A mission to Kalmar and back by Erik Sturkell On the 10th of April I was on the committee for a doctoral defence that took place in Kalmar. To travel to and from Gothenburg by train is an ordeal. There are only 3 - 4 direct trains
by Erik Sturkell The annual meeting for the Geological Society 2025 in Skövde On Friday the 9th of May, the Geological Society had its annual meeting. In the afternoon, after the meeting, we had a mini conference about geo-learning, including university didactics, outreach, and more. At the end of
Oceanographer Bengt Liljebladh from the University of Gothenburg was invited to the International workshop on fjords with emphasis on biogeochemistry, oceanography and modelling at the Kristineberg Center for Marine Research and Innovation, Fiskebäckskil in Sweden. On behalf of the Ikka project, he presented a lecture
Written by Erik SturkellAll photos taken by Erik Sturkell In spring 2022, I joined the board for the event “Geology Day” which takes place the second Saturday of September every year. The purpose of this event is to inform people about geology in an inspiring way
Friday was the day where Michelle Nygren defended her PhD thesis 'Impact of climate variability on dynamic groundwater storage in mid- and high latitude countries' at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Erik was the examination coordinator meaning he was responsible for organising the defence and
Erik was invited by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences, to give a talk about Geologists on the Silver screen and how they are portrayed in movies. Belief it or not, but this a topic Erik and fellow geologists from the University of
To celebrate that it is now 26 years ago we had our first scientific expedition to Ikka Fjord in SW Greenland to study the magnificent ikaite columns, 25-30 participants from the many expeditions met in Copenhagen last Friday for coffee, a scientific meeting and a
Written by Erik Sturkell The grand master of the French Rochechouart impact structure, Philippe had invited Jens and I to a CIRIR workshop (Center for International Research & Restitution on Impacts and on Rochechouart) in the town of Rochechouart on the 27th to 28th of August 2021. Five persons participated
This was the first time the Greenland Science Week took place. It used to be called the 'Polar Day' and be helt somewhere in Denmark, but now the decision has been made to move it permanently to Nuuk in Greenland. On behalf of our research group
Yesterday, we received prominent visitors from the Danish Embassy in Iceland. Ambassador, Eva Egesborg Hansen and her staff, Andreas Nøhr Vestergaard, Gudrun Haraldsdóttir, and practical interns Oscar and Jens came to an info meeting at our Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. The institute