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Thorgerdur Einarsdóttir

Professor of Gender Studies

University of Iceland

 

 

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Work address                   

Oddi v/Sturlugotu, room 126
Telephone (work) (354) 525-4177
E-mail einarsd@hi.is
Website http://www.hi.is/~einarsd/

                       

 

 

Education        
Dr.fil (Ph D) in Sociology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Fil.kand. degree in Sociology, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1982
Teacher Certification, University of Iceland, 1986
Employment
2009: Professor of Gender Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
 
2004-2009: Associate Professor of Gender Studies, Faculty of social sciences, University of Iceland
2007: Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, Lancaster Univeristy, UK, March - May 2007
2007: Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, January - February 2007
2003: Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Women's Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York, Fall 2003
2001-2004:  Assistant Professor of Gender Studies
1999-2000: Part-time teacher, University of Iceland
1998-2000: Post-doc Scholarship from the Icelandic Research Fund
1997-2000: Free-lance researcher and equal opportunities consultant
1988-1990 and 1993: Project Leader, Technological Institute of Iceland [Idntaeknistofnun Islands]
1985-1988:  Teacher, The College of Breidholt, Reykjavik [Fjölbrautarskólinn i Breidholti]
 Research projects 
2004-2007: Principal investigator in Work Cultures, gender relations and family responsibility. The project is a part of a trans-national network including Iceland, Norway and Spain. The Icelandic part is funded by RANNIS [The Icelandic Research Council].
2004-2007: Principal investigator in the Icelandic part of HOUPE, Health and Organization among University Hospital Physicians in Four European Countries. The project is a co-operation between Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Italy. Project manager in Iceland is Lilja Sigrún Jónsdóttir
2002-2004: Principal investigator "Culture, custom and caring – men’s and women’s possibilities to parental leave". EC-funded European project with participation of Iceland, Norway, Germany
2001-2002: Co-investigator "Jafnrétti í íslensku samfélagi.  Ímyndir og veruleiki" [Equality in Icelandic Society – Images and Reality]
2001-2002: Co-investigator "Towards a Closing of the Gender Pay Gap" EC-funded European project with the participation of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Greece and the UK. Transnational project manager Mona Larsen-Asp, Likestillingssenteret, Oslo, Norway
1999-2000: Co-investigator "Higher Education and Graduate Employment in Europe" EC-funded European project with the participation of twelve European countries and Japan. Transnational project manager Prof. Ulrich Teichler, Kassel University, Germany
1998-2000: Co-investigator "Changing Family Relationships in the Modern World.  Turkey and Sweden in a Comparative Perspective". Project managers Prof. Elisabeth Özdalga, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and Prof. Rita Liljeström, Stockholm 
1997: Co-investigator "Kjřnn og universitet i Norden" [Gender and Higher Education in the Nordic countries], funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Project manager Prof. Ivar Bleiklie
1996-1997: Principal investigator in the pilot project "Karlar og faedingarorlof" [Fathers on Paternity Leave], initiated and organized of The Committee on Gender Equality, the City of Reykjavik, and co-funded by the EC. Project manager Hildur Jónsdóttir
1993-1999: Co-investigator "Den dubbla förhandlingssituationen" [Double-sided Negotions]. Project manager Prof. Rita Liljeström
Publications/Books
2000: Bryddingar.  Um samfélagid sem mannanna verk. [Border. Essays on society as a social construction]. Háskólaútgáfan and Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands
1998: Gegnum súrt og satt. Um íslenska karla í faedingarorlofi.  Also in English: Through Thick and Thin. Icelandic Men on Paternity Leave. The Committee on Gender Equality, City of Reykjavik
1997: Läkaryrket i förändring.  En studie av den medicinska professionens heterogenisering och könsdifferentiering. [Changes of Doctoring. A Study of the Heterogenity and the Gender Differentiation within the Medical Profession]. Doct. Diss. Monography No. 63, Department of Sociology, Göteborg University
Academic Service
Vice-chair of the board of the Fund for Academic Writers from January 2008 to December 2009
2008 - Board of the Nordic Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
2006-2008: Board of the Nordic-Baltic network for gender responsive budgeting
2000-2003: Book Review Editor for Acta Sociologica, Journal of the Scandinavian Sociological Association
2001 - Board of the Centre for Gender Research, University of Iceland
2001 - Chair of the Gender Studies Program, University of Iceland

2000-2002: Expert Committee on Women and Science, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland

1999-2006: Board of The Nordic Association for Gender and Women’s Research
2000-2003: Member of NOS-S (Nordiska samarbetsnämnden för samhällsforskning), Representative of the Icelandic Research Council

2000-2003: Member of ESF (European Science Foundation), Representative of the Icelandic Research Council

2000-2002: Chair of the Advisory Board for the Social Sciences, The Icelandic Research Council
1998-2002: Member of the Advisory Board for the Social Sciences, The Icelandic Research Counci.
1999-2002: Member of the Advisory Board for Information Technology, The Icelandic Research Council

1999-2000: Board of the Nordic research network Pronto (Professions in a Nordic Perspective)

1999: Reviewer, Nora - Nordic Journal for Women's Studies

1998-2000: Member of the Equal Opportunities Commission, University of Iceland

2003: Reviewer, Skirnir

2001: Reviewer, Laeknabladid [The Icelandic Medical Journal]

2001: Reviewer, Uppeldi og Menntun.

