Háskólasetur Vestfjarða / Research / Faculty Research

Allan Williams

Current position	Professor of Coastal Management at Swansea Metropolitan University
Courses	Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environment 2008-2009
Research	Coastal Geology.

Auður H. Ingólfsdóttir

Current position	Instructor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Bifröst University, Iceland
Courses	Coastal and Marine Politics and Policy 2010-2011 Coastal and Marine Politics and Policy 2009-2010 Climate Changes and Policy 2009-2010 Coastal and Marine Politics and Policy 2008-2009
Research	International politics, climate changes and security in northern areas, especially in terms of feminist theory and ideology.

Bjarni Már Magnússon

Current position	Law Adjunct - University of Akureyri
Courses	On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2008-2009
Research	The Law of the Sea, Constitutional Law, Sources of Law, Legal Research and Critical Thinking, Introduction to Icelandic Law. Research projects: Military and security aspects of the law of the sea, fisheries on the high sea and Icelandic ocean policy.

Bradley W. Barr

Current position	Senior Policy Advisor for NOAA/Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Courses	Coastal and Marine Conservation 2010-2011 Coastal and Marine Conservation 2009-2010 Coastal and Marine Consercation 2008-2009
Research	Ocean wilderness, marine protected areas policy and management, maritime heritage of Western Arctic.

Dagný Arnarsdóttir

Current position	Program Director, Coastal and Marine Management at the University Cetnre of theWestfjords.
Courses	Climate changes and policy 2009-2010
Research

Dong Yang

Current position	Research Fellow at the Centre for Maritime Studies, National University of Singapore.
Courses	Maritime Transport 2010-2011 Marine Transportation 2009-2010
Research	Maritime Transportation.

Einar Hreinsson

Current position	Lecturer at The University of Akureyri, Iceland and scientist at the Marine Research Institute of Iceland.
Courses	Fishing Technology 2010-2011 Introduction to Marine Technology 2009-2010 Introduction to Marine Technology 2008-2009
Research	Main research topics: Fishing gear performance, fish behaviour, innovation and development of fishing methods.

Emil Ólafsson

Current position	Senior Researcher at Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía
Courses	Evaluating Variation in Population and Communities 2008-2009 EIA and sustainability management systems 2008-2009 Applied Methodology 2009-2010
Research	Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Pollution, Research Support Services, Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Pollution, Research Support Services.

Gabriela Sabau

Current position	Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Courses	Economics of Coastal and Marine Environments 2010-2011 Economics of Coastal and Marine Environments 2009-2010 Economics of Coastal and Marine Environments 2008-2009
Research	Gabriela's research interests focus on three broad areas: 1) Knowledge based economy/society compared to information economy/society; 2) Sustainable development - beyond long-run economic growth and 3) Economics as a moral science. Current research: Knowledge, Values and Sustainable Development.

Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir

Current position	Director, University of Iceland's Research Centre of the Westfjords.
Courses	Coastal and marine ecology 2008-2009 Coastal and marine ecology 2009-2010
Research	Current research involves both theoretical issues and more applied questions concerning variation in natural populations, both in marine and freshwater environments.

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson

Current position	Environmental Scientist.
Courses	Coastal and Marine Ecology 2010-2011
Research	The impact of environmental change on plants, ecology of invasive species, ecology of soil reclamation, environmental impact assessment, impact of road construction on fresh water fish, conservation biology.

Gunnar Páll Eydal

Current position	Planning and Environmental Consultant at Eik Planning Agency.
Courses	Environmental Assessment (EIA and SEA) 2010-2011 Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainability Management Systems 2009-2010 Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainability Management Systems 2008-2009
Research	Planning and planning methods: Municipal-, local-, and regioanal planning with focus on wilderness and protected areas (http://www.teiknistofan.is/). Coastal and marine planning - pilot project, further info: http://www.fjordungssamband.is/fv/nytingaraaetlun/.

Helga Ögmundardóttir

Current position	PhD-candidate at the Universtity of Uppsala, Sweden, and a researcher at the Institute of sustainable development, University of Iceland.
Courses	Human Ecology 2010-2011 Human Ecology 2009-2010 Human Ecology 2008-2009
Research	Icelandic immigrants in North-America in the 19th and 20th centuries, with focus on their contact with the indigenous populations there; human-nature interaction in Icelandic coastal areas in a historical perspective, with focus on the rise and fall of the herring-fisheries in the 20th c.; traditional and modern land-use in the Icelandic highland, with focus on commons management; energy- and technology-transitions in a social and cultural perspective, with focus on energy- and fuel-transitions in Iceland in the 20th c. and in the future.

Helgi Áss Grétarsson

Current position	Specialist at the Institute of Law - University of Iceland.
Courses	On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2009-2010 On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2008-2009
Research	Natural Resource Law with focus on the legal framework of Fisheries Policies.

Helgi Jensson

Current position	Senior Consultant, Environment Agency of Iceland
Courses	Climate changes and policy 2009-2010
Research

Hrafnhildur Bragadóttir

Current position	Legal Advisor at the Department for Legal and Administrative Affairs, the Environmental Agency of Iceland, Reykjavík.
Courses	On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2009-2010
Research

Hrönn Jörundsdóttir

Current position	Project manager at the Department of Food Safety and Environment at Matís, Reykjavík.
Courses	Pollution in the Coastal and Marine Environment 2010-2011 Chemistry and Contamination in the Coastal Zone 2009-2010
Research

John Nyboer

Current position	Executive Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group (EMRG), Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Courses	Energy and Materials Management 2009-2010 Energy and Materials Management 2008-2009
Research	Energy and material flows, greenhouse gas issues including the current debate surrounding Canada's next steps for emissions reduction.

