S.1 E.12 Land restoration, sustainability and women leadership with Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir Institute for Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland

Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir is a leader in sustainability. She guided the UN University Land Restoration Training Programme for ten years, a global effort to restore the crucial resource for our survival, Land.

She is now the Director at the Institute for Sustainability Studies at the University of Iceland, continuing her research on sustainability and fostering the next generation of changemakers.

She is a leader in STEM, closely working to promote women engagement. She was the first Icelandic woman selected for the global leadership programme for women in science, Homeward Bound. As part of the programme, she travelled to Antarctica for a 3-week expedition in January 2019!