland (VPI) in concrete production to reduce the carbon footprint

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-4763.html

4) A Life cycle assessment of energy harvesters in existing European water networks for distributed network monitoring

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8003.html

5) Mapping the perceived potential of energy harvesters to increase the resilience of European water and energy infrastructure

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-8940.html

6) Overview of the Theme 2 of IAHS HELPING: Holistic Solutions for Water Security

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-22254.html

20 March 2024

Join our Montenegro - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Iceland energy symposium

https://www.ru.is/vidburdir/energy-cooperation-between-iceland-montenegro-and-bosnia-and-herzegovina

10 January 2024

We will be hosting the following sessions at EGU2024 (14–19 April 2024) in beautiful Vienna. We look forward welcoming your contribution to our session. Deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2024:

1) The modern era of Ecological engineering: nature-inspired design for circular problem-solving

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/50481

2) Energy system modelling

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/48952

3) Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate Renewable Energy Sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/49004

4) Advancing uncertainty quantification in water quality modelling, decision support and risk analysis

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/48434

8 December 2023

"Paris meets Reykjavik"! The Embassy of France, Reykjavik University and the IEES are organizing a public podium discussion on sustainable city development. We look forward welcoming you at RU!

21 November 2023

We will present the Potential of On-Site Gas Analysis in Iceland at the miniRUEDI Symposium at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zurich, Switzerland

https://github.com/brennmat/miniRUEDIsymposium

1 -5 October 2023

Join our conference “Closed cycles and the Circular Society 2023: The power of ecological engineering” of the International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES) in Chania, Greece:

https://www.iees.tuc.gr/

22 - 23 June 2023

Join our presentation about Sustainable Hydropower in the Alps and in the Arctic at the vgbe/VÖU Expert Event "River Management and Ecology" in Vienna, Austria

https://events.vgbe.energy/events/vgbevoeu-expert-event-%C2%93river-management-and-ecology%C2%94/10911/JDCF2

1 - 2 June 2023

Join our conference on mechanical and industrial engineering in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina:

http://demi.mf.unibl.org/

We will be presenting the following works:

1) The concept of estimating the hydropower potential of an ungauged watershed in Montenegro, by Ostojic et al.

2) Impact of Non-Exhaust Particle Emissions from Motor Vehicles on Human Health, by Bobičić et al.

3) Life-Cycle Comparison of the Hall-Héroult Process, Inert Electrodes, and Energy Supply in Aluminum Production, by Bronkema et al.

4) Bosnia and Herzegovina – Iceland Energy Cooperation: A Partnership Towards Climate Neutrality and Energy Independence, by Finger D

18 May 2023

We will present and discuss collaborations topics between Serbia and Iceland at the faculty of forestry, Belgrade university in Belgrade Serbia

https://agrif.bg.ac.rs/sr/vesti/2023/05/predavanje-prof-dr-david-finger-rejkjavik-univerzitet-u-cetvrtak-od-13-00-u-sali-14-p

16 May 2023

We will present (online) the potential of the Arctic to decarbonize energy system at the MODENERLANDS, Strategic Workshop 2023, University of Luxembourg, campus:

https://modenerlands.eu/activities/events/strategic-workshop-2023/

9 -12 May 2023

Join our Training School (TS) on Sustainable Hydropower in Timisoara, Romania
https://www.pen-hydropower.eu/training-schools

3 May 2023

Milene Ostojić, a Erasmus exchange student from Montenegro makes the headlines of the university news:

https://www.ucg.ac.me/objava/blog/1021/objava/160831-pismo-studentkinje-milene-ostojic-o-iskustvu-sa-islanda

22 - 27 April 2023

We will be presenting our research at EGU23 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

1) Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic to decarbonize Europe and enhance energy independence

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-4148.html

2) Comparison of the Life Cycle Analysis of inert electrodes and the Hall-Heroult process in aluminum production

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-13952.html

3) Icelandic Center for Energyscape (ICE)  - Creating solutions for a climate-neutral society

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-15462.html

10 April 2023

Ognjen Bobičić, a Erasmus exchange student from Montenegro makes the headlines of the university news: https://www.ucg.ac.me/objava/blog/1021/objava/161367-student-masinskog-fakulteta-o-erasmus-avanturi-zvanoj-island

9 - 11 March 2023

We will be presenting our course on "Water Resources and Water Balance for Sustainable Communities" in the frame of the ENVEDU project:

https://envedu.unitbv.ro/en_US/teaching-modules/

28 February 2023

We will discuss Energy cooperation between Austria and Iceland to facilitate the path to a climate neutral Europe. The event takes place in the Lakeside Park, Building 12, Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria:

https://www.aau.at/event/treffen-des-foschungsclusters-energy-management-and-technology/

10 January 2023

Join our session at EGU in beautiful Vienna. Please submit your abstract before 10 January 2023:

Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate Renewable Energy Sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/45335

Multi-dataset, multi-variable and multi-objective techniques combined with metaheuristic calibration techniques to improve prediction of hydrological, ecological, and water quality models

