Interim evaluation: Freyja Haraldsdóttir

Interim evaluation: Freyja Haraldsdóttir Tuesday 8th April 2025 at 1 pm.

Dis/abled motherhoods in neoliberal times: intersections of disability, gender and class

The aim of this research is to investigate disabled women’s experience choosing motherhood in Iceland and to explore how normative concepts of happiness, a good future and a proper neoliberal citizen, align to and affect disabled women in motherhood.  Furthermore, to explore how society’s anxiety about reproducing disability affects the mothers’ choices.

The evaluation is in two parts: First the doctoral student ‘s presentation of her report at 1 to 2 pm on Zoom. The presentation is open to postgraduate students and staff of the School of Education. The presentation on Zoom: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67306992177                                

Secondly, a review meeting for a discussion of the report. The meeting is open only to the doctoral student and the evaluation committee. The purpose of the evaluation is twofold, as the rules of the Doctoral School indicate: To evaluate the doctoral student ‘s competence in conducting the proposed doctoral research project and to provide her with feedback to do this as well as may be.

External examiners are Dr Kirsty Liddiard Senior Research Fellow at University of Sheffield, England, Dr James Gordon Rice Professor at Faculty of Sociology, University of Iceland, the lead supervisor Dr Annadís Greta Rúdólfsdóttir Professor at the School of Education, University of Iceland, co-supervisor Dr Rebecca Lawthom Professor at University of Sheffield, England. Dr Íris Ellenberger Associate Professor at School of Education is heading the evaluation committee and will conduct the evaluation meeting and Sigrún Sif Eyfeld Jóelsdóttir will act as secretary.