1988-1990: Board of the Icelandic Sociological Association

1986-1987: Chair of SINE (Samband íslenskra námsmanna erlendis) [The Association of Icelandic Students Abroad

1986-1987: Board of the Icelandic Student Loan Fund

1995-1996: Editorial Board, Vera, the Icelandic Women’s Journal

Awards
1998: Ragnar J:son Marks premium, awarded by the Faculty of  Philosophy and Social Sciences,  University of Göteborg, Sweden
Articles in reviewed journals, reviewed and edited book chapters
2009: "Kynjaskekkja í stjórnmálum. Breytingar og áhrifathaettir" with Gudbjorg Lilja Hjartardóttir in Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla, veftímarit, 1. tbl. 5. árg. 2009. Frćđigreinar http://www.stjornmalogstjornsysla.is/images/stories/fg2009v/the_glh.pdf.
2009: "From reluctance to fast track engineering" (with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir) in Moss, P. & Kamerman, S. (eds.) The politics of parental leave policies: Children, parenting, gender and the labour market, pp. 175-191. London: Policy Press.
2009: "Equality Discourses at Cross-Roads. Gender Equality vs. Diversity" (with Thorgerdur Thorvaldsdóttir) in Gender and Citizenship: Equality, Diversity, Migration (ed. Elzbieta Oleksy, Dorotha Golanska & Jeff Hearn). London, Palgrave Macmillian, UK (forthcoming). Published in Polish in 2008 in Tozsamosc i obywatelstwo w spoleczenstwie [Gender and Citizenship: Equality, Diversity, Migration] (ritstj. Elzbieta Oleksy), pp. 176-196. Warszawa: Polskie Wydawnictwo Naukowe [Polish Scientific Publishers].
2008: "Equity and Dignity in Maternity Care Provision in Canada, Finland and Iceland" (with Sirpa Wrede & Cecilia Benoit) in Canadian Journal of Public Health. Volume 99, Supplement, November/December 2008, pp. 516-521.
2008: "Innflytjendastefna ríkisstjórnarinnar í ljósi thegnréttar og kyngervis" (with Gudný Gústafsdóttir) in Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum VIIII (ed. Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson). Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan.
2007: "Aumingjahjálp eda afbygging á umframvaldi?" [Assistance of the weak or deconstruction of excess-power?] í Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum VIII. Erindi flutt á ráđstefnu í desember 2007 (ed. Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson), pp. 391- 402. Reykjavík, Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan.
2006: „Kynjakerfid. Úrelding í augsýn eda vidvarandi kynjahalli?“ [The Gender System. Obsolete or still going strong?] in Rannsóknir í Félagsvísindum VII. Erindi flutt á rádstefnu í október 2006 (ed. Úlfar Hauksson), pp. 445-456. Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík
2006: "Gender and Globalisation" (with Lilja Mósesdóttir) in Globalization. Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics (ed. Ashish K. Vaidya), pp.758-796. ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, California. Denver, Colorado. Oxford, England
2005: ""On different tracks": The gendered landscape of educational and occupational paths among European graduates" in Careers of University Graduates. Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspectives (ed.Ulrich Teichler), pp.185-210. Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers
2005: "Karlar í útrýmingarhaettu? Um stödu kvenna og karla í framhaldsskólum og háskólum” [Men Endangered? Women and Men in Colleges/High Schools and Universities] (with Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir) in Kynjamyndir í skólastarfi [Gender Images in School] (eds. Arna H. Jónsdóttir, Steinunn H. Lárusdóttir and Thórdís Thórdardóttir), pp. 199-219. Rannsóknastofnun Kennaraháskóla Íslands, Reykjavík
2005: "Er grunnskólinn kvenlaeg stofnun?” [Is the Compulsory School a Feminine Institution?] (with Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir) in Kynjamyndir í skólastarfi [Gender Images in School](eds. Arna H. Jónsdóttir, Steinunn H. Lárusdóttir and Thórdís Thórdardóttir), pp. 151-172. Rannsóknastofnun Kennaraháskóla Íslands, Reykjavík

2005: ""Ekki fegurdarsamkeppni eda stjörnuleit..."Kynbundnar hugmyndir um stjórnmálathátttöku, forystu og leidtogahaefni” [Not a beauty-contest..." Gender representations in politics and leadership] in Rannsóknir í Rannsóknir í Félagsvísindum VI. Erindi flutt á rádstefnu í október 2005 (ed. Úlfar Hauksson), pp. 305-321. Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík

2005: "Omsorgspolitikk for fedre i fire europeiske lande" (with Berit Brandth og Elin Kvande) in Valgfrihetens tid. Omsorgspolitikk for barn mřter det fleksible arbeidslivet (eds. Berit Brandt, Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande), pp. 62-78. Oslo, Gyldendal Akademisk. 

2005: "Women in Iceland: Strong Women—Myths and Contradictions" in Female Well-Being: Social Change around the World in the 20th Century (eds. Janet Mancini Billson og Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban), pp.181-206. London, ZED Books.