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/45137

20 October 2022

We will be presenting at the "Joint Programming Conference Smart Energy Systems 2022" the newest results from the H2CoopStorage Project, comparing large scale H2 production in Iceland with local small scale production in Austria and Belgium

2 October 2022

Sign our manifesto of the International Ecological Engineering Society: https://iees.ch/our-manifesto/

30 August 2022

We are hiring: Post-Doctoral Researcher and a Ph.D. positions in EU energy security

https://jobs.50skills.com/ru/en/13907

27 -29 August 2022

The government of Greenland, the Energy Authority of Iceland, Mannvit, Efla, the Energieinstitut at the JKU and Reykjavik University will host a joint session on "Climate-Neutral Europe: the Role of Renewable Energies in the Arctic"

https://www.arcticcircle.org/forums/arctic-circle-greenland-forum

28-29 July 2022

We will be hosting a session on "Renewable Energy Proliferation and Environmental Awareness" at the IC-REST in Tirana, Albania.

https://ic-rest.org/

11 - 22 July 2022

Join our Austrian Summer School on Energy Transition: a two week summer school in Linz, Austria with lectures, student projects and excursions to key Austrian energy companies.

https://www.asset22.at/

8 June 2022

Banja Luka University, Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the JKU are organising a joint energy seminar on “Geothermal and other renewable energy sources in the heating systems of Banja Luka City”

http://mf.unibl.org/novosti/%d1%98%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%b2%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%80-%d0%b3%d0%b5%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d0%b8-%d0%b4/

23 - 27 May 2022

We will be presenting our research at EGU2022 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

1) The potential of geothermal district heating in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-6292.html

2) Can remote green hydrogen production play a key role in decarbonizing Europe? A cradle to gate LCA of hydrogen production in Austria, Belgium and Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-5406.html

3) The opportunities and challenges of Green Hydrogen from Africa and Iceland to decarbonize the industries

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-2917.html

4) Hydrology at its extreme: climate change, societal impacts and natural hazards in the land of fire and ice

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-4543.html

5) Opportunities and drivers for green hydrogen production from renewable energy: Constructing of a causal loop diagram from stakeholders perspective in Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-5957.html

6) Mapping NBS stakeholders’ perspective over Sludge Treatment Reed Bed (STRB) in Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-1978.html

16 - 20 May 2022

We organized a workshop on education for environmental citizenship in the frame of the EEA project EnvEdu-OERs

11 May - 14 May

Minister of science and technology development from Montenegro, Prof. Ms. Biljana Scepanovic, visited us to discuss circular economy.

10 May 2022

Minister of economy from Upper Austria, Mr. Markus Achleitner, visited Reykjavik University to discuss climate neutral economy.

OÖNachrichten reported:

https://amp.nachrichten.at/wirtschaft/warum-das-paradies-fuer-gruene-energie-mehr-dampf-machen-koennte;art15,3651504

Austrian National TV reported:

https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Oberoesterreich-heute/70016/Oberoesterreich-heute/14135475/Wasserstoff-Forschungsreise/15164507

9 - 13 May 2022

Join our training school on Nature Based Solution for the Water-Energy-Nexus in Reykjavik, Iceland.

https://circular-city.eu/?page_id=296

or directly on the LBHI Website:

http://www.lbhi.is/icelandic_nature_based_solution_approaches_urban_and_rural_context

25 - 29 April 2022

Join our training school on circular economy in Europa and Africa:a five day training school in Linz, Austria with excursions to surrounding circular economy solutions.

https://circular-city.eu/?p=864e_id=296

or directly on the EI-JKU Website:

https://energieinstitut-linz.at/training-school-circular-economy-in-europe-and-africa/

10-11 March 2022

iREEC 2022: Join our Symposium on "Concepts of Empowerment: the Role of Energy and  Environmental Citizenship in The Energy Transition"

https://enec-cost.eu/ireec22/

4 February 2022

We present our preliminary results of the Green Deal Africa project at the 11th anniversary conference of Ansole.org: Renewable Energy in North Africa: A Potential Source for Hydrogen Production, presented by Gloria Gladis Sondakh.

https://ansole.org/

12 January 2022

Deadline for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2022 in beautiful Vienna between 3 and 8 April 2022:

Opportunities and risks of carbon cycling and power to X

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/44028

Multi-dataset, multi-variable and multi-objective techniques to improve prediction of hydrological, ecological, and water quality models | Virtual PICO

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/42985

Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate renewable energy sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43302

Sustainability as a challenge to face and a goal to reach: interdisciplinary approach to support raw materials and energy supply with hydropower

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43532

Secure subsurface storage for future energy systems

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43544

• Note: The session below was merged into the session above:

30 Nov - 1 Dec 2021

Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the JKU are organizing a joint online seminar on sustainable energy development.

https://www.ru.is/haskolinn/vidburdir-hr/allir-vidburdir/seminar-on-sustainable-energy-development

Seminar on Sustainable Energy Cooperation (1 Dec 2021)

Seminar on Sustainable Energy Development (30 Nov 2021)

