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 Alexandra Lee YingstDoctoral Graduate Studentaly3 [at] hi.is Anna Kristina Regina SöderströmDoctoral Graduate Studentakr6 [at] hi.is Anna Maria WojtynskaPostdocwojtynska [at] hi.is Anna Soffía VíkingsdóttirDoctoral Graduate Studentasv7 [at] hi.is Arndís BergsdóttirPostdocarndisbergs [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 David Loic Daniel ReimerProfessor3545254596reimer [at] hi.is Eysteinn Ari BragasonAssistanteab8 [at] hi.is Goda CicenaiteDoctoral Graduate Studentgoc1 [at] hi.is Guðbjörg Linda RafnsdóttirProfessor5254237glr [at] hi.is Guðbjörg T. VilhjálmsdóttirProfessor5254518gudvil [at] hi.is Guðrún Dröfn WhiteheadAssistant Professor5254283gdw [at] hi.is Hanna Björg SigurjónsdóttirProfessor5254344hbs [at] hi.is Heiður Hrund JónsdóttirDoctoral Graduate Studenthhj [at] hi.is Helga ÖgmundardóttirAssociate Professor5255211helgaog [at] hi.is Helgi GunnlaugssonProfessor5254504helgigun [at] hi.is Hildur Björg VilhjálmsdóttirAdjunct Lecturer5254595hbv [at] hi.is Ingólfur Vilhjálmur GíslasonProfessor5254282ivg [at] hi.is James Gordon RiceAssociate Professor5255456james [at] hi.is Joab Tirosh Huici MóðasonPostdoctirosh [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 Marco SolimeneAssistant Professor5254359solimene [at] hi.is Margrét ValdimarsdóttirAssociate Professor5255873margretva [at] hi.is Ólafur RastrickProfessor5254485rastrick [at] hi.is Ragna Kemp HaraldsdóttirAssistant Professor5255489rh [at] hi.is Saeed ShamshirianDoctoral Graduate Studentsas97 [at] hi.is Sif EinarsdóttirProfessor5254253sif [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 Sóllilja BjarnadóttirDoctoral Graduate Studentsollilja [at] hi.is Sólrún ÓladóttirResearchersoo19 [at] hi.is Stefan Celine HardonkAssociate Professor5255317hardonk [at] hi.is Sunna Kristín SímonardóttirPostdocsunnaks [at] hi.is Sveinn EggertssonAssociate Professor5254592sveinne [at] hi.is Terry Adrian GunnellProfessorterry [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 Vilhelmína JónsdóttirDoctoral Graduate Studentvilhelmjon [at] hi.is Þóroddur BjarnasonProfessor5254147thoroddur [at] hi.is Staff Sociology Vefþjónusta fyrir símaskrá svarar ekki eða fyrirspurnin skilar engum niðurstöðum - (namelist) Adjunct lecturers Ari Klængur JónssonArnar 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 Disability Studies Vefþjónusta fyrir símaskrá svarar ekki eða fyrirspurnin skilar engum niðurstöðum - (namelist) Staff Anthropology Vefþjónusta fyrir símaskrá svarar ekki eða fyrirspurnin skilar engum niðurstöðum - (namelist) Staff Folkloristics Vefþjónusta fyrir símaskrá svarar ekki eða fyrirspurnin skilar engum niðurstöðum - (namelist) facebooklinkedintwitter