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Online courses from The University of Iceland, free and paid.

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Gender and Intersectionality

4.748 ratings

Gender intersects with everything. Using examples from popular culture, classical literature, and history, this course will teach you how to analyze religious texts and traditions, class divisions, racial inequality, sexualities and nationalism through a gendered lens.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Paths to Peace and Conflict: From the Body to the International

Do you want to strengthen your understanding of peace and conflict processes? Join our course, where we explore peacebuilding with an inclusive and intersectional lens to shed light on ways we can strengthen peace processes.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Monitoring Volcanoes and Magma Movements

4.616 ratings

The course covers magma movements in volcanoes and how they can be inferred from ground based and satellite monitoring techniques, including studies of earthquakes, ground deformation, and volcanic gas release. Case studies are presented.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Intermediate

The University of Iceland

Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice

What do sheep, volcanoes and glaciers have in common? Take this course to see how human land uses, like sheep grazing, over just a few centuries can be an equally strong driving force of landscapes as volcanoes and glaciers over millennia.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

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The Medieval Icelandic Sagas

4.529 ratings

Learn about the Icelandic Sagas, the characteristic literary genre of Medieval Iceland comprising roughly 40 texts.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Intermediate

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Men, Boys and Masculinities

4.48 ratings

This course provides a solid introduction to studies on men, boys and masculinities, and addresses gendered issues relating to men and boys across a variety of fields.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Intermediate

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Gender and Development

4.514 ratings

Learn about critical theories and topics in the field of gender and international development.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Intermediate

The University of Iceland

Gender, Violence and Post-Conflict States

4.515 ratings

Learn the core theories, case studies and policy frameworks necessary for understanding the interplay between gender and violence in post-conflict contexts.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Intermediate

The University of Iceland

Intercultural Competency in Education

4.113 ratings

Do you want to learn practical skills to become interculturally competent and aware as an educator? Take this course and learn to develop strategies to deal with identities in a fairer and more coherent way.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Small States and Leadership

Do you want to learn about leadership in small states? Join our course, where we explore how small states can use clever leadership to transform smallness into an asset when promoting their interests at home and abroad.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Friendship machine: forming a new type of human connections

Did you know that there are now 2.6 billion gamers in the world? By 2021, that number is expected to rise by 125 million. In terms of revenue, the video game industry has become bigger than the movie and music industries put together. Video games are sweeping the globe, quickly becoming a primary s…

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Social and Environmental Leadership in the Arctic

Focusing on the multi-faced challenges of the fast-changing Arctic region, this interdisciplinary course explores Arctic governance, sustainability, and science-to-policy leadership—equipping you with practical tools to address global climate and social challenges. Learn how to drive impact through…

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Utilization and Adding Value to Food Side Streams

Learn about how the latest developments in biochemistry and engineering can lead to reduced food waste by better utilization and adding value to food side streams.

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner

The University of Iceland

Sustainable Global Citizenship Education

Do you want to enhance your diversity competence and digital responsibility as an educator? Do you want to increase your knowledge and understanding of global education and global digital citizenship in multilingual and multicultural education contexts? Take this course and learn to develop strateg…

  • edX
  • Self-paced
  • Free to audit
  • Paid certificate
  • Beginner