2004: " 'Thetta liggur einhvern veginn betur fyrir henni'. Fedur, born og faedingarorlof á Íslandi og í Noregi" [" 'It’s easier for her somehow'. Fathers, children and parental leave in Iceland and Norway"] (with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir) in Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum V. Félagsvísindadeild. (ed. Úlfar Hauksson), pp. 287-302. Reykjavík, Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan

2004: “Hid vísindalega er pólitískt. Femínismi sem fraedikenning andófs og baráttu” [The scientific is political. Feminism as a theory of resistance and changes] in Íslensk félagsfraedi. Landnám althjódlegrar freadigreinar (eds. Thoroddur Bjarnason and Helgi Gunnlaugsson), pp. 200-225. Reykjavík,  Háskólaútgáfan.

    
2004: “Kynbundinn launamunur. Umraedan um skýrdan og óútskýrdan launamun kynja í gagnrýnu ljósi” [Gender pay differences. The debate on adjusted and unadjusted gender pay gap in a critical perspective] (with Kristjana Stella Blöndal) in Kynjafraedi – Kortlagningar. Fléttur II, rit RIKK (ed. Irma Erlingsdóttir), pp. 247-271. Reykjavík, Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum
2004: “The Gendered Implications of Globalization: Vulnerability and Interdependence” in Topographies of Globalization. Politics, Culture and Language (eds. Valur Ingimundarson, Kristín Loftsdóttir and Irma Erlingsdóttir),  pp. 229-244. Reykjavík,  Háskólaútgáfan
2003: "Iceland”, in Women’s Issues in Europe (in the Series Women’s Issues Worldwide Series Format) (ed. Lynn Walter), pp. 297-314. Connecticut, London, Greenwood Publishing Group
2002: “European Graduates: Cross-Country Diversity and Gender Disparity”, European Journal of Education, December 2002, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 333-346(14).   
2002: "Jafnrétti án femínisma – pólitík án fraeda?” [Gender Equality without Feminism – Politics without Theory?] in Ritid. Journal of The Centre for Research in the Humanities 2/2002, pp. 9-36
2002: “Who rules in the core of the family” Autonomy and Dependence in the Family. Turkey and Sweden in a Critical Perspective (ed. Liljeström, Rita og Özdalga, Elisabeth), pp. 197-216. Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Transactions Vol. 11, London: RoutledgeCurzon   
     
2000: “Sérfraedihópar og fagthroun í ljósi kynferdis“ [Professions, professionalization and Gender] in Rannsoknir i felagsvisindum III  (ed. Fridrik H. Jónsson), pp.132-146.  Félagsvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan   
1999: “The Gendering of Status and Status of Gender.  The Case of the Swedish Medical Profession”  in Professional Identities in Transition: Cross Cultural Dimensions, (eds. Hellberg, I, Saks,M, Benoit, C.), pp. 175-194. Monograph from the Department of Sociology, Göteborg University No. 71 & Almquist & Wiksell Int., Stockholm
Articles in non-reviewed journals
2007: "Gender equality and the intersectional turn” (with Thorgerdur Thorvaldsdóttir in Kvinder, křn & forskning 1/2007.
2004: "Varför dröjer jämställdheten? Lärdomar av den feministiska vĺren pĺ Island 2003” [Why do we have to wait for gender equality? Some lessons from the feminist spring of Iceland 2003] in Nikk magasin 2/2004, pp. 8-10
2002: "Island: En bekönad akademia i en moderniseringsfas" [Iceland: Gendered Academia in Transition] in Sřkelys pĺ arbeidsmarkedet , Vol 19, 2/2002, pp. 259-267
2002: "Hlutfall kvenna í Háskóla Íslands, haettumerki – eda hvad?” (with Margrét Jónsdóttir and Sigrídur Thorgeirsdóttir in Fréttabréf Háskóla Íslands [The University of Iceland Newspaper], p. 13-14, October 2002    
2002: "Konur og vísindi: Jafn mikilvaegt ad fjölga konum í vísindum og í stjórnmálum” [It is equally important to increase the number of women in science as in politics] with Rósa Erlingsdóttir in Fréttabréf Háskóla Íslands [The University of Iceland Newspaper], pp. 6-7, April 2002   
2002: "Fjölgun kvenna í vísindum: Ekki bara jafnréttisspursmál heldur naudsyn” [The increase of women in science is not only gender equality but a necessity] with Irma Erlingsdóttir and Sigrídur Thorgeirsdóttir in Fréttabréf Háskóla Íslands [The University of Iceland Newspaper], pp.4-5, April 2002     
1999: "Kynjamunur í vinnumatskerfi Háskóla Íslands“ [Gender differences in overtime work at the University of Iceland] in Fréttabréf Háskóla Íslands [The University of Iceland Newspaper] February 1999   
Reports
2007: Fyrirvinnur, hálfdraettingar og heildarhyggja. Um vinnumenningu, fjolskylduábyrgd og kynjatengsl innan vinnustada Reykjavíkurborgar (with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir). Report for the Committee on Gender Equality, City of Reykjavik. Reykjavík 2007 [p. 58]
   
2006: Evaluating Equal Pay in the Nordic Countries. Final report of the project „Pĺ sporet av likelön - Evaluating Equal Pay - Mćlistikur á launajafnrétti (with Lilja Mósesdóttir, Andrea G. Dofradóttir, Kristjana Stella Blöndal, Einari Mar Thórdarson and Sigurbjorg Ásgeirsdóttir. Akureyri, Center for Gender Equality. March 2006. [p. 180]
   
