About the Faculty Political science has been taught at the University of Iceland since 1970, first as a programme in sociology and later (since 1976) at the Department of Social Sciences. On 1 July 2008, the Faculty of Political Science became an independent faculty within the School of Social Sciences. The introduction of new academic programmes at the Master's level has led to a significant increase in student numbers, currently a little over 600. In 1997, the Public Administration MPA programme was introduced; the Master's programme in International Relations was first offered in 2005; and a postgraduate diploma in Small State Studies in 2009. Two other programmes on the MA level followed in 2015: Media and Communication Studies and West Nordic Studies. Lecturers at the Faculty all hold doctorates from the most respected universities in the world. Their research covers a broad area, the results of which are routinely published domestically and internationally. Agnar Freyr HelgasonAssociate Professor5254514afh [at] hi.is Baldur ÞórhallssonProfessor5255244baldurt [at] hi.is Birta Austmann BjarnadóttirAdministrative Officer5254478birtaaustmann [at] hi.is Birta Björnsdóttir KjerúlfAssistantbbkjerulf [at] hi.is Dylan Andres Herrera ChaconDoctoral Graduate Studentdah52 [at] hi.is Eva Heiða ÖnnudóttirProfessor5254249eho [at] hi.is Eva Marín HlynsdóttirProfessor5255463evamarin [at] hi.is Finnborg Salome SteinþórsdóttirPostdocfinnborg [at] hi.is Guðbjörg Ríkey Thoroddsen HauksdóttirDoctoral Graduate Student5255846grikey [at] hi.is Gunnar Helgi KristinssonProfessor5254521ghk [at] hi.is Gyða Margrét PétursdóttirProfessor5255455gydap [at] hi.is Hafsteinn Birgir EinarssonPostdoc5255437hbe [at] hi.is Hannes Hólmsteinn GissurarsonProfessor Emeritus5254526hannesgi [at] hi.is Hulda ÞórisdóttirProfessor5255474huldat [at] hi.is Jón Gunnar ÓlafssonAssistant Professorjgo [at] hi.is Laufey AxelsdóttirPostdoclaa [at] hi.is Luke FieldPostdocluke [at] hi.is Margaret Anne JohnsonDoctoral Graduate Studentmaj32 [at] hi.is Maximilian ConradProfessor5255451mc [at] hi.is Ólafur Þórður HarðarsonProfessor Emeritusothh [at] hi.is Page Louise WilsonAssociate Professor5255209plw [at] hi.is Ragnar KarlssonProject Manager5254519ragnark [at] hi.is Sigurbjörg SigurgeirsdóttirProfessor5255447silla [at] hi.is Silja Bára R. ÓmarsdóttirProfessor5255824sbo [at] hi.is Stefanía ÓskarsdóttirProfessor5255246stefosk [at] hi.is Svanhildur ÞorvaldsdóttirAssociate Professorsthorvalds [at] hi.is Valgerður Anna JóhannsdóttirAssociate Professor5254229vaj [at] hi.is Þorgerður Jennýjardóttir EinarsdóttirProfessor5254177the [at] hi.is facebooklinkedintwitter