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Bifröst Professor provides expert insight in The New York Times Analysis of Iceland’s Shifting EU Debate May 29. 2026

Bifröst Professor provides expert insight in The New York Times Analysis of Iceland’s Shifting EU Debate

Professor Eiríkur Bergmann provides expert insight in a New York Times feature exploring Iceland’s evolving stance on European Union membership.

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Bifröst University hosts major conference on Arctic and European security May 21. 2026

Bifröst University hosts major conference on Arctic and European security

The Arctic has rapidly evolved from a remote peripheral region into an area of growing strategic importance, where superpower politics, climate change, digital infrastructure and hybrid threats increasingly intersect.

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Successful International Week Hosted at Bifröst University May 18. 2026

Successful International Week Hosted at Bifröst University

International Week at Bifröst University began on 11 May, and ran until the end of the day on 13 May. A total of 23 academic staff members and managers from eight universities within the OpenEU alliance took part.

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Teachers: Fida Abu Libdeh, Arnar Sigurðsson, and Michael Hendrix are all well known entrepreneurs. May 13. 2026

Entrepreneurship for New Icelanders

The Micro-Credential in Entrepreneurship is an 18 ECTS programme taught in English A special introductory meeting with the programme instructors and academic coordinators will be held on Friday, May 15, from 12:00–13:00 on Facebook.

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International Symposium - New Frontiers of European Security: The Arctic and the European Periphery May 7. 2026

International Symposium - New Frontiers of European Security: The Arctic and the European Periphery

Next Wednesday, May 13, Bifröst University will host the international symposium New Frontiers of European Security: The Arctic and the European Periphery - Regional Challenges, Strategic Responses, and the Evolving Role of Europe in a Changing World.

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Edda Blumenstein publishes article in the Journal of Retailing March 20. 2026

Edda Blumenstein publishes article in the Journal of Retailing

Dr. Edda Blumenstein, Associate Professor and Programme Director of the BSc in Retail and Service Management at the Department of Business Administration, has recently published the article Making Omnichannel Work: A Dynamic Capabilities Roadmap for Retail Transformation in the Journal of Retailing. The journal is one of the leading publications in its field worldwide.

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Call for Papers: Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research March 18. 2026

Call for Papers: Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research

A call for papers has been issued for the 34th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, which will take place in Reykjavík from 6–8 October 2026. This year’s conference theme is “Tourism in a Changing World: An Active Agent for Good?”, focusing on how tourism can respond to climate change, societal challenges and rapid global change.

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Research on the Development of Human Resource Management in Iceland in an International Context March 9. 2026

Research on the Development of Human Resource Management in Iceland in an International Context

Data collection for CRANET in Iceland has now begun. This is part of a long-term, comparative research project in the field of human resource management, involving a total of 50 participating countries. The next round of data collection will take place across all countries in spring 2026.

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Call for Papers: Security and Europe’s Peripheral Regions February 6. 2026

Call for Papers: Security and Europe’s Peripheral Regions

The call invites submissions to a Research Topic that builds on ongoing research into Europe’s peripheral regions, where security threats, geopolitical tensions, and strategic challenges are often felt first and most acutely. These regions include

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