2006: Maelistikur á launajafnrétti á Nordurlondum. Lokaskýrsla verkefnisins "Maelistikur á launajafnrétti" (with Lilja Mósesdóttir, Andrea G. Dofradóttir, Kristjana Stella Blöndal, Einari Mar Thórdarson and Sigurbjorg Ásgeirsdóttir. Akureyri, Center for Gender Equality. February 2006. [p. 25]
   
2006: "Sports Media and Stereotypes. Women and Men in Sports and Media. A supplement to the final report from the external evaluator". EU Project nr. VS/2004/0275. Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, University of Iceland. March 2006 [p. 9]
   
2004: Culture, Custom and Caring: Men’s and Women’s Possibilities to Parental Leave (in collaboration with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir Jafnréttisstofa og Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum. Akureyri [p.82]   
   
2002: Towards a Closing of the Gender Pay Gap. Country Report, Iceland (with others). Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum, The Norwegian Centre for Gender Equality, Oslo [p. 59].
2002: Konur í vísindum á Íslandi. [Women in Science in Iceland]. Reykjavík: Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland. A report by the Committee on Women and Science (co-authors: Hellen Gunnarsdóttir, Stefanía Óskarsdóttir, Sigrídur Vilhjálmsdóttir og Thóranna Jónasdóttir).  
   
2001: “On different tracks.  The gendered landscape of educational and occupational paths among European graduates” in Teichler, Ulrich and Schomburg, Harald: Final report. Higher Education and Graduate Employment in Europe. TSER project 97 2023. Kassel, Center for Research on Higher Education and Work 2000 (mimeo). Appendix 1, Thematic Reports: Higher Education and Graduate Employment in Europe   
   
1995: Könets mangfald. Om könet som en strategisk analysvariabel [The multiplicity of gender. On the importance of gender as an analytical variable]. Research Report No. 116,  Department of Sociology, Göteborg University   
   
1999: Kynjamunur í vinnumatskerfi Háskóla Íslands [A report on gender differences in overtime work at the University of Iceland]
   
1997: Skýrsla millifundanefndar Háskóla Íslands um jafnréttismál  [A report on gender equality for the University of Iceland]
   
1998: Jafnréttisáaetlun Sjúkrahúss Reykjavíkur, [Equal opportunities plan for the Reykjavík Hospital], May 1998   
   
1989: Jafnréttiskönnun Bandalags háskólamanna [Equal Opportunities Among Icelandic Academics]. Reykjavík, Bandalag háskólamanna [Association of Academics in Iceland]
        
1998: "Afrakstur menntunar eftir kynferdi“ [Returns to education by gender] in Ný menntamál  2/1998        
   
1985: "Kvinnoforskning pĺ Island” [Gender research in Iceland] in Kvinnovetenskaplig Tidskrift  4/1985, p.53-54 
   
1992: "Kvinnliga läkare har ingen hemmafru” [Female doctors don't have any housewife] in Nordisk Arbetsmarknad, 4/1992    
   
Vísindavefur
2005: "Hver er mismunur á launum kynjanna?” [What is the gender pay gap?] Vísindavefur, 24/10, 2005   
   
2001: "Hvad er femínismi og hver er líkleg ástaeda til fordóma karla gagnvart honum?" [What is feminism and why do men have prejudices against feminism?] Vísindavefurinn 14/2, 2001
   
2000: „Hvernig verdur sjálfsmynd faghópa til og hvernig má styrkja hana?" [How is professional identity constructed and how can it be strengthened?] Vísindavefurinn 7/11, 2000
   
Scientific conferences   

2007: „Aumingjahjálp eda afbygging á umframvaldi? Sértaekar adgerđir og kvótar í íslenskri jafnréttisumraedu" [Assistance to the weak or deconstruction of excess-power?]. Lecture at the Icelandic conference of social sciences, Thjódarspegillinn, 7. desember, 2007

2007: "Gender Balance – yes, but what for? On numerical representation vs substantive representation". Plenum lecture at the Icelandic gender research conference, University of Iceland, November 9, 2007
   
2007: "Íhlutun og annarleiki: Femínistamafían og ógn kynjafraedinnar" [Interference and otherness: The feminist maffia and the terror of gender studies]. Lecture at the Icelandic gender research conference, University of Iceland, November 9, 2007
   
2006: "Valdinu kippir í kynid: Inntak og thróun kynjakerfisins á Íslandi" [The development of the gender system in Iceland]. Lecture at the Icelandic conference of social sciences, Thjódarspegillinn, October 27, 2006
   
2006: "Kynjakerfid: Úrelding í augsýn eda vidvarandi kynjahalli?" [The Gender System. Obsolete or still going strong?]. Lecture at the Hjallastefna conference "Towards equality between girls and boys", Hótel Selfoss, October 20, 2006
   
2006: " 'Thaer heimtudu haerra kaup...' Laerum af Bríeti" ['They demanded wage rise'. Let's learn from Bríet]. Lecture at the seminar "Arfur Bríetar 150 árum sídar" [Briet's heritage 150 years later]. University of Iceland, September 29, 2006 
   
2006: "Equality Discourses at Cross-Roads. Gender Equality vs. Diversity" (with Thorgerdur Thorvaldsdóttir). Lecture ath the 6th European Gender Research Conference Gender and Citizenship in a Multicultural Context. Women’s Studies Centre, University of Lodz, Polland, August 31 – September 1, 2006   
   
