An investment in partnerships

ROCS has the overarching goal to carry out research at the forefront of knowledge concerning the interactions between climate, nature, and people, and to nurture the long-standing tradition of research collaboration between academics from Iceland and Denmark.  

All research activities at the centre are built on collaboration between Iceland and Denmark. Thus, ROCS invests directly in strengthening current and future research partnerships between the two countries. Photo: ROCS.

Just as important, however, is ROCS’ investment in the continuation of Icelandic-Danish research collaboration into the future. To this purpose, the centre’s salary monies are used for the employment of post-doctoral researchers. These post-docs are hosted by the Universities of Iceland and Copenhagen and, as part of their employment, they are expected to spend time doing research in both countries.

By applying this strategy, ROCS is investing in the creation of a network of young researchers from the two countries in the effort of carrying the tradition of Icelandic-Danish research collaboration into the future.

Another major thrust of the ROCS strategy is to create a research team comprised of the strongest possible competences within the many disciplines required to achieve the centre’s vision. This means that researchers from many different institutions are a part of the ROCS research team. Thus, the centre is stimulating partnerships between groups at many different institutions.

Finally, part of the ROCS vision is to provide a virtual meeting place for an even larger network of interested researchers by hosting seminars and workshops and engage i different outreach activities.