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06/07/2022 - 11:18

New Deans of Schools and heads of faculty take office

New Deans of Schools and heads of faculty take office - Available at University of Iceland

Thirteen new heads of faculty took office at the University of Iceland on 1 July as well as a new dean of the School of Health Sciences. Two University faculties take up a new name.

School of Social Sciences

Ólafur Rastrick takes over as head of the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics from Jónína Einarsdóttir.

Hervör Alma Árnadóttir takes over as head of the Faculty of Social Work from Guðný Björk Eydal.

Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir takes over as head of the Faculty of Political Science from Maximilian Conrad. 

School of Health Sciences

Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir is the new Dean of the School of Health Sciences taking over from Inga Þórsdóttir.

Helga Bragadóttir is the new head of the Faculty of Nursing, currently the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, taking over from Herdís Sveinsdóttir. 

Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson takes over as head of the Faculty of Psychology from Urður Njarðvík.

School of Humanities

Gauti Kristmannsson takes over as head of the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies from Torfi H. Tulinius. 

Sverrir Jakobsson takes over as head of the Faculty of History and Philosophy from Steinunn J. Kristjánsdóttir; but the faculty is currently called the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology.

School of Education

Rannveig Björk Þorkelsdóttir takes over as head of the Faculty of Subject Teacher Education from Freyja Hreinsdóttir.

Þórdís Lilja Gísladóttir takes over as head of the Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies from Ársæll Már Arnarsson.

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Andri Stefánsson takes over as head of the Faculty of Earth Sciences from Freysteinn Sigmundsson. 

Snæbjörn Pásson takes over as head of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences from Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir.

Lotta María Ellingsen takes over as head of the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Jóhannes Rúnar Sveinsson.

Lára Jóhannsdóttir is the new head of department of the interdisciplinary environment and natural resources programme.

Thirteen new heads of faculty took office at the University of Iceland on 1 July as well as a new dean of the School of Health Sciences. Two University faculties take up a new name.