Administration and Staff

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.

	Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir	Professor	5254237	glr [at] hi.is
	Helgi Gunnlaugsson	Professor	5254504	helgigun [at] hi.is
	Ingólfur Vilhjálmur Gíslason	Professor	5254282	ivg [at] hi.is
	Jón Gunnar Bernburg	Professor	5254395	bernburg [at] hi.is
	Margrét Valdimarsdóttir	Assistant Professor	5254167	margretva [at] hi.is
	Sigrún Ólafsdóttir	Professor	5254698	sigruno [at] hi.is
	Stefán Ólafsson	Professor Emeritus	5254520	olafsson [at] hi.is
	Thamar Melanie Heijstra	Professor	5254371	thamar [at] hi.is
	Viðar Halldórsson	Professor	5254077	vidarh [at] hi.is
	Þorbjörn Broddason	Professor Emeritus	5254509	tbrodd [at] hi.is
	Þóroddur Bjarnason	Professor	5254147	thoroddur [at] hi.is
	Þórólfur Þórlindsson	Professor Emeritus		thorotho [at] hi.is

Adjunct lecturers

Ari Klængur Jónsson
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen 
Árdís Kristín Ingvarsdóttir
Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir
Kjartan 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