18 - 20 November 2021

Ansole.org, the Energy Institute in Linz and Reykjavik University are organizing together with international partners an International Energy 2021 Conference On “Renewable Energy and Digital Technologies for the Development of Africa“ in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

http://energyconference2021.com/

14-17 October 2021

We will be organizing a joint session at the Arctic Circle Assemble 2021 on "The role of renewable energies in the Arctic in a climate neutral Europe" in Reykjavik, Iceland. A joint efforts of the Energy Institute in Linz and Reykjavik University:

https://prismic-io.s3.amazonaws.com/arctic-circle-www/10ee58cc-4096-4782-87d0-6559b86501da_Program_2021.pdf

13 October 2021

We will present our results on green hydrogen at the H2CoopStorage event at Reykjavik University.

https://h2coopstorage.eu/h2coopstorage-members-visit-iceland/

11 October 2021

Yang Shu will defend his PhD thesis entitled> Using Scanning Doppler Lidar to Enhance Aviation Safety in Iceland"

https://www.ru.is/vfd/vidburdir/phd-defense-shu-yang

20-24 September 2021

Join our Training School on "Nature-Based Solutions & Climate-Sensitive Urban Design" in Novi Sad, Serbia:

http://clihyd.com/novi-sad-nature-based-solutions-climate-sensitive-urban-design-training-school-2020/

1 July 2021

Our study about "Using Machine Learning Methods to Identify Particle Types from Doppler Lidar Measurements in Iceland" made the headlines of the title page in the MDPI journal remote sensing. Congratulation to Yang Shu for his excellent work!

25 May 2021

We will present our work on "Multi-criteria analysis of biogas simulation plants based on the residues generated in the city of Reykjavik" at the 2nd Open Bioeconomy Week (OBW) Hämeenlinna, Finland. A joint effort by T. Llano, F. Pérez and D. Finger.

26 April 2021

See our promotional 2min preview of our abstract on metaheuristic calibration methods to improve hydrological models to be presented on 26 April at the vEGU2021:

19 April 2021 - 30 April 2021

We will be presenting our research at EGU2020 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

A review of the potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) to address the challenges of the water-energy-food nexus (WEF Nexus) in the coming decades
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-9480.html
A concept for sustainable and digitalized hydropower going beyond the sustainable hydropower sustainability tool
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-6629.html
Towards improving the Pareto frontier in environmental models using multi-dataset calibrations coupled with metaheuristic methods
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-11996.html

Conflicting interests over hydropower: Identifying and representing stakeholder perspectives on new projects using causal mapping
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-16362.html
The use of ground-based Doppler lidar in Iceland: turbulence measurement, dust detection, and the application of machine learning
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-5123.html

Advantages of metaheuristics for multi-dataset calibration of hydrological models

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-1395.html

9 March and 16 March 2021

Join us fro a joint online seminar on sustainable nature-energy nexus organized by Reykjavik University and the Energy Institute at the Johannes Kepler University:

9 March (10 am-12 am Iceland time): Sustainable energy production at the EI JKU
16 March (10 am-12 am Iceland time): Sustainability in Iceland

Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/65865964631

13 January 2021

Deadline for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2019 (to be held entirely online between 19 and 30 April 2021):

Multi-dataset, multi-variable and multi-objective techniques to improve prediction of hydrological and water quality models:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39968

Hydropower and other renewable energy sources: integration and planning amid the water-energy nexus

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39094

Sustainable hydropower: environmental impacts, climate change adaptation, market challenges, and social acceptance

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/38717

7 December 2020

The Delegation of the European Union to Iceland, The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, and The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) invites you to an online seminar on the EU Green Deal and the Icelandic Climate Action plan.

https://www.ru.is/haskolinn/vidburdir-hr/allir-vidburdir/the-eu-green-deal-and-the-icelandic-climate-action

19 November 2020

We will present our work on "Ground Based Lidar and Ceilometer Observations of Dust Storms in Iceland" at the virtual European Lidar Conference 2020 in Granada

https://granada-en.congresoseci.com/elc2020/programme

11 September 2020

The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) invites you to the 1st sustainability seminar at Reykjavik University

https://www.ru.is/haskolinn/vidburdir-hr/allir-vidburdir/sustainability-research-at-reykjavik-university

2 - 4 September 2020

We will organize a Circular Economy conference in Wädenswil, Switzerland. Abstracts on circular solutions are welcomed:

https://closedcycles2020.ch/index.php

See the video of our session:

https://zoom.us/rec/play/kGRIzAhkI2EXORQavJnWu0etfijIUeQLKyeurtW2t55VXYzRxEagrSmTaeP82zg-wPijUOAVAVVRPMRV.48l7Bm2igXIggh7h?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=LUwLzchNRGycJtDUXGiF3g.1599497310820.d9b43a86c99f5d9a1c46bf1d097fb654&_x_zm_rhtaid=191

27 July 2020

The Sustainability Institute and Forum (SIF) organizes the first summer seminar on sustainable engineering projects funded by SIF:

https://en.ru.is/sif/news-and-events/sif-summer-seminar-for-ise-students-1

3-8 May 2020

We will be presenting our research at EGU2020 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

Perceiving and managing the 2018 & 2019 droughts in Europe: is there a need for macro-governance in Europe?