2006: "Konum sjálfum ad kenna?" [Are women to blame themselves?]. Lecture at the conference "Tengslanet III – Vold til kvenna" [Networking - Power to women]. Bifrost University, June 2nd, 2006   
   
2006: " 'Old' or 'new' professionalism in the Icelandic health care system?" International seminar in the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: "Comparative Perspectives on Gender, Health Care Work and Social Citizenship Rights", April 28-30th 2006. Organised by Cecilia Benoit and Helga Hallgrimsdottir, University of Victoria, BC, Canada 
   
2006: "Hvernig lídur laekninum mínum?" Moguleikar og hindranir laeknastéttarinnar frá sjónarhóli okkar hinna [How does my doctor feel? The possibilities and restraints of the medical profession from the view of the lay]. Laeknadagar, January 19th 2006 
   
2005: "Recent developments in Icelandic leave policies". A lecture with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir at the 2. seminar of the International network on leave policy and research”, London November 17, 2005   
   

2005: "Kynjasjónarhorn á kvennastétt, tharf femínisma í hjúkrun?” [Gender perspective on a female dominated profession? Is there a need for femininism in nursing?]. A lecture at the day of the Department of Nursing, November 1, 2005
   

2005: ""Ekki fegurdarsamkeppni eda stjörnuleit...“ Kynbundnar hugmyndir um stjórnmálathátttöku, forystu og leidtogahaefni” [Not a beauty-contest... Gendered images in politics and leadership]. A lecture at the conference "Thjódarspegillinn" at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, October 28, 2005

 

2005: "Women in a Globalized World”. Lecture at the Conference Women in a globalized world. Beijing decade down the road, organized by UNIFEM in Iceland and the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Iceland, October 22, 2005

2005: "Gender, elitism and democratic professionalism within medicine”. A lecture at the XV Northern European Regional Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, Reykjavík, September 29, 2005

   
2005: " 'Hälften kvinnor'– men vilka kvinnor och med vilken agenda? Om representationspolitikens otillräcklighet". [Fifty percent women, but which women and what agenda?]. A lecture at the NIKK-seminar ”Kjřnn og politik” [Gender and politics], Oslo, September 9, 2005     

 
2004: “Fedur, born og faedingarorlof á Íslandi og í Noregi” [Fathers, children and parental leave in Iceland and Norway], at the conference “Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum V” [Research in the Social Sciences], University of Iceland, Reykjavík October 22 2004  
   
2004: “Kynjaskiptur vinnumarkadur – einkenni og afleidingar” [Gender segregation of the Labour Market – characteristics and consequences], at the conference “Konur, vold og login” [Women, power and the law], University of Iceland, Reykjavík August 27 2004       
   
2004: “Elitism, power and democratic professionalism. On the notion of gender in profession research” key note speaker at the conference “In Sickness and in Health. Shaping Health Care: Power and Agency ”, Reykjavík June 23-25 2004  
   
2004: “Women’s Movement: Contradictions and Context-Receptive Ideologies” key note speaker at the conference “Kvinnorörelser – inspiration, intervention, irritation”, Reykjavík June 10-12 2004    
   

2004: “How to Mobilize Driving Forces and Bridging Gaps in the Work for Gender Equality” at the conference “Kvinnorörelser – inspiration, intervention, irritation”, Reykjavík June 10-12, 2004

   
2004: “Culture, Custom and Caring” (with Gyda Margrét Pétursdóttir) at the Conference “Masculinities in the past, present and the future”, Session “Men and Paternity Leave”, organized by the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík March 5-6, 2004     
   
2004: "Hvad hefur kynjafraedi med jafnrétti ad gera”. A lecture at the seminar "Vidhorf til jafnréttismála” [General opinions on gender equality], University of Iceland, January 30, 2004

           
2003: "Challenging the Slow Motion of Gender Equality. The Case of Iceland". A lecture at the conference "Gender and Power in the New Europe, the 5th European Feminist Research Conference, Lund, August 20-24, 2003  
   
2002: “Gender: Dilemmas and Perplexities”, paper presented at the International Conference on Globalisation at the University of Iceland, October 18-19, 2002
   
2002: “Gender Reciprocity Within Family Centers vs. Empty Households. Where are Modern Families Tending?” paper presented at the Nordic Sociological Conference “The Network Society. Opportunity or Oppression?” (Session 4: Emancipatory Sociology - Gender, Ethnicity and Class) Reykjavík, August 15-17, 2002   
   
2002: "How to break the gendered choice of specialty within the medical profession”. Invited speaker at The 33th Nordic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Umea, Sweden, June 1-4, 2002    
   
2002: “Um jafnrétti og femínisma” [On Gender Equality and Feminism], paper presented at the Conference on Women’s and Gender Studies in Iceland, October 4-5, 2002   
   
2002: "Rannsóknapólitík frá sjónarhóli hug- og félagsvísindamanna”. [Science Policy From a Social Scientist’s Perspective] Seminar on Science Policy at the Annual Meeting of RANNIS [Icelandic Research Council], April 18 2002   
   
2002: "Umraedutaekni og námsmat í fjarnámi vid HÍ og HA med notkun fjarfundabúnadar og WebCT” [Discussions and evaluations in distance education]. A lecture with Ingólfúr Ásgeir Jóhannesson at the conference UT 2002, Hamrahlíd College, Reykjavík, March 1-2, 2002   
   
