Conference of PhD students at the School of Social Sciences

At the conference, doctoral students will present their research. The conference will be chaired by Ásthildur Margrét Jóhannsdóttir, PhD student in Economics.

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Agenda:

12:30-12:40 Conference opening: Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, chair of the Science Committee at the School of Social Sciences.

12:40-13:10 Ásthildur Jóhannsdóttir, PhD student in Economics. Testing the Exogeneity of Self-Reported Financial Shocks: Implications for Well-Being Valuation Supervisor: Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir Professor in Economics

13:10-13:40 Helgi Eiríkur Eyjófsson, Median divergence? Socio-economic gradients across the achievement distribution in Iceland and Finland, PISA 2000–2022 Supervisor: Kolbeinn Hólmar Stefánsson Associate Professor in Social Work

13:40-13:50 Coffee break

13:50-14:20 Elín Valsdóttir, PhD student in Anthropology. Green Promises and Community Responses to Carbon Capture: A Comparative Study of Icelandic Coastal Communities Supervisor: James Gordon Rice, Professor in Anthropology

14:20-14:50 Þórlaug Borg Ágústsdóttir. The End of Democracy? ​ Are Platform Companies Dissolving the Social Contract? Supervisor: Page Louise Wilson, Professor in Political Science

14:50-15:20 Björg Jónsdóttir, PhD student in Business Administration Do CSRD Disclosures Meet Institutional Investors’ SFDR Information Needs? Supervisor: Þröstur Olaf Sigurjónsson Professor in Business Administration.

15:20-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:00 Dilys Sharona Quartey, PhD student in Sociology. The Era of AI in HRM: Exploring Stakeholder perceptions of bias, fairness and bias mitigation strategies Supervisor: Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir, Professor in Sociology.

16:00-16:30 Guðrún María Þorsteinsdóttir, PhD student in Anthropology Between relief and uncertainty: Decision-making after the Grindavík evacuation Supervisor: James Gordon Rice, Professor in Anthropology

Chair of the conference: Ásthildur Margrét Jóhannsdóttir, PhD student in Economics.

Refreshments in Oddi Coffee Room, 2nd Floor