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-19969.html

The superiority of circular economy solutions in the main sectors of an innovative and prospering economy– a case study from Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-18282.html

Integration of spatial fire risk model results into a decision support system – A case study at Laugarvatn, South Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-16805.html

Snow Data Assimilation Methods for Hydrological, Land Surface, Meteorological and Climate Models: Results from COST HarmoSnow (2014-2018)

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-8348.html

Measurement inter-comparison of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-1824.html

Hydropower and other renewable energy sources: Integration and Planning amid the Water-Energy Nexus:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35471

24 January 2020

Special seminar by Dr. Fogarassy Csaba, Szent István University in Gödöllő about "Circular economy: The opportunities within the European Green Deal"

https://www.ru.is/haskolinn/vidburdir-hr/allir-vidburdir/sif-seminar-circular-economy-the-opportunities-within-the-european-green-deal

15 January 2020

Deadline for for abstract submission for the General Assembly of EGU2019 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

Sustainable Hydropower: environmental impacts, climate change adaptation, market challenges, and social acceptance

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35471

The Environment and Smart Circular Economy: A New Geo management Approach

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/36268

1 January 2020

Our summary of NBS solutions for a circular cities have now been published:

• https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article/2/1/112/71868/A-review-of-nature-based-solutions-for-urban-water
• https://iwaponline.com/bgs/article/2/1/138/72076/A-review-of-nature-based-solutions-for-resource

See our video which summaries the findings of our papers:

3 - 7 September 2019

We present at the TerraEnvision 2019 conference in beautiful Barcelona:

Nature-based solution for flood and drought risk reduction in southern Iceland

https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2062

The perception of stakeholders to implement Nature Based Solution for flood protection in the Balkans and in Iceland

https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2061

Modelling and Multi-Criteria Analysis of anaerobic digestion process to get upgraded methane from bio-residues in the city of Reykjavik

https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2060

Monitoring of carbon sequestration in Iceland using remote sensing technology – an overview of the LanDeg project

https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2063

The challenge in increasing water and soil resources resilience by landscape restoration: examples from southern Ethiopia and Iceland.

https://terraenvision.eu/2019/abstract.php?id=2139

15 July 2019

Deadline for abstracts for TerraEnvision2019 conference:

https://terraenvision.eu/sessions/

14 May 2019

Funded PhD Scholar Exchange Programme between Nepal and Iceland available for Nepali PhD scholars:

https://www.huc-hkh.org/announcements/detail/partially-funded-phd-scholar-exchange-programme-with-iceland

8 May 2019

Call for papers on a Special Issue "Circular Use of Resources - Theoretical and Practical Approaches of Sustainable Technologies, Business Models and Organizational Innovations"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/resources/special_issues/Circular_Use_Resources?fbclid=IwAR36Ix-_ttm7fvuolTVOPB1N67d15PHmHlh5qlhYKp2lUenMqcJYgE-clF4

16 April - 2 Mai 2019

Research and teaching visit at Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)

Seminars at TMU

http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/water/urban/seminar.html

Excursion to Mt Takao

https://nis.nikonimagespace.com/html/guest/de/index.html?g=3IMuRvoy40birycUpY8bBg4hDOuw26-nhZniu8sPljlAJjFgIsGPI0VNTwOFTIRzqNr_7VCw1VjC56y1tujU0g#grid

April 7 - 12 April 2019

We will be presenting at EGU in beautiful city Vienna, Austria:

1) Characterisation of the chemical composition in geothermal hot springs in Iceland and Serbia

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-17722.pdf

2) The challenges for geothermal energy development in the Balkan countries: examples from Romania and Serbia

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-9772.pdf

3) Ground-based lidar remote sensing for aerosol detection in Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-9719.pdf

4) Determination of VOCs emissions in vehicular exhausts and their impact on air quality in Reykjavik, Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-1590.pdf

3 - 4 April 2019
Joint International workshop on hydropower and electrical mobility at the Alpen-Adria University in Klagenfurt, Austria
https://www.aau.at/blog/internationaler-research-workshop-hydropower/

10 January 2019

Last call for abstracts on nature-based solutions to be presented at EGU2019 in beautiful Vienna, Austria:

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/30852

10-14 December 2018

We will present our newest results on aerosol detection using Lidar, ceilometer and sun-photometers at AGU in Washington D.C., USA

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/431772

30-31 October 2018

We organize a workshop on data harmonization in Budapest, Hungary: Towards a better harmonization of snow observations, modeling and data assimilation in Europe, 30 - 31 October 2018

http://harmosnow.eu/index.php?page=30%20-%2031.10.2018,%20Budapest

18 September 2018

We will present at the European Researchers' Night in Reykjavik, Iceland, an overview of student projects aiming at reducing GHG emissions, leading to a carbon neutral society in Iceland: https://www.visindavaka.is/dagskra/

April - May 2018

Establishing teaching and research collaboration with AAU Klagenfurt (Austria), TMU in Tokyo (Japan), HUC ICIMOD (Nepal) and Belgrade University (Serbia)

