Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir#
| Membership Number: | 3438 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ICELAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://starfsfolk.hi.is/simaskra/4501 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - Professor of Sustainability Science, Institute of Earth Sciences and Sæmundur frodi Institute of Sustainable Development, University of Iceland
- 2008 - 12 Dean of School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik.
- 2008 - 11 Visiting Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 2008 Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 2006 - 08 Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 2001 - 06 Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
- 1997 - 01 Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
- 1994 - 97 Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Bristol.
- 1991 - 94 Research Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Bristol.
- 1989 - 91 Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of Bristol.
Fields of Scholarship
- Sustainability science
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable communities
- Environmental sustainability
- Soil science
- Environment and health
- Environmental geochemistry
- Mineral surface chemistry
- Aqueous speciation and geochemistry
- Fate and transport of pollutants
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute, Bristol, UK
- 2012 Invited Member of Prime Minister´s of Bhutan High Level Discussion Group at the UN on a new Economic Paradigm
- 2012 The Plant award from the GAIA student association at the University of Iceland for environmental leadership
- 2011 Balaton Group Member of the Year – awarded by the Balaton Group for international sustainability leadership
- 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development
- 2007 Fellow of the Schumacher Society, UK
- 2006 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK
- 2005 Fellow of the Icelandic Academy of Sciences (Vísindafélag Íslendinga) - Foreign member prior to moving to Iceland in 2008
- 2002 Invited member of the German Radiological Protection Agency (GSF) team of depleted uranium in Kosovo and Serbia
- 2002 Invited member of the Depleted Uranium Scientific Assessment Team in Bosnia Herzegovina of UNEP
- 2000 Invited member of the Depleted Uranium Scientific Assessment Team in Kosovo of UNEP
- 1999 Chartered Geologist, UK
- 1981 - 82 Margaret Fuller Boos Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- 1979 - 80 American Association of University Women Fellowship
