About the Faculty The Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics was established 1 July 2008 when a new structure was introduced at the University of Iceland. The Faculty is one of the most popular at the University, offering a variety of subjects and programmes that can be linked in various ways. Some of these subjects have been taught at the University of Iceland for decades, others have been introduced more recently. Tenured lecturers at the Faculty are respected scholars, who have partaken in shaping discourse, both domestically and internationally. Their research productivity is amongst the best at the University. Lecturers publish articles in respected journals and publish books, which amongst other things are useful to students in their studies. A large group of sessional teachers works at the Faculty, thus broadening diversity in course offerings. The Social Science Research Institute was founded in 1986. The Institute's objectives are to promote the practice of social scientific methods by carrying out practical and academic research. Several independent research centres, related to lecturers' research projects, operate within the Institute. Staff Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics Agnar Sturla HelgasonProfessor5701900agnarh [at] hi.is Anna Karen UnnsteinsResearcheraku1 [at] hi.is Ágústa PálsdóttirProfessor5254507agustap [at] hi.is Áki Guðni KarlssonProject Managerakigudni [at] hi.is Birna Guðrún ÁsbjörnsdóttirResearcher8982804bga2 [at] hi.is Brynhildur Lilja BjörnsdóttirAdministrative Officer5254268bryn [at] hi.is Eysteinn Ari BragasonAssistanteab8 [at] hi.is Fatou Ndure BaboudóttirAssistantfnb1 [at] hi.is Geir GunnlaugssonProfessor Emeritus3545254369geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is Gísli PálssonProfessor Emeritusgpals [at] hi.is Guðbjörg Linda RafnsdóttirProfessor5254237glr [at] hi.is Guðbjörg T. VilhjálmsdóttirProfessor5254518gudvil [at] hi.is Guðný JónsdóttirResearcherguj78 [at] hi.is Guðrún Dröfn WhiteheadAssistant Professor5254283gdw [at] hi.is Hanna Björg SigurjónsdóttirProfessor5254344hbs [at] hi.is Helga ÖgmundardóttirAssociate Professor5255211helgaog [at] hi.is Helgi GunnlaugssonProfessor5254504helgigun [at] hi.is Ingólfur Vilhjálmur GíslasonProfessor5254282ivg [at] hi.is James Gordon RiceAssociate Professor5255456james [at] hi.is Jóhanna GunnlaugsdóttirProfessor Emerita5254201jg [at] hi.is Jón Gunnar BernburgProfessor5254395bernburg [at] hi.is Jón Þór PéturssonPostdocjonthorp [at] hi.is Jónína EinarsdóttirProfessor5254508je [at] hi.is Kristinn Helgi Magnússon SchramAssociate Professor5254256khschram [at] hi.is Kristín LoftsdóttirProfessor5254261kristinl [at] hi.is Kristjana Stella BlöndalAssociate Professor5254173kb [at] hi.is Kristján Þór SigurðssonAdjunct Lecturer8654839kths [at] hi.is Nicolai Gabriel LanzResearcherngl2 [at] hi.is Ólafur RastrickProfessor5254485rastrick [at] hi.is Ragna Kemp HaraldsdóttirAssistant Professor5255489rh [at] hi.is Sandra SmáradóttirResearchersandrasmara [at] hi.is Sif EinarsdóttirProfessor5254253sif [at] hi.is Signý GuðmundsdóttirResearchersig115 [at] hi.is Sigríður Dúna KristmundsdóttirProfessor5523604sduna [at] hi.is Sigrún ÓlafsdóttirProfessor5254698sigruno [at] hi.is Sigurjón B HafsteinssonProfessor5255496sbh [at] hi.is Snjólaug Guðrún JóhannesdóttirDoctoral Graduate Studentsgj [at] hi.is Snæfríður Þóra EgilsonProfessor5254264sne [at] hi.is Soffía ValdimarsdóttirAssistant Professor8463409soffiav [at] hi.is Stefan Celine HardonkAssociate Professor5255317hardonk [at] hi.is Stefán ÓlafssonProfessor Emeritus5254520olafsson [at] hi.is Sveinn EggertssonAssociate Professor5254592sveinne [at] hi.is Terry Adrian GunnellProfessor5254549terry [at] hi.is Thamar Melanie HeijstraProfessor5254371thamar [at] hi.is Unnur Dís SkaptadóttirProfessor5254516unnurd [at] hi.is Valdimar Tryggvi HafsteinProfessor5254198vth [at] hi.is Viðar HalldórssonProfessor5254077vidarh [at] hi.is Þorbjörn BroddasonProfessor Emeritus5254509tbrodd [at] hi.is Þóroddur BjarnasonProfessor5254147thoroddur [at] hi.is Þórólfur ÞórlindssonProfessor Emeritusthorotho [at] hi.is Staff Sociology Guðbjörg Linda RafnsdóttirProfessor5254237glr [at] hi.is Helgi GunnlaugssonProfessor5254504helgigun [at] hi.is Ingólfur Vilhjálmur GíslasonProfessor5254282ivg [at] hi.is Jón Gunnar BernburgProfessor5254395bernburg [at] hi.is Sigrún ÓlafsdóttirProfessor5254698sigruno [at] hi.is Stefán ÓlafssonProfessor Emeritus5254520olafsson [at] hi.is Thamar Melanie HeijstraProfessor5254371thamar [at] hi.is Viðar HalldórssonProfessor5254077vidarh [at] hi.is Þorbjörn BroddasonProfessor Emeritus5254509tbrodd [at] hi.is Þóroddur BjarnasonProfessor5254147thoroddur [at] hi.is Þórólfur ÞórlindssonProfessor Emeritusthorotho [at] hi.is Adjunct lecturers Ari Klængur JónssonArnar Eggert Thoroddsen Árdís Kristín Ingvarsdóttir Hildur Fjóla AntonsdóttirKjartan Páll Sveinsson Rannveig Þórisdóttir Snorri Örn Árnason Sunna Kristín Símonardóttir Sessional teacher Brynjar Bjarkason, MA Jónas Orri Jónasson, MA Ómar Jóhannsson, Ph.D nemi Sóllilja Bjarnadóttir, Ph.D nemi Sólrún Sigvaldadóttir, MA Disability Studies Hanna Björg SigurjónsdóttirProfessor5254344hbs [at] hi.is Snæfríður Þóra EgilsonProfessor5254264sne [at] hi.is Stefan Celine HardonkAssociate Professor5255317hardonk [at] hi.is Staff Anthropology Agnar Sturla HelgasonProfessor5701900agnarh [at] hi.is Geir GunnlaugssonProfessor Emeritus3545254369geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is Gísli PálssonProfessor Emeritusgpals [at] hi.is Helga ÖgmundardóttirAssociate Professor5255211helgaog [at] hi.is James Gordon RiceAssociate Professor5255456james [at] hi.is Kristín LoftsdóttirProfessor5254261kristinl [at] hi.is Kristján Þór SigurðssonAdjunct Lecturer8654839kths [at] hi.is Sigríður Dúna KristmundsdóttirProfessor5523604sduna [at] hi.is Sveinn EggertssonAssociate Professor5254592sveinne [at] hi.is Unnur Dís SkaptadóttirProfessor5254516unnurd [at] hi.is Staff Folkloristics Guðrún Dröfn WhiteheadAssistant Professor5254283gdw [at] hi.is Kristinn Helgi Magnússon SchramAssociate Professor5254256khschram [at] hi.is Ólafur RastrickProfessor5254485rastrick [at] hi.is Sigurjón B HafsteinssonProfessor5255496sbh [at] hi.is Terry Adrian GunnellProfessor5254549terry [at] hi.is Valdimar Tryggvi HafsteinProfessor5254198vth [at] hi.is facebooklinkedintwitter