8 - 13 April 2018

We will be presenting at EGU in beautiful city Vienna, Austria:

1) Using the Icelandic experience on renewable energy production to identify the potential of geothermal and small scale hydropower production in Serbia

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-14988.pdf

2) Estimating the geothermal energy and the hydropower potential of a natural hot spring river in southern Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-16691.pdf

3) Flood Retention on Private Land in Iceland

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-17029.pdf

4) How do forests influence the stability of the snowpack?

https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-13046.pdf

14 February 2018

We present our newest results on turbulence and aerosol monitoring at the IceDust Workshop II in Reykjavik, Iceland: https://icedustblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/icedust-workshop-ii-20182.pdf

24 December  2017

Serbian National Television is reporting on our joint research collaboration between Belgrade University and Reykjavik University:

http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/124/drustvo/2980878/gejzer-kao-sansa-za-razvoj-male-opstine-.html

19 October 2017

Call for abstract for the EGU2018 meeting in Vienna, Austria:

Session SSS9.3: Nature-based solutions to risk reduction of avalanches, landslides, sedimentation and other mass waste events
Session SSS9.11/NH9.18: Urban sustainable development: resilience to environmental problems and natural hazards through eco-engineering solutions (co-organized)
Abstract submission here:

https://administrator.copernicus.org/authentication.php

10-12 October 2017

First Finse (Norway) International Snow Workshop with Key note lecturers from Norway, Switzerland, USA and Iceland:

https://goo.gl/forms/j8BMoUAIQwhR45J42

4–8 September 2017

PhD candidate Yang Shu will present our newest results on "The value of Doppler LiDAR systems to monitor turbulence intensity during storm events in Iceland" at the EMS Annual Meeting 2017, Dublin, Ireland

http://www.ems2017.eu/

21 August 2017

Extracurricular Seminar on "Urban Floods" by Prof. Dr. Akira Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University) - A joint research initiative between Tokyo Metropolitan University and Reykjavik University
https://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/extracurricular-seminar-within-environmental-engineering

26 July 2017

Szent István University (Hungary) and Reykjavik University organize a joint initiative on circular economy, teaching future energy expert sustainable engineering:

http://egt-newenergy.szie.hu/summer-school-rejkjav%C3%ADk

17 July 2017

PhD candidate Yang Shu makes the headlines in the People's Daily, China's most popular newspaper:

http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/html/2017-07/17/content_1791287.htm

5 May 2017

Presenting environmental models at the annual meeting of Samorka in Akureyri, Iceland

http://samorkuthing.is/fyrirlestrar/#davidc

29 April 2017

International Experiences of Renewable Energies Training Course at Szent István University, Hungary

http://egt-newenergy.szie.hu/international-experiences-of-renewable-energies?language=en

23-28 April 2017

We present at the EGU2017 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:

1) Hydro-meteorological risk reduction through land restoration in Rangárvellir, Iceland – an overview of the HydroResilience project; Fri, 28 Apr, 14:30–14:45, Room -2.21
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4889.pdf

Slides:

http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2017-4889_presentation.pdf
2) Incorporating geoethics into environmental engineering lectures – three years of experience from international students visiting Iceland; Wed, 26 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X4

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-4876.pdf

Poster:

http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2017-4876_presentation.pdf

3) The value of Doppler LiDAR systems to monitor turbulence intensity during storm events in order to enhance aviation safety in Iceland; Thu, 27 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X5
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-5132.pdf
4) Managing ecological drought and flood within a nature-based approach. Reality or illusion? Fri, 28 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X1
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-6046.pdf
5) Iceland as a demonstrator for a transition to low carbon economy? Mon, 24 Apr, 17:30–19:00, Hall X5
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-18339.pdf
6) Elements patterns of soil and river sediments as a tracer of sediment migration; Tue, 25 Apr, 08:38–08:40, PICO spot 5b
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-422.pdf

3-4 April 2017

Join our environmental modeling workshop within the ESENIAS-Training course in Sofia, Bulgaria:

http://esenias.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456&catid=52&Itemid=125

2 March 2017

Our snow hydrology workshop near Reykjavik, Iceland, makes the headlines in the local newspaper:

http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2017/03/02/leita_ad_adferd_vid_ad_maela_snjo/

28 February - 2 March 2017

The Agricultural University of Iceland and Reykjavik University are organizing a joint snow hydrology workshop funded by the Cost Action ES1404:

http://costsnow.fmi.fi/index.php?page=28.02%20-%2002.03.2017,%20Reykjavik

7-9 February 2017
Presenting "The Value Of Satellite Retrieved Snow Cover Images To Assess Water Resources And The Hydropower Potentials Of Ungauged Mountain Areas" at the 8th EARSeL Workshop on on Land Ice and Snow in Bern, Switzerland
http://www.earsel.org/SIG/Snow-Ice/workshop/programme.php

15 December 2016

Students from the Environmental Impact Course will present their projects at Reykjavik University

http://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/environmental-impact-course-final-presentations-1

20 Oct 2016
Call for abstracts at EGU2017 in Vienna are open. Please take a look at the following sessions:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/24767

