Over 40 promotions among University staff

43 academic members of staff at the University of Iceland have been promoted following a thorough professional evaluation by their school's evaluation and promotion committee and the school dean. Staff at all five schools were promoted.

Academic staff may apply for a promotion every year and these are generally awarded once a year, i.e. at the end of the academic year. Applications are evaluated by a special Promotion Committee, which relies on statements from the evaluation and promotion committee at each individual school. The rector then determines which staff will be promoted, based on verdicts from these committees.

This year, 24 people will be promoted to the position of professor (full professor), 17 to senior lecturer (associate professor) and two to research scholar at the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres.

The following members of staff have been promoted:

School of Social Sciences

	Ásta Dís Óladóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Erla S. Kristjánsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Friðrik Larsen to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Gyða Margrét Pétursdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Political Science
	Gylfi Magnússon to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Inga Minelgaite to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Ingólfur V. Gíslason to professor at the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
	James Rice to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
	Magnús Þór Torfason to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Margrét Sigrún Sigurðardóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Sigrún Gunnarsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Political Science
	Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Political Science
	Svala Guðmundsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Úlf Viðar Níelsson to professor at the Faculty of Business Administration
	Valgerður Sólnes to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law

School of Health Sciences

	Árni Árnason to professor at the Faculty of Medicine
	Berglind Hálfdánsdóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Nursing
	Bertrand Lauth senior lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine
	Guðmundur Ágúst Skarphéðinsson to professor at the Faculty of Psychology
	Heiða María Sigurðardóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology
	Pétur Henry Pétursson to professor at the Faculty of Medicine
	Ragnar Pétur Ólafsson to professor at the Faculty of Psychology
	Sigurbergur Kárason to professor at the Faculty of Medicine
	Stefán Sigurðsson to professor at the Faculty of Medicine
	Sveinn Hákon Harðarson to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine
	Viðar Arnar Eðvarðsson to professor at the Faculty of Medicine
	Þorvarður Jón Löve to professor at the Faculty of Medicine

School of Humanities

	Björn Þór Vilhjálmsson to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
	Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy
	Hlynur Helgason to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
	Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir to professor at the Faculty of History and Philosophy
	Rúnar Helgi Vignisson to professor at the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
	Vilhelm Vilhelmsson to research scholar at the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres
	Þorvarður Árnason to research scholar at the University of Iceland Institute of Research Centres

School of Education

	Jón Ingvar Kjaran to professor at the Faculty of Education and Diversity
	Kristín Jónsdóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Pedagogy
	Rannveig Björk Þorkelsdóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Subject Teacher Education

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

	Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
	Ásdís Helgadóttir to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
	Bing Wu to senior lecturer at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Steinn Guðmundsson to professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
	Valentina Puletti to professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences

The University of Iceland congratulates each and everyone on their promotion.