2001: “From Similarities to Segregation.  The Construction of Gender Differences among European Graduates in the Transition from From Higher Education to Employment”. Paper presented at the 5th European Sociological Conference (ESA)“Visions and Divisions”, Helsinki August 28-September 1, 2001
   
1999: "Sérfraedihópar og fagthróun í ljósi kynferdis” [Experts and professionalization from the viewpoint of gender]. A lecture at the conference in social sciences at the University of Iceland, October 29, 1999 
   
1999: “Private Enterprise and Gendered Professional Cultures in Icelandic Health Care." Paper presented at the 4th European Sociological Conference “Will Europe Work", Amsterdam, August 17-22, 1999
   
1999:  “Private Practice of Doctors and Nurses in Icelandic Health care." Paper presented at the 15th Nordic Conference in Social Medicine, Reykjavík, June 3-5, 1999   
   
1998: “The Interrelationship between Gender and Status in the Medical Profession”. Paper presentet at the ISA interim conference RC 52 [Research Committee on Sociology of Professional Group] “Professional Identities in Tradition”, Gothenburg, May 1-2, 1998
   
1995: "Lika barn leka bäst - Läkares familjeförhĺllanden i ett nytt perspektiv.“. Paper presented at the Nordic Sociological Conference “Sociala relationer och makt”, Helsinki, June 2-4, 1995   
   
1994: "Arbete och familjeliv hos tre yrkesgrupper i sjukvĺrden“. A lecture at the seminar „Arbete och vardagsliv“ Göteborg University, November 29, 1994    
   
1988: "Vad vet vi om jämställdheten bland isländska akademiker?“. A lecture at a seminar organized by Nordiska Akademikerrĺdet at the conference Nordisk Forum, Osl, August 1988   
   
1988: "Löneskillnader bland kvinnliga och manliga akademiker pĺ Island“. A lecture at the conference Nordisk Forum, Oslo, August 1988   
   
Book Reviews   
2001: Kjönn i utdanning. Hegemoniske posisjoner og forhandlinger om yrkesidentitet i medisin- og faglaererutdanning. A book review [Women in medical training and teacher education], Trine Annfelt, in Nora No. 2001:1, 69-71    
 
1995: "Ett skoningslöst krossande av lantromantiken“ [Unmerciful unraveling of the countrysie idyl], a review of Svanen [The Swan], Gudbergur Bergsson (1991) in Dialog i nordisk folkbildning och vuxenunervisning [Dialog in Nordic Folk Education and Adult Education], No. 1/1995, p. 16-17
   
1994: "The contradictions of Icelandic society", a review of Den kapabla familjen i det isländska samhället [The Capable Family in the Icelandic Society], Sigrún Júlíusdóttir (1993) in Tvaerrtanten 1994:1, p. 30-32  
   
1993: Review of Förstĺelser av kjřnn i samfunnsvitenskapenes fag og kvinneforskning [Understanding Gender in the Social Sciences and Women's Research], Karin Widerberg and Arnhild Taksdal (ed.) in Nora, Nordic Journal for Women's Studies 1993:1, p.67-69
   
1986: Review of Kvindefaelleskaber [Women’s Communities], Ravn A.B. and Rostgĺrd M. (ed.) in Kvinnovetenskaplig tidskrift 1986:3      
Other lecturs
2008: "Ad thjóna og thjónusta: "kvenmannsverk" eda sérfraedistorf – eda hvort tveggja í senn" [To serve: women's job or professional work - or both?]. A lecture at a seminar organised by Throskathjálfafélag Íslands, February 1, 2008
 
2007: "Usli í vísindasamfélaginu" [Disruption in the scientific community]. A lecture at Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum [The Centre for Gender Research], February 22, 2007
 
2006: "Kynjakerfid: Fedraveldi á undanhaldi eđa lífsseigasta yfirráđakerfid?" [The gender system: Patriarchy fading away or the most persistant system of dominance?]. A lecture at Félagsvísindatorg,  Háskólans á Akureyri 20. september 2006.
 
2006: "Hvers kyns vísindi?" [What kind of science?]. A lecture at Vísindakaffi Rannís, September 19, 2006
 
2006: "Femínismi fyrir ágaetismenn – lokatakmark jafnrétti" [Feminism for excellent guys - final goal equality]. A lecture for Loki, félag ágaetismanna, April 1, 2006
 
2006: "Vinnumenning og kynjasamskipti í ljósi hnattvaedingar" [Work culture and gender relations in the light of globalisation. A lecture at Samdrykkjan, organised by Samfélagid, the Association of graduate students at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, March 30, 2006
 
2006: "Thátttaka nemenda í umraedum í Uglunni/Web-CT" [Student's participation in webbased discussions]. A lecture in a workshop organised by Center for Education, Univeristy of Iceland, March 29, 2006
 
2006: "Kynjamyndir í skólastarfi" [Gender representations in the school work]. A lecture for Eta-division of Delta, Kappa, Gamma, February 14, 2006
 
2006: "Hvar stondum vid?" [How far have we come?]. A lecture for the Feminist Association of Iceland, February 7, 2006
 
2006: "Jafnrétti er fyrir alla" [Equality for all]. Lecture on a national meeting of the municipalities' equal opportunities committees, Reykjavík, February 18, 2006
 