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23260
and
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/session/23861

6 October 2016

International conference: Minding the future. Bioeconomy in a changing Nordic reality, Reykjavik, Iceland. We will be discussing the importance of sustainable utilization of the living natural resources.

http://nordbio2016.yourhost.is/keynotes/

14-16 September 2016

We present our work on invasive species conducted within the ESENIAS Tools project at the NEOBIOTA 2016 - 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions, Vianden, Luxembourg.

http://www.neobiota2016.org/

31 August 2016

Invited talk at the Earth Environment Symposium at the Metropolitan University of Tokyo, Japan, on "Modelling Hydro-power Systems – case studies from Iceland and Switzerland":

http://committees.jsce.or.jp/global/node/45

30 August 2016

Join us for an open seminar at RU: Designing and implementing a low carbon economy - Aiming for carbon neutrality in 2050?

http://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/designing-and-implementing-a-low-carbon-economy

22 - 26 August 2016

We present at the SER2016 meeting in Freising, Germany, our project on "Enhancing the resilience of water resources through land restoration in Rangárvellir, Iceland – an overview of the HydroResilience project"
http://www.ser2016.org/

30 May 2016

Lecture marathon at Reykjavik University, Iceland: Environmental engineering at RU - working towards a more resilient world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyjNFpLG03c

1 May 2016

Land Degradation & Development (LDD; Impact Factor: 8.145) is now accepting abstract for a special issue on "Connectivity in hydrology and sediment dynamics" (deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2016; deadline for papers: 15 December 2016) - more information here:

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/26f15c20d1d501c6422fa7c20/files/SI_advertisement.pdf

17 - 22 April 2016

We present at the EGU2016 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:

1) Monitoring of the invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata in the
subarctic and in alpine areas of southern Europe:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12208.pdf

2) Building up knowledge on resilience of fragile lands in subarctic climate:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12433.pdf

slides:

http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2016-12433_presentation.pdf

3) Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, an ideal place to teach and study earth
sciences:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-12309.pdf

--> Pictures from the poster presentation taken by Prof. Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University): http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/akira/photos/20160419Iceland/catalog.html

4) Increasing the resilience of water and soil resources through successful
restoration of eroded landscapes

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-101.pdf

5) Better models are more effectively connected models

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/EGU2016-7720-1.pdf

31 March 2016

We present the metadatabase on land restoration in fragile lands in subarctic climate at the ES1104 meeting in London, UK (the talk starts at time 1:26:50):

http://gre.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=da5ef706-4921-4874-aa03-4ee09d2537f8

7 March 2016

Our study on Global perspectives on hydrology, society and
change is online:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2016.1159308

29 Feb - 4 Mar 2016

We present our metadatabase on land restoration in fragile lands in subarctic climate at the ES1306 meeting in Palermo, Italy:

http://connecteur.info/events/palermo/

link to the metadatabase:

http://rangarvellir.ru.is/

5 Nov 2015

Call for abstracts at EGU2016 in Vienna are open. Please take a look at the following sessions:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/21276

and

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20438

5 Nov - 7 Nov 2015

We present first results of our investigations on invasive species in Elliðaár River at the BioIce conference at University of Iceland:

http://esenias.org/files/News_18_IceBio2015_poster_VC_2015_11_04_final.pdf

Link to the conference:

http://biologia.is/liffraediradstefnan-2015/

1 Sep - 3 Sep 2015

23 senior scientist and experts from all over Europe come to Iceland to discuss Connectivity research. Thank you for your visit and contribution.

http://connecteur.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Finger_Connectivity-research-in-Rang%C3%A1rvellir.pdf

Announcement by the Action:

http://connecteur.info/events/iceland/

1 June 2015

PhD-position for a visionary and dynamic individual available: investigating the value of Lidar observations in assessing atmospheric turbulence (deadline 14 July)

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/34017735

http://en.ru.is/the-university/open-positions/

18 May 2015

We are looking for a young researcher interested in a summer job involving field work and database development: Database development in the River Elliðaár (deadline 14 June)

http://en.ru.is/the-university/open-positions/

12 - 17 April 2015

We present at the EGU2015 in Vienna, Austria, our work on:

1) Assessing the hydropower potential of ungauged watersheds in Iceland using hydrological modeling and satellite retrieved snow cover images
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2644.pdf

2) Impacts of Climate change on the watershed of the hydropower reservoir Gigerwaldsee using hydrological modeling (by S. Etter, former MSc student)

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2961-1.pdf

Slides:

http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2015-2961_presentation.pdf

3) The dynamic and ever-changing volcanic nature of Iceland - An outdoor laboratory for education on natural processes and the human impacts on them (by Þ Petursdottir)

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-13895.pdf

4) Connectivity research in Iceland – using scientific tools to establish sustainable water management strategies

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-2639.pdf

Slides:

http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2015-2639_presentation.pdf

1 April 2015

Join our summer school in Iceland for an unforgettable experience of natural forces. Registration open now (deadline 17 June)!

