Kristín Loftsdóttir’s research focuses on mobility issues, notions of exceptionalism, whiteness, gender, decolonialism racism, crisis, as well as the idea of Europe. Loftsdóttir’s different research projects have taken place in Iceland, Niger, Belgium, Italy and Spain. Many of these projects have been international collaborations. Her projects have included focus on identity in crisis during the economic boom and crash in Iceland in the early 2000, racism in Iceland, and how precarious migrants from Niger see Europe, as well as tourism in the Canary Islands. Loftsdóttir has published extensively in Icelandic and English and received several recognition for her work. Her book Faces on Display (2023) was nominated for Fjöruverðlaunin and for Hagþenkir award as well as receiving the Booksellers award in 2023. Loftsdóttir received recognition and award from the University of Iceland for outstanding research in 2014. Loftsdóttir has held several exhibitions in connection to her research.