2006: "Kynjamyndir í skólastarfi" [Gender representations in the school work]. A lecture for Borgarholtsskóli, February 10, 2006
 
2006: "Paternity Leave in Iceland". Beck-lecture at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the Beck Trust, April 24, 2006
 
2006: "Byrjar nú thetta kynjakjaftaedi..." [Gender rubbish once again...]. A lecture at the seminar Auglýsingar - meiriháttar mál [Advertisements -  a big equality issue], April 5, 2006
 
2006: "Kynjamyndir í skólastarfi" [Gender representations in the school work]. A lecture for Salaskóli, Reykjavík, February 1, 2006
 
2006: "Klisjur og godsagnir um jafnrétti" [Clichés and myths on gender equality]. A lecture at conference organised by Kvenréttindafélag Íslands [The Icelandic Women’s Association], Reykjavík, January 27, 2006
 
2005: "Konur, kynjamunur og jafnrétti”. [Women, gender differences and equal opportunities]. A lecture for Samband sveitarfélaga á Sudurnesjum [Municipalities in the Reykjanes area], Keflavík, October 25, 2005
2005: "Jafnrétti, kvenfrelsi, femínismi: í hverra thágu?” [Gender equality, women's liberation, feminism: what for?]. A lecture at the annual meeting of Vinstri Graenir [The Left Green Party], October 22, 2005

2005: "Konur á Íslandi eiga mikid inni”. [Women in Iceland are still behind]. A lecture for the women's network within Samfykingin [The Socialdemocratic Alliance] at the annual meeting of Samfylking, Reykjavík, May 20, 2005
2005: "Jafnrétti kynja. Hvers vegna, hvad og hvernig?” [Gender equality: Why, what and why?]. A lecture at a meeting with the staff of Morgunbladid [The Morning Paper], May 11, 2005
2005: "Ekki sem kona heldur á eigin verdleikum. Um kyn, verdleika og samfélagslega thátttöku karla og kvenna” [Not as a woman, but on my own virtues: On gender, capacity and the societal participation of women and men]. A lecture at a meeting organized of Landssamband Framsóknarkvenna [The women's association within the Icelandic Center Party], Reykjavík, February 25, 2005
2005: "Konur sér eda med körlum? [Women and men together, or women separetely?]. A lecture at a meeting organized by Framsaeknar konur [Progressive women], Reykjavík, February 16, 2005
2004: "Valdinu kippir í kynid. Fraedikenningar og reynsluthekking um tengsl valds og kyns” [On gender and power]. A lecture at a meeting organized by Sagnfraedingafélagid [The association of historians], The Nordic House, Reykjavík, November 30, 2004
2004: "Hvar er jafnréttid?” [Gender equality – are we there?], at the 1st of May Meeting of the Feminist Association of Iceland, Reykjavík May 1, 2004
2004: “Menning, umgjörd og umhyggja. Möguleikar karla og kvenna til foreldraorlofs í fjórum löndum” [Culture, Custom and Caring. Men’s and Women’s Possibilities to Parental Leave in Four Countries] at the Seminar “Menning, umgjord, umhyggja. Moguleikar karla og kvenna til faedingarorlofs”, Akureyri, March 5, 2004 
   
2004: “Hvatakerfi í háskólum: Fjármögnun rannsókna” [Incentives in Universities: Research Funding], at the Seminar “Stada og framtíd Háskóla Íslands” (Hvatakerfi og mat á gaedum háskólastarfs) in University of Iceland, February 19, 2004 
2004: “Femínismi í nafni lýdraedis og umbóta” [Feminism in the Name of Democracy and Reforms], at the University of Akureyri, February 18, 2004
2004: “Varfor drojer jamstalldheten?” [Why is Gender Equality Delayed?], at the Seminar “Fran rodstromper till mediefeminister – Ar befrielsen har?”, organized by Norden i focus, Kulturhuset in Stockholm and the Publishing House Bang, February 4, 2004