26 March 2015

Join us for a workshop on "Observing and modelling Connectivity" in September 2015. Registration now open (deadline 1 May)!

http://connecteur.info/events/iceland/

24 February 2015

Our study on 'The value of multiple dataset calibration versus model complexity for improving the performance of hydrological models in mountain catchments' is now online:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014WR015712/abstract

23 February 2015

The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and ProClim publish a strategy paper on climate adaptation activities. A valuable document summarizing important research activities in Switzerland.
http://proclimweb.scnat.ch/portal/ressources/3431.pdf

17 February 2015

Within the EU Cost Action ES1104 we can provide a funded STSM on database development for "land degradation and restoration" to a young researcher. Closing date for applications is 6 March 2015.

http://desertrestorationhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Iceland-STSM-proposal.pdf

16 December 2014

Students from the Environmental Impact Course will present their projects at Reykjavik University

http://www.ru.is/tvd/vidburdir/nr/31609

21/22 November 2014

Former MSc student S. Etter will present the results of his thesis "Impacts of climate change on the water availability for the hydropower reservoir Gigerwaldsee using hydrological modeling" at the 12th Swiss Geoscience Meeting in Fribourg, Switzerland

http://www.geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2014/

9 September 2014

We present our work on "Using satellite snow cover images to enhance performance of snow, glacier and rain runoff projections for hydro power usages" at the International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium in Reykjavík, Iceland.

http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2014/program.php

25 August 2014

We present our idea of water connectivity in Iceland at the Cost Action meeting in Wageningen, Netherlands

http://connecteur.info/wageningen-meeting/posters-wageningen-meeting/

24 June 2014

Our working group "Resilience-based management of natural resources: the fundamental role of water and soil in functional ecosystems" became official part of the IAHS Scientific Decade 2013-2022 "Panta Rhei – Everything Flows":
http://distart119.ing.unibo.it/pantarhei/

29 May 2014

We presented our work on "Using satellite snow cover images to enhance performance of snow, glacier and rain runoff projections for hydro power usages" at a HEPEX Webinar:
http://hepex.irstea.fr/16th-hepex-webinar/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMoebtk70o

27 April - 2 May 2014

We present at the EGU2014 our work on:

1) The value of data availability and model complexity to improve hydrological modelling:

abstract: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014

slides: http://presentations.copernicus.org/EGU2014-1122_presentation.pdf
2) Effective Ecological Restoration of Collapsed Ecosystems - Linking Soil, Water and Society

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2014/EGU2014-14744.pdf

9 April 2014

Together with Halldór Björnsson we presented an overview of climate change and its impact on water resources in mountain areas at the Land Restoration Training Program of the United Nation University, Iceland.

http://www.unulrt.is/

15/16 November 2013

We will present our study on the effects of Swiss water protection laws on primary productivity in Swiss lakes at the Swiss Geoscience meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Furthermore, we will also present comparisons of snow- glacier and rain water estimates in mountain streams using hydrological models with different complexity.

http://www.geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2013/

August/September 2013

Together with M. Eugster we held a three day GLOBE training course on glacier hydrology, including field investigations on Sardona Glacier, Switzerland.

http://www.globe-swiss.ch/de/Uber_GLOBE/Ausbildung/

20. August 2013

Our article on present and future water resources in the surroundings of the Glacier de la Plaine Morte in Switzerland, went online today:
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/17/3261/2013/hess-17-3261-2013.html

5. August 2013

Our article quantifying the effects of oligotrophication on primary production is available online:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrcr.20355/abstract

12. June 2013

Together with Austrian and Swiss partners we organized a session on"Water balance and climate change in mountain regions" at the Swiss-Austrian Mounatin Days in Mittersill, Austria:

http://www.chat-mountainalliance.eu/en/

10. April 2013

We presented our vision on "Preserving and maintaining vital Ecosystem Services: the importance of linking knowledge from Geosciences and social-ecological System analysis" at the EGU2013 meeting in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria.

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/orals/11758

23. March 2013

The bernese newspaper reports on our article about tracer experiments on the Plaine Morte Glacier:

http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Das-Wasser-laeuft-vorwiegend-in-das-Oberland-ab-aber----/story/15361997

6. March 2013

Our study on tracer experiments to identify glacier melt flow path ways in the Swiss Alps was published today in HESSD:

http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/10/2743/2013/hessd-10-2743-2013.html

4. March 2013

Today is my first working day at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

20. February 2013

Presenting climate change impacts on water resources in mountain regions at the Soil Conservation Services of Iceland:

http://www.land.is/vidhburdhir/fraedhslufundir-2012-2013?layout=edit&id=169

1. January 2013

I am heading for a sabbatical to the 'Soil Conservation Service of Iceland' - Landgræðsla ríkisins - in Gunnarsholti, Iceland

29. October 2012
We present at the International Rhine Conference in Kleve, Germany, the results of our studies on"impacts of climate change on water resources in Switzerland and its implication for the Rhine river".

