03.10.2022
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir
The Icelandic Coast Guard, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, and the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre have organised two breakout sessions at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2022 called "Responding to Booming Arctic Cruise: Safety and Environmental Risks at Sea" where key stakeholders will give their views and discuss the main challenges they face and fields of collaboration in this regard.
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07.09.2022
Þórný Barðadóttir
The ITRC participates in a new thematic network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies research on the development of resilient, dynamic and sustainable Island communities.
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31.08.2022
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir, researcher at the ITRC, participated in UNLEASH Innovation Lab which was held in Nuuk from the 20-27th August 2022.
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14.06.2022
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir
Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir, Þórný Barðadóttir and Ása Marta Sveindóttir participated in the 15th Responsible Tourism in Destinations conference that took place in Helsinki 9-10 June.
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20.05.2022
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir
For the next months, the ITRC is hosting a new intern, Hana Sáblíková, at the Akureyri office. Hana is a Ph.D. candidate in Applied and Landscape Ecology from Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. During her internship, Hana will research sustainable tourism practices in the private sector of Akureyri.
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12.05.2022
Ása Marta Sveinsdóttir
For the next weeks, the ITRC is hosting a new intern, Rabab Hussein, from the University of Prince Edward Island. Rabab is a master student in Island studies and will focus on Grímsey during her internship.
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30.03.2022
Eyrún Jenný Bjarnadóttir
From February to May 2022, the ITRC will host Julie Madsen during the time of writing her master’s thesis. Julie is a master’s student at Aalborg University, Denmark.
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01.03.2022
Þórný Barðadóttir
One of ITRC tasks is to disseminate information regarding tourism research in Iceland. On ITRC website there is a list of peer-reviewed tourism papers. The newly updated list is available here on the web under „About us“ – „Academic papers on tourism“ and also through link here below.
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26.01.2022
Eyrún Jenný Bjarnadóttir
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11.01.2022
Vera Vilhjálmsdóttir
A new book, Asian Mobilities Consumption in a Changing Arctic, has just been published, both as a hardback and ebook.
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