2003: "Femínismarnir og jafnréttid" [The feminisms and Gender Equality], at the Meeting "Feminisms for the Future", organised by Kvenréttindafélag Íslands [The Icelandic Women’s Association], March 20, 2003 
2003: "Dreifstýrd launakerfi - hvad tharf ad varast, hvad er haegt ad gera?". [Decentralized Wage System – Fallacies and Possibilities], at the Annual 8-March Meeting in Reykjavík, March 7, 2003 
2003: "Kvennaleikhús og femínískt leihús” [Women’s Theatre and Feminist Theatre]. Invited lecture at the Meeting “Women’s Theatre” at The Reykjavík City Theatre, February 23, 2003 
2003: “Elítismi, vald og lýdraedisleg fagmennska. Um ţýdingu kynferdis í rannsóknum á sérfraedihópum” [Elitism, Power and Democratic Professionalism], paper presented at the Seminar “Administration, Professions and Gender” organised by Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum [The Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research] at the University of Iceland, February 7, 2003
2003: “Hvad segja launakannanir um kynbundinn launamun? Umraedan um skýrdan og óskýrdan launamun í gagnrýnu ljósi” (with Kristjana Stella Blöndal) [Wage Inequality – Adjusted and Unadjusted Gender Wage Gap in a Critical Perspective]. A lecture at Rannsóknastofa í kvenna- og kynjafraedum [The Centre for Gender Research], January 31, 2003   
2003: “Kynjaskipting á vinnumarkadi og launamunur kynja” [Gender Segregated Labour Market and Wage Inequality], presented at the Confederation of State and Municipal Employees (SFR), January 17, 2003
2001: "Hvar er kvennahreyfingin?" [Where have the women's movement gone?]. A lecture at a seminar organized by the women's network within the Socialdemocratic Alliance, Reykjavík, November 17, 2001
2001: "Faedingarorlof fedra" [Men's parental leave]. A lecture at seminar organized by the Center for Gender Equality, Stykkishólmur, September 21, 2001
2001: "Hvert er erindi femínismans í dag?" [Is there a need for feminism today?]. A lecture at the University of Akureyri, March 13, 2001 
2001: "Nýfemínismi" [New-wave feminism]. A lecture at a meeting organized by the Nordic House in Reykjavík and Bríet, the association of young feminists, March 8, 2001  
2001: "Femínismi vid aldamót: úreltur bodskapur eda brýn samfélagsgagnrýni?" [Feminism at the turn of the 21st Century: Outdated or urgent social criticism?]. A lecture at the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Iceland, January 11, 2001 
2001: "Hver verdur hlutur kvenna í thekkingarthjódfélagi framtídarinnar?" [What will be women's role in the future knowledge society?]. A lecture on a meeting organized by the equal opportunities committee at the University of Iceland, October 21, 2001
1999: "Hvad hefur faedingarorlof karla med jafnrétti ad gera?" [Does men's parental leave have anything to do with gender equality?]. A lecture on a national meeting of the municipalities' equal opportunities committees, Kópavogur, October 28, 1999
1999: “Icelandic Men on Paternity Leave." Invited lecture at EFOCA’s (Canary's Cooperative Training Institute) Conference “Aster Eqop. Social Workers: The men”, Tenerife, June 26, 1999
1999: "Karlar eru thar sem virdingin er mest. Um sérgreinaval laekna" [The men are where there is most respect: About specialty choice among doctors]. A lecture at the inaugural meeting of the Association of medical women in Iceland, Kópavogur, May 26, 1999   
1999: “Er fjölskyldan í upplausn eda á mörkum nýrra tíma?” [Is the Family a Cornerstone or Outcast?].  Invited lecture at the Conference “Fjolskyldan – hornsteinn eda hornreka” [Icelandic Families - Times of Upheavel or Turning Points?]. Organised by the Icelandic Family Council, Reykjavík, April 8, 1999  
1999 "Um aga og agaleysi íslenskra barna" [On discipline and lack thereof among children in Iceland]. A lecture at a meeting organized by SRON [The Reykjavík Teacher's Organization within the Icelandic Teachers' Union], Reykjavík, February 20, 1999
1998: "Gegnum súrt og saett“ [Through thick and thin]. A lecture at the seminar "Karlar og faedingarorlof" [Men and Parental Leave], organized by the City of Reykjavík, November 20, 1998 
1998: "Stada kvenna í háskólasamfélaginu. Norraenn samanburdur" [Women in the scientific community, a Nordic comparison]. A lecture at the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the Universit of Iceland, Reykjavík, Ocotber 29, 1998   
1998: "Um kynbundid sérgreinaval medal laekna" [On the gendered choice of medical specialty]. A lecture at the Ministry of Health, Reykjavík, April 14, 1998   
1998: "Kynbundid sérgreinaval - um sundurleitni og kynjamismun medal laekna" [Gendered specialty choice - on gender differences among doctors]. A lecture for the Association of medical students at the Universiy of Icleand. Reykjavík, March 10, 1998
1998: "Hinn "kynjadi“ leyndardómur laeknastarfsins: Um kynbundid val laekna á sérgreinum" [The gendered mystery of the art of doctoring: On the gender-based choice of medical specialty]. A lecture at the University of Akureyri, February 4, 1998 
1997: “Afrakstur menntunar eftir kynferdi” [Returns to Education by Gender].  Invited lecture at the semimar “Menntun og samfelag” [Education and Society], organised by the The Icelandic Associaton of Sociologist and The Icelandic Association of Sociology Teachers, Reykjavik, November 29, 1997
1997: "Hvad skýrir kynbundid val laekna á sérgreinum? Um sundurleitni og kynjamismun innan laeknastéttarinnar“.[How to explain the gendered choice of medical specialty? On the differentiation and gender segregation of the medical profession]. A lecture at the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Iceland, October 23, 1997    
1997: "Jafnréttisstarf í norraenum háskólum“ [The work on gender equality in Nordic Universities]. A lecture at a meeting in Athena, Félag kvenna í Félagi Háskólakennara [Women's network within the Association of university teachers], Reykjavík, March 27 1997
1996: “Hvad i veröldinni tefur jafnretti kynjanna? [What are the Obstacles to Equal Opportuniteis?].  Invited lecture at the Seminar “Launamunur kynjanna - nátturulögmál eda mannanna verk?” [Unequal Pay: A Natural Law or a Social Construction?], organised by The Womens Alliance in Iceland, Reykjavík, February 20, 1996   
1995: "Ber konum ad hlýda leikreglum stjórnmálanna?" [Should women follow the rules of politics?] A lecture at the seminar "Konur í stjórnmálum“, [Women in politics organized by Sellurnar, the women's network within Althýdubandalagid [The Folk Alliance], Reykjavík October 26, 1995
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