Resources: Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir
Channel: Sustainable Earth Institute
Date: 04/08/2016

Professor Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, University of Iceland

Professor Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir is a Professor of Sustainability Science at the Sæmundur frodi Institute for Sustainable Development and the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland. She was the Dean of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Iceland from 2008-2012. Prior to moving to Iceland she was a Professor of Environmental Sustainability at the University of Bristol, UK. Educated in geochemistry at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík (BSc) and at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (MS, PhD) she changed her focus a decade ago from Earth sciences to cross-disciplinary sustainability science. Her research pertains to sustainability in its widest context including nature protection, economics, society, and wellbeing of citizens.