Háskólatorg
HT-101
The Sociology Department welcomes the new year with a research symposium highlighting doctoral student research
The event will start with a get-together and light refreshments in front of HT-101. Guests are kindly required to register for refreshments here:
Date: January 8, 2026
Time: 12.30 - 16.30
Venue: HT 101 – Hringstofan
Moderator: Viðar Halldórsson, Head of Department
The seminar will be in English
Agenda:
12.30 Get together and light refreshments in front of HT 101
13.00 Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir: Barriers to restoration in Iceland: Stakeholders perspectives through the leverage point framework
13.30 Linda Björg Árnadóttir: Dress and Succes in the arts
14.00 Dilys S. Quartey: „Sometimes I feel like I’m a robot, not a person”: The impact of AI worker management on the wellbeing of employees in the Icelandic fishing industry
14.30 Coffee break
15.00 Xin Chen: Her Story, Their Family: Female Individualization and Family Structures in Icelandic Films
15.30 Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen: Icelandic Popular Music And It's History: Sociological Perspectives
16.00 Viðar Halldórsson: Intellectual Craftsmanship – and the challenges of academia
16.30 Informal conversation and mingling in Stúdentakjallarinn after the seminar
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