Doctoral Defense in Educational Sciences: Hervör Alma Árnadóttir

Hervör Alma Árnadóttir defends her PhD thesis in Sport and Health Science from the Faculty of Education and Diversity, University of Iceland:

Participation of children and young people in research: Opportunities and challenges

The oral defence takes place Tuesday, November 25th, at 13.00 pm in the Aula, Main Building, as well as in live stream.

Opponents are Dr. Ingrid Höjer, professor emerita við the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Dr. Ottar Ness, professor við the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Main supervisor is dr. Guðrún Kristinsdóttir professor emerita at the University of Iceland, co-supervisor Dr. Sissel Seim, associate professor at the Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Expert in the Doctoral Committee is Dr. Svein Arild Vis, professor at The Arctic University of Norway.

Dr. Ólafur Páll Jónsson head of the Faculty of Education and Diversity will conduct the ceremony.

All are welcome!

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Hervör Alma Árnadóttir is a PhD candidate focusing on children’s and young people’s participation in research, with emphasis on sensitive contexts such as child protection and welfare services in Iceland. Her work explores the ethical and methodological challenges of involving children in research, the role of gatekeepers in enabling or limiting access, and professionals’ understandings of participation and protection. Drawing on critical social constructionism and childhood studies, the research emphasizes children as social actors whose voices are vital in shaping their own lives and social environments. The doctoral project is based on four peer-reviewed articles, each addressing different aspects of children’s participation, access, and creative research methods.