Gunnar Stefansson is professor in industrial engineering at University of Iceland and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden as well as serving as a Vice President Research at the UArctic since July 2023. At University of Iceland, he serves as a director of the Engineering Research Institute overseeing the research activities of all the engineering facilities at University of Iceland, including masters, doctoral and post-doctoral research in addition to the project finance that the engineering faculty acquires domestically but also internationally, mainly from EU programme funding. Gunnar received his Ph.D. in 2004 from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, based on his research that involving transport management focusing on collaboration, digitalization, efficiency, and means to reduce environmental impacts of transport operations. Research on transportation and logistics in the Arctic has been part of his research throughout the years looking into operations in rural areas as well as the north passages west and east. As Vice Precident Gunnar is responcible for strategic collaboration within the network, coordinate reseaarch Chairs and their work, evaluate research grant applications. Gunnar has participated since 1998 in many domestic and international research projects and published his research in variety of high impact journals as well as acting as a guest editor for several international journals throughout the years.