Jón Ólafsson

Current position	Professor of Chemical Oceanography, University of Iceland.
Courses	Chemistry and Contamination in the Coastal Zone 2008-2009.
Research	Oceanography, chemical oceanography, environmental chemistry.

Katrín Hólm Hauksdóttir

Current position	Project Manager at the Registers Iceland.
Courses	Geographical Information Systems 2010-2011
Research	Geographical Information Systems

Larry Hildebrand

Current position	Manager of Sustainable Communities and Ecosystem programs for Environment Canada in Atlantic Canada
Courses	Society and Natural Resources 2010-2011 Society and Natural Resources 2009-2010 Society and Natural Resources 2008-2009
Research	Policy, Law, Economics, Management , Pollution.

Marc L. Miller

Current position	Professor at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, USA).
Courses	Tourism Policy and Planning in Coastal Areas 2010-2011 Tourism Policy and Planning in Coastal Areas 2009-2010 Tourism Policy and Planning in Coastal Areas 2008-2009
Research	Sustainable coastal tourism development, fishery-tourism interactions, and societal revitalization (including entrepreneurial innovation and diversification for small-scale businesses) in response to coastal zone poverty.

Miaoija Liu

Current position	Chief Education Officer at BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council) from May 2011 onwards.
Courses	Maritime Transport 2010-2011
Research	Maritime Transport.

Mike Philips

Current position	Professor, Swansea Metropolitan University, Wales.
Courses	Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environment 2010-2011 Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environment 2009-2010 Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environment 2008-2009
Research	Professor Phillips researches coastal management from both physical and human geography perspectives. This includes coastal processes and morphological responses to climate change and sea level rise. His research developed for the first time empirical formulae to assess beach change in response to forcing agents (water level, wind and waves), establishing a quantitative relationship between seaward and landward limits of the active beach profile.

Morten Edvardsen

Current position	Professor of urban and regional planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Courses	Planning of coastal and marine regions 2008-2009 Planning of coastal and marine regions 2009-2010
Research	Resource policy studies, risk analysis, planning evaluation.

Norm R. Catto

Current position	Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Courses	Climate Changes and Policy 2008-2009
Research	Coastal landforms, natural hazards, sea level change, and the impacts of climate change in coastal environments.

Ólafur Ögmundarson

Current position	Aquaculture specialist at Matís (Icelandic Food Research) in Ísafjörður, Iceland.
Courses	Environmental Assessment (EIA and SEA) 2010-2011 Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainability Management Systems 2009-2010
Research

Patricia Manuel

Current position	Associate Professor in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University.
Courses	Planning of Coastal and Marine Regions 2010-2011
Research	Wetlands interpretation and management, watershed planning and management and climate change adaptation planning.

Pétur Dam Leifsson

Current position	Assistant Professor of Law - University of Iceland.
Courses	On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2010-2011 On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2009-2010 On the Law of the Sea and the Environment 2008-2009
Research	Public International Law; Law of International Organisations; Law of the Sea; European Law; International Economic Law.

Rodrigo Menafra

Current position	Marine Conservation Coordinator for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Courses	Integrated Coastal and Marine Management 2010-2011 Integrated Coastal and Marine Management 2009-2010 Integrated Coastal and Marine Management 2008-2009
Research	Integrated Coastal Management, with an emphasis on coastal policy, protected areas and artisanal fisheries.

Ronald Wennersten

Current position	Head of the Department of Industrial Ecology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Courses	Conflict Resolution in Resource Management 2010-2011 Conflict Resolution in Resource Management 2008-2009
Research	Industrial Ecology

Scott Heppell

Current position	Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, USA.
Courses	Conservation of Biodiversity in the Sea 2010-2011 Evaluating Sustainable Fisheries 2010-2011 Fisheries Management and Ecological Modeling 2009-2010
Research	Physiological ecology of fishes, in particular how physiology, behavior, and life history traits affect the interactions between fish populations and their respective fisheries.

Selina Heppell

Current position	Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, USA.
Courses	Evaluating Sustainable Fisheries 2010-2011 Conservation of Biodiversity in the Sea 2010-2011 Fisheries Management and Ecological Modeling 2009-2010
Research	Sea turtles, sharks, sturgeon, and U.S. west coast rockfish.

Sigríður Ólafsdóttir

Current position	Sessional Teacher at the University of Iceland.
Courses	Integrated Coastal and Marine Management 2009-2010 Applied Methodology 2009-2010 Integrated coastal and marine management 2008-2009
Research	Integrated Coastal Management.

Steingrímur Jónsson

Current position	Professor at the University of Akureyri and a scientist at the Marine Research Institute of Iceland.
Courses	Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environments 2010-2011 Physical Processes of Coastal and Marine Environment 2009-2010
Research	General oceanography of the seas around Iceland. The effect of oceanic conditions on biological resources. Climate variability and their effects. Ocean currents around Iceland and their variability. Oceanography of Icelandic fjords.

Tom Barry

Current position	Executive Secretary of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council
Courses	Geographical Information Systems 2008-2009 Geographical Information Systems 2009-2010
Research

Þorleifur Ágústsson

Current position	Managing Director of Murr plc. and Biology teacher at Ísafjörður High School.
Courses	Aquaculture 2008-2009
Research	Aquaculture

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