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 Maria WojtynskaPostdocannawo [at] hi.is Ágústa PálsdóttirProfessor5254507agustap [at] hi.is Brynhildur Lilja BjörnsdóttirAdministrative Officer5254268bryn [at] hi.is Geir GunnlaugssonProfessor3545254369geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is Guðbjörg Linda RafnsdóttirProfessor5254237glr [at] hi.is Guðbjörg T. VilhjálmsdóttirProfessor5254518gudvil [at] hi.is Guðrún Dröfn WhiteheadLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5254283gdw [at] hi.is Hanna Björg SigurjónsdóttirProfessor5254344hbs [at] hi.is Helga ÖgmundardóttirLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5255211helgaog [at] hi.is Helgi GunnlaugssonProfessor5254504helgigun [at] hi.is Ingólfur Vilhjálmur GíslasonProfessor5254282ivg [at] hi.is James Gordon RiceSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5255456james [at] hi.is Jóhanna GunnlaugsdóttirProfessor Emerita5254201jg [at] hi.is Jón Gunnar BernburgProfessor5254395bernburg [at] hi.is Jónína EinarsdóttirProfessor5254508je [at] hi.is Kjartan Páll SveinssonProject Managerkps [at] hi.is Kristinn Helgi Magnússon SchramSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5254256khschram [at] hi.is Kristín LoftsdóttirProfessor5254261kristinl [at] hi.is Kristjana Stella BlöndalSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5254173kb [at] hi.is Kristján Þór SigurðssonAdjunct Lecturer8654839kths [at] hi.is Ólafur RastrickSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5254485rastrick [at] hi.is Ragna Kemp HaraldsdóttirLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5255489rh [at] hi.is Rannveig ÞórisdóttirAdjunct Lecturerrannvth [at] hi.is Sif EinarsdóttirProfessor5254253sif [at] hi.is Sigríður Dúna KristmundsdóttirProfessor5523604sduna [at] hi.is Sigrún ÓlafsdóttirProfessor5254698sigruno [at] hi.is Sigurjón B HafsteinssonProfessor5255496sbh [at] hi.is Snorri Örn ÁrnasonAdjunct Lecturersoa [at] hi.is Snæfríður Þóra EgilsonProfessor5254264sne [at] hi.is Soffía ValdimarsdóttirLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)8463409soffiav [at] hi.is Stefan Celine HardonkLecturer (UK) - Assistant Professor (USA)5255317hardonk [at] hi.is Sveinn EggertssonSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5254592sveinne [at] hi.is Terry Adrian GunnellProfessor5254549terry [at] hi.is Thamar Melanie HeijstraSenior Lecturer (UK) - Associate Professor (USA)5254371thamar [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 emailfacebooklinkedintwitter