http://www.gelderland.nl/eCache/DEF/23168

10. September 2012

The Swiss National Council and the Council of States reject calls for artificial lake fertilization referring to the results of our study:

http://www.parlament.ch/ab/frameset/d/s/4905/386647/d_s_4905_386647_386669.htm

9. August 2012

The main Newspapers from Bern (Berner Zeitung), Zurich (Tagesanzeiger) and Basel (Basler Zeitung) report live from our second tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier:

Berner Zeitung:

http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/17001694

Tagesanzeiger:

http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/natur/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/10529798

Basler Zeitung:

http://bazonline.ch/wissen/natur/Das-Gletscherwasser-fliesst-wieder-farbig/story/10529798

5. July 2012

Presenting "Future water resources and hydropower production" within the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Network:
 SDC Network - Climate Change & Environment

29. June 2012

The Bernese newspaper reports on the results of our tracer experiment

http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/thun/Das-GletscherSchmelzwasser-fliesst--vor-allem-ins-Oberland/story/30996629

June 2012

"Wasser Energie Luft" prints our joint report (hydropower company/academics collaboration) on effects of climate change on hydropower production (in German):

28. June 2012

We presented our study (in preparation) about "Effects of re-oligotrophication on primary production in perialpine lakes" at the SIL-Austria meeting in Krumpendorf near Klagenfurt, Austria:

http://www.kis.ktn.gv.at/259124_DE-SIL_SILMAS-Conference_Contributions

29. May 2012

The University of Bern organized a science slam event. See the contribution about "Is climate research a game of dice?"

https://cast.switch.ch/vod/clips/kdz2jihcj/flash.html

8. April 2012

The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung publishes a report on our hydro-power study

http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/hintergrund/wissenschaft/wasserkraft-in-den-bergen-wird-massiv-abnehmen_1.16334488.html

23. March 2012

We present our study (in preparation) about present and future water flow ways in the surroundings of the Glacier de la Plaine Morte (in German) at the "Tag der Hydrologie" in Freiburg, Germany

29. February 2012

Our work on the value of satellite images to improve hydrological modelling is presented in the "Colloquium in Climatology, Climate Impact and Remote Sensing"

http://events.scnat.ch/proclim/index_de.php?id=16800

16. February 2012

Swiss national television reports a second time on results from the tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=f2fadb78-7405-40ce-ae4b-dbd5f9712974

The same emission reported also on artificial fertilization of Lake Brienz.

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=0b701986-b012-4137-b56d-72fa9d37fc7a

2. February 2012

The Bernese newspaper Der Bund reports on fishing yields in Lake Brien.

http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/Kraftwerke-trueben-den-Brienzersee-im-Winter/story/21390377?track

5. January 2012

Our study on the future of hydro-power in Vispa valley in southern Switzerland is online:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011WR010733/abstract

The study even made it to the title page of WRR:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/%28ISSN%291944-7973/asset/homepages/WRv48n2cvr.pdf?v=1&s=8e2594acc78feb2c67c98d5d6ca1492d1fd53f63&isAguDoi=true

21. December 2011

The Swiss federal council comments on demands for artificial fertilization of Lake Brienz located in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

http://www.parlament.ch/d/suche/seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20114091

11. - 13. November 2011

We present the results of the tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier at the 9th Swiss Geoscience Meeting in Zurich, Switzerland (see talk 8.4)

http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2011/abstracts_2011/SGM_2011_Symposium_08.pdf

8. September 2011

Caving News reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier

http://cavingnews.com/20110908-new-study-of-switzerlands-plaine-morte-glacier

3. September 2011

The Bernese newspaper Berner Oberländler reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier.

http://bo.bernerzeitung.ch/region/Erkenntnisse-ueberraschen-die--Wissenschaftler-/story/24911720

1. September 2011

Swiss national television reports on our tracer experiment on the Plaine Morte Glacier.

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=8b441b32-ce13-4496-975b-1a204dc20bd7

12. July 2011

Our study about calibration of hydrological models with satellite snow cover images is online:

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010WR009824.shtml

1. July - 30. July 2011

The NGO ICIMOD in Nepal invites us to set up a joint research project proposal. The SAFE-KOSHI idea (Strategies to adapt to climate change impacts on freshwater ecosystem services in representative vulnerable small scale watersheds in the Koshi river basin) is initiated and a joint project proposal is elaborated.

2. May 2011

Today is my first working day at the Institute of Geography of the University of Berne, Switzerland. Within this position I will investigate interdisciplinary environmental issues using various modeling concepts. Feel free to contact me for further information.

7. April 2011

We present our study about "Comparison of current and future effects of hydropower operations and climatic forcing on runoff in alpine streams" at the European Geoscience Union in Vienna

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-3625-1.pdf

28. November 2010

After two exciting years of investigating how to calibrate distributed, physically based hydrological models, I am looking for new challenges. In particular I am interested in resolving applied limnological and hydrological problems.

8 - 12 March 2010

ICIMOD and ETHZ are hosting a joint workshop on "Snow and Glacier Melt Runoff Modelling in the Indus Basin" with expert from Pakistan and Afghanistan. http://www.icimod.org/?q=651

29. September 2008

I decided to go online. Here is a first version of my new homepage. But most parts are still under construction. Thanks for your visit anyway.

David